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  2. Hulhumalé - Wikipedia

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    Hulhumalé (Dhivehi pronunciation: [huɭumɑːlɛ]; Dhivehi: ހުޅުމާލެ) is a reclaimed island located in the south of North Malé Atoll, Maldives.The artificial island is being built up by pumping sand from the sea floor, in order to meet the existing and future housing, industrial and commercial development demands of the Malé region and as a response to the threat posed by rising sea ...

  3. Malé - Wikipedia

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    Malé [a] is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives.With a population of 211,908 in 2022 [1] within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of 8.30 square kilometres (3.20 sq mi), Malé is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

  4. Hulhulé - Wikipedia

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    The island has no permanent population. [1] It is one of the islands closest to the capital island Malé. Hulhulé is considered a ward of Malé. The 2.1-kilometre (1.3 mi) Sinamalé Bridge links the island with Malé. The bridge, which has two car lanes and separate lanes for motorcycles and pedestrians, opened on 30 August 2018.

  5. Artificial island - Wikipedia

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    Maldives have been creating various artificial islands to promote economic development and to address the threat of rising sea level. Hulhumalé island was reclaimed to establish a new land mass required to meet the existing and future housing, industrial and commercial development demands of the Malé region. The official settlement was ...

  6. Thilamalé Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Before this, the largest connectivity project in the Maldives was the 1.4 km Chinese-funded bridge connecting Malé to the Maldives airport in Hulhule island, and to the Hulhumale island. The project is the result of bilateral consultation between India and the Maldives and was first proposed during the visit of India's External Affairs ...

  7. List of artificial islands - Wikipedia

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    Population Notes Flevopolder Netherlands: 970 400,000 The Flevopolder is an island polder forming the bulk of Flevoland, a province of The Netherlands The Flevopolder is the largest artificial island in the world. Caofeidian China: 60 Dongjiang Island China: 33.5 Cargo transfer and wetland reconstruction. [1] [better source needed] Jurong ...

  8. Feline Welfare Organization - Wikipedia

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    The Feline Welfare Organization was established on 22 August 2023 in response to the growing issue of stray cats in the Maldives.The organization was founded to address the challenges posed by the increasing stray cat population in urban areas such as Malé and on several local islands. [5]

  9. 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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    Consequent to the observation of population increases across several regions within the last five years, the number of constituencies was increased to 93 with six new constituencies added to the earlier 87 seats in the 19th parliamentary term.