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Gaafaru (Dhivehi: ގާފަރު) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll, the only island of the natural atoll known as Gaafaru.

Gaafaru
Inhabited island
Gaafaru Atoll (Landsat image)
Gaafaru Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 04°44′10″N 73°29′55″E
Country	Maldives
Administrative atoll	Kaafu Atoll
Distance to Malé	62.03 km (38.54 mi)
Dimensions
• Length	0.525 km (0.326 mi)
• Width	0.450 km (0.280 mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (MST)

Geography

The island is 62.03 km (39 mi; 33 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.[1]

Gahaafaru Atoll

Gahaafaru or Gaafaru (Northern Reef) is a large elliptical reef with only a small inhabited island at its eastern end. This reef has proved disastrous to many vessels. Gaafaru reef is as much a separate atoll as Goifulhafehendhu Atoll or Rasdhukuramathi Atoll which are similar in structure and size. It is separated from Kagi (the northernmost island of North Malé Atoll) by a narrow but deep channel - the Gaafaru Kandu. Its lagoon has an average depth of 16 fathoms (30 m) and has no coral patches or shoals in its centre. Gaafaru is a small island surrounded by a big reef.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	800	—
2014	1,354	+69.2%
2017	1,449	+7.0%
2018	1,472	+1.6%
2019	1,503	+2.1%
2006-2019: Census populations Source: [2]

References

• Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā l 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.l

На других языках

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[de] Gaafaru-Atoll

Das Gaafaru-Atoll (auch: Gahaafaru-Atoll, Dhivehi .mw-parser-output .Thaa{font-size:115%}ގާފަރު) ist ein kleines geographisches Atoll der Malediven. Die Hauptinsel heißt ebenfalls Gaafaru.

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- [en] Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)

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[fr] Gaafaru

L'atoll Gaafaru, en divehi ގާފަރު, est un atoll des Maldives. Ses 1 135 habitants se répartissent sur l'île de Gaafaru, celle de Velifaru étant inhabitée. Les terres émergées représentent 0,19 km2 sur les 88,05 km2 de superficie totale de l'atoll, lagon inclus[1].

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