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Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)

Coordinates: 04°44′10″N 73°29′55″E / 4.73611°N 73.49861°E / 4.73611; 73.49861
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Gaafaru
Gaafaru Atoll (Landsat image)
Gaafaru Atoll (Landsat image)
Gaafaru is located in Maldives
Gaafaru
Gaafaru
Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 04°44′10″N 73°29′55″E / 4.73611°N 73.49861°E / 4.73611; 73.49861
CountryMaldives
Administrative atollKaafu Atoll
Distance to Malé62.03 km (38.54 mi)
Dimensions
 • Length0.525 km (0.326 mi)
 • Width0.450 km (0.280 mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (MST)

Gaafaru (Dhivehi: ގާފަރު) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll, the only island of the natural atoll known as Gaafaru.

Geography

The island is 62.03 km (39 mi; 33 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.[2]

Gahaafaru Atoll

Gahaafaru or Gaafaru (Northern Reef) is a large elliptical reef with only a small inhabited island at its eastern end. This reef has proved disastrous to many vessels. Gaafaru reef is as much a separate atoll as Goifulhafehendhu Atoll or Rasdhukuramathi Atoll which are similar in structure and size. It is separated from Kagi (the northernmost island of North Malé Atoll) by a narrow but deep channel - the Gaafaru Kandu. Its lagoon has an average depth of 16 fathoms (30 m) and has no coral patches or shoals in its centre. Gaafaru is a small island surrounded by a big reef.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006 800—    
2014 1,354+69.2%
2015 1,377+1.7%
2016 1,409+2.3%
2017 1,452+3.1%
2018 1,478+1.8%
2019 1,510+2.2%
2020 1,532+1.5%
2021 1,566+2.2%
2022 1,589+1.5%
2006-2022: Census populations
Source: [3]

References

  1. ^ "Table PP5: Resident Population by sex, nationality and locality (administrative islands), 2014" (PDF). Population and Households Census 2014. National Bureau of Statistics. p. 34. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". Boulter.com. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Table 3.3: Total Maldivian Population by Islands" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  • Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā l Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
  • Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
  • Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.l