North Province was one of the seven short-lived

provinces of the Maldives Countries' first-level (top-level) administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are gene ...

. The provinces were created in a decentralization attempt by the

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administration in 2008. As of 2009, it was governed by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ms.

Thilmeeza Hussain Thilmeeza Hussain ( dv, ތިލްމީޛާ ޙުސައިން, born 22 March 1978) is a Maldivian civil servant and diplomat who has served as Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and Ambassador of the Maldives to the Unite ...

. Rejecting this change, the

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saw the abolition of the province system in 2010, through a newly enacted Decentralization Act. It consisted of Baa, Lhaviyani, Noonu and Raa Atolls. Its capital was

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. Its population (2006 census) was 43,539.Provinces of Maldives
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References

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