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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.
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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. 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.
Kundhikulhudhoo (Dhivehi: ކެނދިކުޅުދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll in the northern province of Maldives. The island is among the 10th biggest islands in the Maldives archipelago. According to the census 2014, Kundhikulhudhoo is home to 1767 people making the island most populous in the atoll after Velidhoo ...
Naifaru is at 5.4444°′ north latitude and 73.3657°′ east longitude. The island is 141.23 km (88 mi; 76 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé. [2] The total area of Naifaru is 55.5 hectares (0.555 km 2), including the part of the island expanded in 2004 by reclaiming the surrounding lagoon of the island.