Muli (Meemu Atoll)
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Muli (
Dhivehi Dhivehi, also spelled Divehi, may refer to: *Dhivehi people, an ethnic group native to the historic region of the Maldive Islands. *Dhivehi language, an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by about 350,000 people in the Republic of Maldives ...
: މުލި) is the capital of
Meemu Atoll Mulaku Atoll or Meemu Atoll(މުލަކަތޮޅު) is an administrative division of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name, also known as Mulak Atoll or 'Mulakatolhu'. There is a mosque of historical value in Kolhufush ...
, and the proposed capital for the Medhu Province of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.


History

Muli was one of the ten Maldivian islands worst affected by the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...
.


Geography

The island is south of the country's capital, Malé. The land area of the island was described as being in 2018. However, in 2017, a
land reclamation Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...
scheme was completed, which increased the land area by , but which may not be reflected by the latter-dated figure.


Demography


Healthcare

Muli has a pharmacy. Has Regional Hospital with specialist like Gynecologist, Peadiatrician, General Surgeon, Aneasthetist and General Medical officers, Dental officer, Physical Therapist. Other facilities like X-ray, Laboratory services also available. Mulee Physical Therapy department is one of best in Maldives, patients are visiting from near by Island and from other Atoll too take a good therapy from here.


Economy


Infrastructure

On 26 March 2021 BML introduces Self-Service Banking in Meemu Muli


References

Islands of the Maldives {{Maldives-geo-stub