Feevah (Dhivehi: ފީވައް) is one of the inhabited islands of Shaviyani Atoll administrative and geographically part of the Miladhummadulhu Atoll in the Maldives.

Feevah
Inhabited island
Feevah Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 06°20′57″N 73°12′28″E
Country	Maldives
Geographic atoll	Miladhummadulhu Atoll
Administrative atoll	Shaviyani Atoll
Distance to Malé	241.24 km (149.90 mi)
Dimensions
• Length	1.200 km (0.746 mi)
• Width	0.920 km (0.572 mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	1,220 (including foreigners)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (MST)

History

The island has had its fair share of natural disasters. Feevah was the southernmost island which was affected by the August 1815 earthquakes that shook the northernmost islands of the Maldives. The island was later severely damaged by the great cyclone of 1821. In modern history, the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 damaged the island and has affected agriculture on the island- the main occupation of its inhabitants.

Geography

The island is 242.7 km (151 mi; 131 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.[2]

Demography

References

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