Gaafu Alif Atoll
Gaafu Alifu is an administrative division of the Maldives created on February 8, 1962, when Huvadhu Atoll was divided into two districts. Gaafu Alifu corresponds to the northeastern section of this large natural atoll north of the line extending between the channels of Footukandu and Vaarulu Kandu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: atoll of the Maldives with 12,100 residents
- Description: atoll of the Maldives
- Also known as: “Gaaf Aliff”, “Gaafu Aliff Atoll”, “Gaafu Alifu Atoll”, “Gāfu Alifu”, “Huvadhu Atholhu Uthuruburi”, “Huvadu North”, “North Huvadhoo”, “North Huvadhu Atoll”, “Northern Huvadhu Atoll”, “Suvadiva Atoll”, and “Suvadiva North”
Gaafu Alif Atoll
- Location: Maldives, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gaafu Alif Atoll” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آتول قاف ألف”
- Bengali: “গাফু আলিফ প্রবাল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Cebuano: “Gaafu Alifu Atholhu”
- Chinese: “Huvadhoo环礁”
- Chinese: “Huvadhoo環礁”
- Chinese: “加富阿利富环礁”
- Czech: “Gaafu Alif”
- Czech: “Gáfu Alif”
- Danish: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
- Dhivehi: “ހުވަދުއަތޮޅު އުތުރުބުރި”
- Dutch: “Gaafu Alif-atol”
- Finnish: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
- French: “Gaafu Alif”
- German: “Gaafu Alif”
- Greek: “Γκαάφου Αλίφ Ατόλ”
- Gujarati: “ગાફુ અલિફ એટોલ”
- Hindi: “गाफु अलिफ एटोल”
- Indonesian: “Atol Gaafu Alif”
- Italian: “Atollo Gaafu Alif”
- Japanese: “ガーフ・アリフ環礁”
- Kannada: “ಗಾಫು ಅಲಿಫ್ ಅಟಾಲ್”
- Korean: “가푸알리프 환초”
- Latvian: “Gaafu Alifas atols”
- Lithuanian: “Gaafu Alifo atolas”
- Malay: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
- Marathi: “गाफू अलिफ अटॉल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaafu Aliff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gaafu Aliff”
- Persian: “آبسنگ حلقوی گافو الیف”
- Polish: “Gaafu Alif”
- Portuguese: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
- Russian: “атолл Северный Хувадху”
- Russian: “Гаафу-Алиф”
- Sinhala: “ගාෆු අලිෆ් දුපත් සමූහය”
- Slovak: “Gáfu Alif”
- Slovenian: “Gaafu Alif”
- Spanish: “Atolon Gaafu Alif”
- Spanish: “Atolón Gaafu Alif”
- Swedish: “Gaafu Alif atoll”
- Swedish: “Gaafu Alifu Atholhu”
- Tamil: “காபியூ அளிப் அடால்”
- Telugu: “గాఫు అలీఫ్ అటోల్”
- Thai: “ฮูวาดูอาตอลูอูตูรูบูรี”
- Turkish: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
- Ukrainian: “Атол Гаафу-Аліф”
- Urdu: “گافو الف اتول”
- Vietnamese: “Gaafu Alif Atoll”
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