- Vaavu Atoll
MaldiveAtoll
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atoll
admin_name=Vaavu Atoll
atoll_name=Felidhu Atoll
location=3° 41' N and 3° 13' N
letter=J
abbreviation=V (ވ)
capital=Felidhoo
population=2144
noofislands=19
inhabited_islands=5
atoll_chief = Ali Rasheed Abdul Rahman [http://www.atolls.gov.mv/atollchiefs.asp]
islands=Felidhoo Fulidhoo Keyodhoo Rakeedhoo Thinadhoo
unislands=Vaavu Atoll or Felidhu Atoll is a natural
atoll of theMaldives .It is the smallest administrative atoll in terms of population.
This atoll is located 40 miles from capital Malé, 90 minutes by speedboat and 5 hours by
dhoni .The
Vaavu Atoll administrative division includes two geographical atolls; Felidhu Atoll and the small egg-shapedVattaru Reef , which has only one little islet and is 9 kilometers in diameter.The easternmost geographical point of the Maldives is located at Fottheyo Muli, close to Fottheyo Island. [Romero-Frias, Xavier. "The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom"]
No remains from the
Buddhist period 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.
* Romero-Frias, Xavier. "The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom". Barcelona 1999.External links
* http://www.vaavuatoll.gov.mv "Official Vaavu Atoll website"'
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