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Out of 1,192 islands of the Maldives, 187 are inhabited. [1] They are listed by administrative division/atoll.The islands are divided into: Inhabited islands- those officially recognized as towns, villages, fishing, and farming communities with permanent human habitation.
The Maldives has been inhabited for over 2,500 years. Documented contact with the outside world began around 947 AD when Arab travelers began visiting the islands. In the 12th century, partly due to the importance of the Arabs and Persians as traders in the Indian Ocean, Islam reached the Maldivian Archipelago. [12]
The islands in the atolls of the Maldives rest on the shelf provided by the reefs. Many reefs have no islands at all, but all islands in the Maldives have an underlying coralline reef. Usually islands are flat and sandy. Often there is a rocky bottom made up of a coral rock conglomerate underneath the island proper.
It should only contain pages that are Islands of the Maldives or lists of Islands of the Maldives, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Islands of the Maldives in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Many of the islands in this atoll have been inhabited since ancient times and have archaeological remains from the Maldivian Buddhist period. The separation of Ari Atoll (formerly Alifu Atoll ) into a Northern and a Southern section has formed the two most recent administrative divisions of the Maldives, namely Alifu Alifu Atoll and Alifu ...
Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. Kaafu Atoll is the code name given to an administrative division in the Republic of Maldives which consists of the geographical atolls of Kaashidhoo Island , Gaafaru , North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll.
The twenty-six atolls of Maldives' encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets, two hundred and fifty islands of which are inhabited. The name "Maldives" may derive from Maale Dhivehi Raajje ("The Island Kingdom [under the authority of] Malé")." [2] Some scholars believe that the name "Maldives" derives from the Sanskrit maladvipa, meaning ...
Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. Mulaku Atoll or Meemu Atoll ( Dhivehi : މުލަކުތޮޅު ) is an administrative division of the Maldives .