Hulhulé (ހުޅުލެ), located at , is an island in the North

Malé Atoll Kaafu Atoll is an administrative atoll in the Republic of Maldives. It consists of two separate atolls: North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll. Together with smaller geographic atolls of Kaashidhoo Island and Gaafaru, the group forms the admini ...

of the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

where the city's airport,

Velana International Airport Velana International Airport (VIA) (Maldivian language, Dhivehi: ) is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé. The airport is well connected wit ...

, is located. The island has no permanent population.Hulhulé
, Isles website, official Maldives government website It is one of the islands closest to the capital island

Malé Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern ...

. Hulhulé is considered a

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of Malé. The 2.1km

Sinamalé Bridge The Sinamalé Bridge ( dv, ސިނަމާލެ ފާލަން) links the islands of Malé, Hulhulé and Hulhumalé (through Hulhulé') in the Maldives. The 1.39 km long bridge has two car lanes and separate lanes for motorcycles, and pedestria ...

links the island with Malé. The bridge which has two car lanes and separate lanes for motorcycles, and pedestrians, opened on 30 August 2018.

Velana International Airport

The

is located on this island along with some official premises, e.g. Maldivian Bureau of Meteorology. The airport is served internationally by a variety of holiday charter flights (mostly from Europe) and several scheduled carriers including Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, British Airways, Turkish Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and Sri Lankan Airlines. In addition to serving as an international and domestic airport, Hulhule is also home to the seaplane terminal operated by

Trans Maldivian Airways Trans Maldivian Airways (Pvt) Ltd. (TMA) is a private airline headquartered on the grounds of Velana International Airport in Malé, Maldives. Operating out of Velana International Airport, TMA is the oldest air transfer operator operating in the ...

. The island also serves as a hub for travellers wishing to connect to a domestic flight to the further outlying atolls, such as Laamu. Before the airport was built it used to be the home of the aboriginal

Giraavaru people The Giraavaru people are indigenous people of the Giravaaru islands that is part of Maldives. They are considered to be of Dravidian origin, and the earliest island community of the Maldives, predating Buddhism and the arrival of a Northern ki ...

. In 1968, they were forced to abandon their ancestral home on

Giraavaru Giraavaru may refer to: * The Giraavaru people * Giraavaru (Kaafu Atoll) :''See also Giraavaru people'' Giraavaru is an island of Malé Atoll (the administrative Kaafu Atoll) nowadays hosting a tourist resort. It is located on the southwestern ...

island under an

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ic regulation that did not recognise communities with fewer than 40 adult males who could form a

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at the

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s. The Giraavaru people were ferried across the atoll lagoon to Hulhule Island. When the airport there was extended, they were shifted across to Malé and housed in a few blocks in newly reclaimed areas in the

Maafannu Maafannu ( dv, މާފަންނު) is a district of Malé, Maldives. Location within Malé City Maafannu is on the western portion of Malé Island: Notable Places * Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital * Maldives National University Faculty of ...

district.

Location within Malé City

The airport island Hulhulé is located northeast of Malé Island, between it and new artificial residential Hulhumalé Island, to which it is connected by a causeway.

Accommodation

One hotel, the Hulhule Island Hotel, is located on the island. This hotel is more for transit passengers over-nighting as opposed to a true resort hotel.

References

Islands of the Maldives {{Maldives-geo-stub