Maavaidhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)

Maavaidhoo
Inhabited island
Maavaidhoo

Location in Maldives

Coordinates: 06°30′55″N 73°03′04″E / 6.51528°N 73.05111°E / 6.51528; 73.05111Coordinates: 06°30′55″N 73°03′04″E / 6.51528°N 73.05111°E / 6.51528; 73.05111
Country Maldives
Geographic atoll Thiladhummathi Atoll
Administrative atoll Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Distance to Malé 262.67 km (163.22 mi)
Government
  Island Chief Abdur-Rahman Moosa
Dimensions
  Length 0.870 km (0.541 mi)
  Width 0.600 km (0.373 mi)
Population
  Total 525
Time zone MST (UTC+05:00)

Maavaidhoo (Dhivehi: މާވައިދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.

The island was severely damaged by the great cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives.

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