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Kaafu is one of the administrative atolls in the Maldives.





Atoll Summary

Administrative name Kaafu Atoll

Atoll name Malé Atoll

Location 4°25′N 73°30′ECoordinates: 4°25′N 73°30′E

Letter H

Abbreviation K

Capital Thulusdhoo

Population 9886

No. of Islands 107

Inhabited Islands 9

Atoll Chief Mohamed Adam



Kaafu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of Kaashidhoo Island, Gaafaru, and Malé Atoll (which includes the North Malé Atoll and the South Malé Atoll).



Malé, capital of the Maldives is naturally located within the North Malé Atoll, but it is not part of the Kaafu administrative division.



NOTE: 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 these divisions or atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the Dhivehi alphabet. 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).