Kelaa (Haa Alif Atoll)

Kelaa
Island Summary
Belongs to	Haa Alif Atoll
Population	2205
Length	3060m
Width	1040m
Distance from Malé	308.54km

Kelaa (Dhivehi: ކެލާ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. The British established a staging post in 1934 and until the end of World War II it functioned as the northerly counterpart to Gan in the south. A mosque built during the reign of Sultan Mohamed Ibn Ali (Muhammad Mohyeddine) (AD 1692-1701) of the Utheemy Dynastry still stands today as a historical place of interest on the island. This was the king who re-established the Islamic penal code.

Education

Madhrasathul Sheikh Ibrahim is started long back (about 63 years) and now it is a higher secondary school under the Ministry of Education/Maldives. There are 465 students in the school with 42 teachers, of which 19 are expatriates. The school started to teach until grade 10 on 2003, and until grade 12 on 2007. Moreover, in 2008 the school started teaching for both science and business stream.