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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. They all have an island office and island chiefs (councilor and "katheeb ...
The island is located approximately 218 km from Capital Malé and has a domestic airport. Funadhoo is among the largest inhabited islands in Northern Maldives. The nearest island is Farukolhu Island located within the same lagoon about 1100m to the north. The nearest inhabited island is Lhaimagu Island located at 3.80 km.
The island has a pre school, public school, hospital, two mosques, Magistrate court, gas station, football turf and sewage plant . As of the beginning of 2012 Dhiffushi council started to build an industrial area next to the harbor in order to claim additional land, the land has been used for commercial industrial use.
The Island Council reports to the Local Government Authority (LGA). As democracy and decentralization is at the infant stage in Maldives, the councillors, and the government find it difficult to deal with important issues like land, and resource utilization.
The island is 16.32 km (10 mi; 9 nmi) northeast of the country's capital, Malé. [2] It is located in North Malé Atoll. Himmafushi is about 18 km (11 mi) from Male Airport .
Kudahuvadhoo is a fast developing island in the Maldives. Dhaalu Airport , the regional airport for Dhaalu atoll is located on Kudahuvadhoo and opened to the public in July 1, 2017. The airport has a 1800m long runway making it one of the largest domestic airports in the Maldives.