Addu

Addu is the southernmost atoll in the . Hithadhoo, its capital, was the base of the short-lived United Suvadive Republic secessionist movement in 1959–1963.
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  • Type: Archipelago
  • Description: atoll of the Maldives
  • Also known as: “Addu Atoll”, “Atolon de Addu”, “Atolón de Addu”, “Bodu Hajara (Seenu-atol)”, “Boduhéragandu (Seenu-atol)”, “Dhigihéra (Seenu-atol)”, “Fahikédéhérangada (Seenu-atol)”, “Gaukendi (Seenu-atol)”, “Geskalhuhéra (Seenu-atol)”, “Heréthéré (Seenu-atol)”, “Hikahera (Seenu-atol)”, “Kafathalhaa Héra (Seenu-atol)”, “Kandu Huraa (Seenu-atol)”, “Kédévaahéra (Seenu-atol)”, “Koahera (Seenu-atol)”, “Kuda Kandihéréganda (Seenu-atol)”, “Maahera (Seenu-atol)”, “Madihéra (Seenu-atol)”, “Mulikédé (Seenu-atol)”, “MV-01”, “Savaaheli (Seenu-atol)”, “Seenu Atol”, “Seenu Atoll”, “Seenu-Atoll”, “Sīnu”, “Vashahéra (Seenu-atol)”, “ސ. އަތޮޅު”, “アッズ環礁”, and “シーヌー環礁”

Addu

Latitude
-0.6412° or 0° 38′ 28″ south
Longitude
73.1582° or 73° 9′ 30″ east
Population
18,900
UN/LOCODE
MV ADU
Open location code
6JFM9555+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 671807083
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­atoll
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­archipelago
Geo­Names ID
1281893
Wiki­data ID
Q353375
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Addu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آتول أدو”
  • Asturian: “Seenu”
  • Basque: “Seenu”
  • Catalan: “atol d’Addu”
  • Catalan: “Atol d’Addu”
  • Cebuano: “Seenu Atholhu”
  • Chinese: “Addu环礁”
  • Chinese: “Addu環礁”
  • Chinese: “阿杜環礁”
  • Czech: “Addu (atol)”
  • Czech: “Addu”
  • Dhivehi: “އައްޑުއަތޮޅު”
  • Dutch: “Seenu-atol”
  • Esperanto: “Addu”
  • French: “Addu”
  • German: “Addu-Atoll”
  • Hungarian: “Addu-atoll”
  • Indonesian: “Atol Addu”
  • Italian: “Atollo Addu”
  • Italian: “Atollo Seenu”
  • Japanese: “アッドゥ環礁”
  • Korean: “아두 환초”
  • Lithuanian: “Adū atolas”
  • Macedonian: “Аду”
  • Polish: “Addu”
  • Russian: “Адду”
  • Russian: “Сиину”
  • Slovak: “Sínu”
  • Slovenian: “Addu”
  • Spanish: “Seenu”
  • Swedish: “Seenu Atholhu”
  • Swedish: “Seenu atoll”
  • Tamil: “அட்டு பவளத்தீவு”
  • Ukrainian: “Адду (атол)”
  • Ukrainian: “Адду”

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