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project. The project was to relocate people from islands who were under 50 years of age of mandatory prayer to other islands. People were relocated from
Kudafushi as because of the Second World War people were dying due to food shortages and hunger. The atoll chief governor feared that if people were not relocated to other islands they could no longer get help and with people dying the village would become empty. The people of Kudafushi were relocated to their relatives' islands upon their request. The islands that they were relocated are Meedhoo, Ufulandhoo and Maduvvari. On 17 October 1968 after people of Ufulandhoo transferred to Alifushi, they asked the government for permission to be relocated to Maduvvari. The government agreed and they moved to Maduvvari with their families. After the island of Ufulandhoo became uninhabited island, one of the 16 inhabited islands such as Ugulu and Gaaudoodhoo having difficulty of the lagoon for departure and because of the damages happening to the sea vessels and there is no space for housing as the islands become overpopulated, because of these reasons the people of Ungulu and Gaaudoodhoo wanted move to the island of Hulhudhuffaaru with compensation of having their personal belongings move to the island. The project of relocating the two island people to Hulhudhuffaaru started in 1992 and completed on 13 March 1993.
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By 1942, there were 18 inhabited islands in the atoll. However, the residents of these 18 islands were relocated to nearby islands. By 17 October 1968, there were 17 inhabited islands in the atoll. In 1968 and 1967, the people of
Ufulandhoo were relocated to Alifushi in the atoll under a government
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Aarah, Arilundhoo, Badaveri, Bodufarufinolhu, Bodufenmaaenboodhoo, Bodufushi, Boduhaiykodi, Boduhuraa, Ekurufushi, Etthingili, Dhigali, Dhoragali, Dheburidheythereyvaadhoo, Dhikkurendhdhoo, Dhinnaafushi, Dhuvaafaruhuraa, Faarafushi, Fasmendhoo, Fenfushi, Fuggiri, Furaveri, Gaaudoodhoo, Giraavaru,
416:. These code letters are not accurate from the geographical and cultural point of view. However, they have become popular among tourists and foreigners in the Maldives who find them easier to pronounce than the true atoll names in Dhivehi, (save a few exceptions, like Ari Atoll).
246:, Kudahaiykodi, Kudakurathu, Kudalhosgiri, Kudathulhaadhoo, Kukulhudhoo, Kuroshigiri, Lhaanbugali, Lhaanbugau, Lhohi, Liboakandhoo, Lundhufushi, Maafaru, Maamunagaufinolhu, Maanenfushi, Maashigiri, Madivaafaru, Mahidhoo, Meedhupparu, Muravandhoo, Mullaafushi, Neyo, Thaavathaa,
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that make up these divisions. Some atolls are divided into two administrative divisions while other divisions are made up of two or more natural atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the
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Maalhosmadulu Atoll is 35 miles (56 km) in length from N to S, and 15 miles (24 km) across at its broadest part. Its western fringe is composed of a series of round or oval reefs
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Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, Kaafu, etc. are code letters assigned to the present administrative divisions of the
Maldives. They are not the proper names of the
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Maalhosmadulu Atolls seen from space. The Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll and the islands of Alifushi and Etthingili (not in the picture) make up Raa Atoll
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Resort islands(*), airports(Ā¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited.
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475:References
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382:Dhuvaafaru
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368:Following
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223:Ungoofaaru
218:Rasmaadhoo
202:Maduvvaree
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568:Haa Alif
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302:Maldives
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88:Location
74:Maldives
720:72Ā°55ā²E
459:Tourism
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280:of the
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210:Meedhoo
96:Capital
70:Country
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561:Atolls
410:Thaana
252:Ungulu
129:24,862
643:Laamu
628:Faafu
623:Meemu
618:Vaavu
603:Kaafu
583:Noonu
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