Faafu Atoll

Faafu Atoll is an administrative division of the . It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name. Certain islands of this atoll used to be inhabited, like Himithi.
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  • Type: atoll of the Maldives with 4,640 residents
  • Description: administrative atoll of the Maldives
  • Also known as: Faaf Atoll”, “Fāfu”, “Nilandhe Atholhu Uthuruburi”, “Nilandu Atoll”, “Nilandu North”, “North Nilandhe Atoll”, and “North Nilandhoo

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bileddhoo and Magoodhoo.

Islet
is one of the inhabited islands of Faafu Atoll.

Islet
is one of the inhabited islands of Faafu Atoll in the . is situated 4 km southwest of Faafu Atoll.

Faafu Atoll

Latitude
3.1061° or 3° 6′ 22″ north
Longitude
72.9793° or 72° 58′ 46″ east
Population
4,640
Open location code
6JMJ4X4H+CP
Geo­Names ID
1282393
Wiki­data ID
Q2469227
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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: атолл Северный Ниландхе
  • Russian: Фаафу
  • Sinhala: ෆාෆු අටොල්
  • Slovak: Fáfu
  • Slovenian: Faafu
  • Spanish: Atolon 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 اتول
  • Uzbek: Faafu Atoll
  • Vietnamese: Faafu Atoll

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