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Vaavu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives, comprising the natural atolls of Felidhu Atoll and the Vattaru Reef.

Vaavu Atoll
atoll of the Maldives
Country	Maldives
Corresponding geographic atoll(s)	Felidhu Atoll
Location	3° 41' N and 3° 13' N
Capital	Felidhoo
Government
• Atoll Chief	Ali Rasheed Abdul Rahman
Population
• Total	1,601
Letter code	J
Dhivehi letter code	V (ވ)
• Number of islands	19
• Inhabited islands	Felidhoo * Fulidhoo * Keyodhoo * Rakeedhoo * Thinadhoo
• Uninhabited islands	Aarah, Alimathaa, Anbaraa, Bodumohoraa, Dhiggiri, Fussfaruhuraa, Hingaahuraa, Hulhidhoo, Kuda-anbaraa, Kudhiboli, Kunavashi, Maafussaru, Medhugiri, Thunduhuraa, Raggadu, Ruhhurihuraa, Vashugiri, Vattaru, Fottheyo
Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited.

It is the smallest administrative atoll in the Maldives in terms of population.

This atoll is located 40 miles (64 km) from the capital Malé, 60 minutes by speedboat, and 3 hours by dhoni.

The Vaavu Atoll administrative division includes two geographical atolls: Felidhu Atoll and the small egg-shaped Vattaru Reef, which has only one little islet, Vattaru, and is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) in diameter.

The easternmost geographical point of the Maldives is located at Fottheyo Muli, close to Foththeyo-bodufushi Island.[1]

No remains from the Buddhist period have been found on this atoll.

Geography

Inhabited islands

Name	Population[2]	Coordinates	Geographic Atoll	Remarks
Felidhoo	489	3°28′18″N 73°32′50″E[3]	Felidhu Atoll
Fulidhoo	324	3°40′49″N 73°24′57″E[4]	Felidhu Atoll
Keyodhoo	635	3°27′43″N 73°33′00″E[5]	Felidhu Atoll
Rakeedhoo	101	3°18′53″N 73°28′11″E[6]	Felidhu Atoll
Thinadhoo	73	3°29′15″N 73°32′17″E[7]	Felidhu Atoll

Resort islands

Resort islands are classified as Uninhabited Islands which have been converted to become resorts. As of 2017, Vaavu has two resorts with 434 beds.[8] The following are the resort islands, with the official name of the resort.

Name	Resort Name	Coordinates[9]	Geographic Atoll	Remarks
Alimathaa	Alimatha Aquatic Resort	3°35′37″N 73°29′52″E	Felidhu Atoll
Dhiggiri	Dhiggiri Tourist Resort	3°38′42″N 73°29′14″E	Felidhu Atoll

Notes

Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, Kaafu, etc. (including Vaavu) are code letters assigned to the present administrative divisions of the Maldives. They are not the proper names of the natural atolls that make up these divisions. Some atolls are divided into two administrative divisions while other divisions are made up of two or more natural atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the Thaana alphabet used in Dhivehi. These code letters are not accurate from the geographical and cultural point of view. However, they have become popular among tourists and foreigners in the Maldives who find them easier to pronounce than the true atoll names in Dhivehi, (save a few exceptions, like Ari Atoll).[10]

References

• 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.

External links

• Official Vaavu Atoll website

На других языках

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[ru] Вааву

Атолл Вааву (мальд. ފެލިދެ އަތޮޅު) — административная единица Мальдивских островов. Она соответствует природному атоллу Фелидху и рифу Ваттару. Атолл Ваавву - наименьшая по площади суши и населению административная единица страны. Административный центр атолла Вааву располагается на острове Фелидхоо.

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