Malé Atoll

North Male' Atoll
Country	Maldives
Corresponding geographic atoll(s)	North Male Atoll
Location	4°25′N 73°30′E
Capital	Thulusdhoo (Kaafu Atoll)]
Government
• Atoll Chief	Paez [1]
Population
• Total	9,886
Letter code	H
Dhivehi letter code	K (ކ)
• Number of islands	107
• Inhabited islands	Dhiffushi Gaafaru Gulhi Guraidhoo Himmafushi Hulhumalé Huraa Kaashidhoo Malé Maafushi Thulusdhoo Villingili
• Uninhabited islands	Aarah Akirifushi Asdhoo Baros Biyaadhoo Bodubandos Bodufinolhu Boduhithi Boduhuraa Bolifushi Dhigufinolhu Dhoonidhoo Ehrruh-haa Enboodhoo Enboodhoofinolhu Eriyadhoo Farukolhufushi Feydhoofinolhu Fihalhohi Funadhoo Furan-nafushi Gasfinolhu Giraavaru Girifushi Gulheegaathuhuraa Helengeli Henbadhoo Hulhulé Huraagandu Ihuru Kagi Kalhuhuraa Kandoomaafushi Kanduoih-giri Kanifinolhu Kanuhuraa Kudabandos Kudafinolhu Kudahithi Kudahuraa Lankanfinolhu Lankanfushi Lhohifushi Lhosfushi Maadhoo Madivaru Mahaanaélhihuraa Makunudhoo Makunufushi Maniyafushi Medhufinolhu Meerufenfushi Nakachchaafushi Olhahali Olhuveli Oligandufinolhu Ran-naalhi Rasfari Thanburudhoo Thilafushi Thulhaagiri Vaadhoo Vaagali Vabbinfaru Vabboahuraa Vammaafushi Velassaru Velifaru Veliganduhuraa Vihamanaafushi Villingilimathidhahuraa Villingilivau Ziyaaraiffushi
Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited.

Malé Atoll is an administrative atoll of the Maldives consisting of a group of natural atolls in the Republic of Maldives.

It consists of two separate atolls: North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll. Together with smaller geographic atolls of Kaashidhoo Island and Gaafaru, the group forms the administrative division of Male' Atoll which is referred to by its Thaana alphabet letter code name Kaafu Atoll.

Malé, capital of the Maldives is geographically located at the southern end of North Male Atoll. The island together with the adjacent islands of Hulhule where the only international airport of the Maldives is located, the artificial island Hulhumalé and Villingili are administratively not part of Malé Atoll but form a separate administrative unit.

The capital of Male atoll is Thulusdhoo,an island in North Male' atoll.

The Islands

Inhabited islands

North Malé Atoll

• Dhiffushi
• Himmafushi
• Hulhumalé
• Huraa
• Malé
• Thulusdhoo
• Villingili

South Malé Atoll

• Gulhi
• Guraidhoo
• Maafushi

Individual Atolls/Islands

• Gaafaru
• Kaashidhoo

Resort islands

Resort islands are classified as Uninhabited Islands which have been converted to become resorts. Practically all uninhabited islands in Malé Atoll became tourist resorts during the two final decades of the 20th century.

North Male Atoll

• Asdhoo
• Baros
• Bodubandos
• Boduhithi
• Eriyadhoo
• Farukolhufushi
• Furan-nafushi
• Gasfinolhu
• Giraavaru
• Helengeli
• Henbadhoo
• Ihuru
• Kanifinolhu
• Kanuhuraa
• Kudahithi
• Lankanfinolhu
• Lankanfushi
• Lhohifushi
• Makunudhoo
• Medhufinolhu
• Meerufenfushi, known as Meeru Island Resort and Spa
• Nakachchaafushi
• Thulhaagiri
• Vabbinfaru
• Vihamanaafushi, known as Kurumba Resort
• Ziyaaraiffushi|

South Male Atoll

• Biyaadhoo
• Bodufinolhu
• Bolifushi
• Enboodhoo
• Enboodhoofinolhu
• Fihalhohi
• Kandoomaafushi, known as Holiday Inn Kandooma
• Mahaanaélhihuraa
• Olhuveli
• Ran-naalhi
• Vaadhoo
• Velassaru
• Villingilivau

Other Uninhabited Islands

North Malé Atoll

• Boduhuraa
• Dhoonidhoo
• Kanduoih-giri
• Kudabandos
• Feydhoofinolhu
• Funadhoo
• Kagi
• Girifushi
• Hulhulé (airport island)
• Huraagandu
• Kudahuraa
• Madivaru
• Olhahali
• Rasfari
• Vabboahuraa
• Villingilimathidhahuraa

South Malé Atoll

• Dhigufinolhu
• Ehrruh-haa
• Gulheegaathuhuraa
• Kudafinolhu
• Kalhuhuraa
• Lhosfushi
• Maadhoo
• Makunufushi
• Maniyafushi
• Oligandufinolhu
• Thanburudhoo
• Thilafushi (industrial island)
• Vaagali
• Vammaafushi
• Veliganduhuraa

Gaafaru Atoll

• Velifaru

References

• Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
• Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī. Malé 1999.