This article is about the geographic atoll "Addu Atoll" and its components. For the administrative Addu Atoll, see Addu City.
Addu
Native name:
އައްޑޫ
Addu Atoll seen from space. Note the continuous reef fringing Addu from the west and southwest.
Addu
Location in Maldives
Geography
Location
Indian Ocean
Coordinates
0°39′S73°10′E / 0.65°S 73.16°E / -0.65; 73.16
Total islands
29
Area
130 km2 (50 sq mi)(lagoon) 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) (land area)
Administration
Maldives
Demographics
Population
33,694 (2013)
Addu Atoll, also known as Seenu Atoll, is the southernmost atoll of the Maldives. Addu Atoll, together with Fuvahmulah, located 40 km north of Addu Atoll, extend the Maldives into the Southern Hemisphere. Addu Atoll is located 540 km south of Malé, the country's capital. Administratively, Addu Atoll is the location of Addu City, one of the four cities of the Maldives. Addu City consists of the inhabited areas of Addu Atoll, namely the natural islands of Hulhudhoo, Meedhoo, Maradhoo, Feydhoo, and Hithadhoo. (The districts of Addu City are not according to the natural islands that it comprises). In addition to the areas that are included as a part of Addu City, Addu Atoll has a number of other inhabited and uninhabited islands, including the island of Gan, where Gan International Airport is located.
AdduAtoll, also known as Seenu Atoll, is the southernmost atoll of the Maldives. AdduAtoll, together with Fuvahmulah, located 40 km north of Addu Atoll...
Addu City (local administrative code Seenu) is a city in Maldives that consists of the inhabited islands of AdduAtoll, the southernmost atoll of the archipelago...
Atoll) Suvadinmathi (Huvadhu Atoll) Addumulah (Addu and Fuvahmulah Atolls) It is not clear where exactly Ihavandhippolhu Atoll, Maamakunudhoo Atoll,...
the country. Some natural atolls are named after them (islands of Thiladhoo and Addu after which Thiladhunmati and Adduatoll are named respectively) while...
1958 and 1963, consisting of the three southern atolls of the Maldive archipelago: AdduAtoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah. The first president of the new...
greatest dialectal variation exists in the southern atolls of Huvadhu, Addu and Fuvahmulah. Each of these atolls has its own distinct dialect often thought to...
mainland. The Maldives' chain of 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to AdduAtoll in the south. The Maldives is...
folklore from the southern atolls. Allama Ahmed Shihabuddine (known also as Allama Shihab al-Din) of Meedhoo in AdduAtoll chronicled this narrative in...
continent's mainland. The chain of 26 atolls stretches across the Equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to AdduAtoll in the south. The land area is...
of the United Suvadive Republic from 1959 to 1963. Born in Hithadhoo, AdduAtoll, Afeef was an educated and well-respected individual from a family of...
former Royal Air Force station on Gan island, the southern-most island of AdduAtoll, which is part of the larger groups of islands which form the Maldives...
(Dhivehi:ހުޅުދޫ) is the third most populous island in AdduAtoll. It is located on the north-east side of the atoll adjoining the island of Meedhoo to the north...
Addu may refer to: AdduAtoll, a geographic atollAddu City, an administrative city consisting of the inhabited islands of AdduAtoll This disambiguation...
international airport located on the island of Gan in AdduAtoll (sometimes known as Seenu Atoll) in the island nation of the Maldives. As of June 2024...
Fuvahmulah and AdduAtoll. Addu Kandu and Mulah Kandu are geographically one channel. But because Fuvahmulah lies north-east of AdduAtoll, the part of...
Maldives. In AdduAtoll the westernmost islands are connected by roads over the reef and the total length of the road is 14 km (8.7 mi). Most atolls of the...
Seenu Atoll School] Hulhudhoo School (Hulhumeedhoo) [Defunct, Merged with Seenu Atoll School] Feydhoo School (Feydhoo) Nooraanee School (Hithadhoo) Addu High...
Fuvahmulah and AdduAtoll. Addu Kandu and Mulah Kandu are geographically one channel. But because Fuvahmulah lies north-east of AdduAtoll, the part of...
concerned the people of AdduAtoll, who felt marginalized by the government in Malé, which they perceived as authoritarian. AdduAtoll residents feared losing...
abbreviated Gàn (赣), province of China Gan (AdduAtoll) Gan (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll) Gan (Huvadhu Atoll) Gan (Laamu Atoll) Gan International Airport Gáň, a village...
Maldives, situated on the Equatorial Channel (Addu - Mulah Kandu) between Huvadhu Atoll and AdduAtoll. The atoll of Fuvahmulah corresponding to this administrative...
islands of the AdduAtoll (also known as Seenu Atoll). Maradhoo is located in the middle of the island chain on the Western side of Addu City. To the North...
in 1901. Defined by IHO as "A line running from the South extremity of AdduAtoll (Maldives), to the Eastern extreme of Ràs Hafun (Africa, 10°26'N)". Defined...
Pakistan. On the south: a line running from the southern extremity of AdduAtoll in the Maldives, to the eastern extremity of Ràs Hafun (the easternmost...
New Lagoons which later was undertaken by a group of businessmen from AdduAtoll and was changed to the name of ‘Island Football Club’. The team was changed...
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