Kaafu

Kaafu is a region of the , which covers North Male Atoll, South Male Atoll and the islands of Kaashidhoo and Gaafaru.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Malé and Maafushi.
, pronounced Maa-leh, is the capital of .
is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll in the .

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Football Stadium and Malé Friday Mosque.
The , also known as the Malé Hukuru…
The palace or is the official residence of the president of the Maldives.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hulhumale.
Malé, pronounced Maa-leh, is the capital of .

Kaafu

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Latitude
4.1696° or 4° 10′ 11″ north
Longitude
73.4992° or 73° 29′ 57″ east
Open location code
6JPM5F9X+RM
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kaafu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كافو آتول”
  • Asturian: “Atolón Kaafu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaafu atollu”
  • Bengali: “কাফু প্রবাল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bengali: “কাফু”
  • Catalan: “Atol Kaafu”
  • Cebuano: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Chinese: “卡富环礁”
  • Chinese: “卡富環礁”
  • Czech: “Kaafu”
  • Danish: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Dhivehi: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Dhivehi: “މާލެ އަތޮޅު”
  • Dutch: “Kaafu Atol”
  • Dutch: “Kaafu-atol”
  • Finnish: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Finnish: “Kaafu”
  • French: “Atoll administratif de Kaafu”
  • French: “Atoll de Kaafu”
  • French: “Kaafu”
  • Galician: “Atol Kaafu”
  • German: “Kaafu”
  • German: “Malé Atholhu”
  • Greek: “Καάφου Ατόλ”
  • Gujarati: “કાફુ એટોલ”
  • Hebrew: “אטול קאפו”
  • Hindi: “काफू एटोल”
  • Hungarian: “Kaafu”
  • Hungarian: “Male-atoll”
  • Indonesian: “Atol Kaafu”
  • Irish: “Atall Kaafu”
  • Italian: “atollo Kaafu”
  • Italian: “Atollo Kaafu”
  • Italian: “Kaafu”
  • Japanese: “カーフ環礁”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಫು ಅಟಾಲ್”
  • Korean: “카푸 환초”
  • Latvian: “Kāfu atols”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaafo atolas”
  • Malay: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Marathi: “काफ़ू अटॉल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Persian: “آب‌سنگ حلقوی کافو”
  • Polish: “Kaafu”
  • Portuguese: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Russian: “Каафу”
  • Sinhala: “කාෆු දුපත් සමුහය”
  • Slovak: “Káfu”
  • Slovenian: “Kaafu”
  • Spanish: “Atolon kaafu”
  • Spanish: “Atolón Kaafu”
  • Swedish: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Swedish: “Kaafu”
  • Tamil: “காஃபு அடோல்”
  • Telugu: “కాఫు అటోల్”
  • Thai: “มาเลอาตอลู”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะคาฟุ”
  • Turkish: “Kaafu Atoll”
  • Turkish: “Kaafu Atolü”
  • Ukrainian: “Атол Каафу”
  • Urdu: “کافو اتول”
  • Urdu: “کافو اٹول”
  • Vietnamese: “Kaafu Atoll”

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