Faafu Atoll
Faafu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name. Certain islands of this atoll used to be inhabited, like Himithi.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: atoll of the Maldives with 4,640 residents
- Description: administrative atoll of the Maldives
- Also known as: “Atolon Faafu”, “Faaf Atoll”, “Fāfu”, “Nilandhe Atholhu Uthuruburi”, “Nilandu Atoll”, “Nilandu North”, “North Nilandhe Atoll”, “North Nilandhoo”, and “атолл Северный Ниландхе”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bileddhoo and Magoodhoo.
Magoodhoo
Islet
Magoodhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Faafu Atoll in the Maldives. Magoodhoo is situated 4 km southwest of Faafu Atoll.
Faafu Atoll
- Location: Maldives, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
3.1061° or 3° 6′ 22″ north
Longitude
72.9793° or 72° 58′ 46″ east
Population
4,640
Open location code
6JMJ4X4H+CP
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Faafu Atoll” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آتول فافو”
- Bengali: “ফাফু প্রবাল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Cebuano: “Faafu Atholhu”
- Chinese: “法富环礁”
- Chinese: “法富環礁”
- Danish: “Faafu Atoll”
- Dhivehi: “ނިލަންދެއަތޮޅު އުތުރުބުރި”
- Dutch: “Faafu-atol”
- Finnish: “Faafu Atoll”
- French: “Atoll Nilandhe Nord”
- French: “Nilandhe du Nord”
- German: “Faafu”
- Greek: “Φαάφου Ατόλ”
- Gujarati: “ફાફુ એટોલ”
- Hindi: “फाफू एटोल”
- Indonesian: “Atol Faafu”
- Italian: “Atollo Faafu”
- Japanese: “北ニランデ環礁区”
- Kannada: “ಫಾಫು ಅಟಾಲ್”
- Korean: “파푸 환초”
- Latvian: “Faafu atols”
- Lithuanian: “Faafu Atolas”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Faafu”
- Marathi: “फॅफू एटोल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Faafu Atoll”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Faafu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faafu”
- Persian: “فافو اتول”
- Polish: “Faafu”
- Portuguese: “Faafu Atoll”
- Russian: “Фаафу”
- Sinhala: “ෆාෆු අටොල්”
- Slovak: “Fáfu”
- Slovenian: “Faafu”
- Spanish: “Atolón Faafu”
- Swedish: “Faafu Atholhu”
- Swedish: “Faafu atoll”
- Tamil: “பாபியூ அடோல்”
- Telugu: “ఫాఫు అటోల్”
- Thai: “นิลันเดอาตอลูอูตูรูบูรี”
- Turkish: “Faafu Atoll”
- Ukrainian: “Атол Фаафу”
- Urdu: “فافو اٹول”
- Uzbek: “Faafu Atoll”
- Vietnamese: “Faafu Atoll”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bileiydhoo and Magoodhoo.
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