Thilafushi
Thilafushi is an artificial island in the Maldives, created by a government decision in 1991 as a municipal landfill situated to the west of the capital, Malé. It is located between Kaafu Atoll's Giraavaru and Gulhifalhu.
Fizan, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 500 residents
- Description: Maldivian artificial island
Places of Interest
Highlights include Giraavaru.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malé.
Thilafushi
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Latitude
4.18337° or 4° 11′ 0″ north
Longitude
73.43177° or 73° 25′ 54″ east
Open location code
6JPM5CMJ+8P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Thilafushi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيلافوشي”
- Czech: “Thilafushi”
- Dhivehi: “Thilafushi”
- Dhivehi: “ތިލަފުށި”
- Dutch: “Thilafushi”
- French: “Thilafushi”
- German: “Thilafushi”
- Italian: “Thilafushi”
- Japanese: “ティラフシ島”
- Korean: “틸라푸시섬”
- Malay: “Thilafushi”
- Polish: “Thilafushi”
- Portuguese: “Thilafushi”
- Russian: “Тилафуши”
- Serbian: “Thilafushi”
- Slovak: “Tilafusi”
- Spanish: “Thilafushi”
- Ukrainian: “Тилафуші”
- Urdu: “تھیلافوشی”
- Vietnamese: “Thilafushi”
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