Meemu Atoll
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Meemu Atoll |
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| Atoll Summary | |
| Administrative name | Meemu Atoll |
| Atoll name | Mulaku Atoll |
| Location | 3° 11' N and 2° 45' N |
| Letter | K |
| Abbreviation | M (މ) |
| Capital | Muli |
| Population | 6459 |
| No. of Islands | 33 |
| Inhabited Islands | 9 |
| Atoll Chief | Ahmed Saavi [1] |
| Inhabited Islands | |
| Dhiggaru Kolhufushi Madifushi Maduvvaree Mulah Muli Naalaafushi Raimmandhoo Veyvah | |
| Uninhabited Islands | |
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Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited |
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Mulaku Atoll or Meemu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name, also known as Mulak Atoll or 'Mulakatolhu'.
There is a mosque of historical value in Kolhufushi Island, but no Buddhist remains have been found on this atoll.
[edit] References
- Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
- Romero-Frias, Xavier. The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.
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