Mulaku Atoll
Meemu Atoll | |
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Country | Maldives |
Corresponding geographic atoll(s) | Mulaku Atoll |
Location | 3° 11' N and 2° 45' N |
Capital | Muli |
Government | |
• Atoll Chief | Ahmed Saavi [1] |
Population | |
• Total | 6,459 |
Letter code | K |
Dhivehi letter code | M (މ) |
• Number of islands | 33 |
• Inhabited islands | Dhiggaru Kolhufushi Madifushi Maduvvaree Mulah Muli Naalaafushi Raimmandhoo Veyvah |
• Uninhabited islands | Boahuraa, Dhekunuboduveli, Dhiththudi, Erruh-huraa, Fenboafinolhu, Fenfuraaveli, Gaahuraa, Gasveli, Gongalu Huraa, Haafushi, Hakuraahuraa, Hurasveli, Kekuraalhuveli, Kudadhigandu, Kurali, Kudausfushi, Maahuraa, Maalhaveli, Maausfushi, Medhufushi, Raabandhihuraa, Seedhihuraa, Seedhihuraaveligandu, Thuvaru, Uthuruboduveli, Veriheybe |
Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. |
Mulaku Atoll or Meemu 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.
References[]
- Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
- Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.
Coordinates: 3°00′N 73°30′E / 3.000°N 73.500°E
Categories:
- Atolls of the Maldives
- Maldives geography stubs