Kudarikilu (
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
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: ކުޑަރިކިލު) is one of the inhabited islands of
Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll
Southern Maalhosmadulu Atoll (code name Baa) is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of two separate natural atolls, namely the southern part of Maalhosmadulhu Atoll (which is 42 km long and 32 km wide and consists of ...
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Baa Atoll
Baa Atoll (includes Southern Maalhosmadulu Atoll or Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi, Fasdhūtherē Atoll, and Goifulhafehendhu Atoll) is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of three separate natural atolls, namely southern Maalhosmad ...
).
Geography
The island is north of the country's capital,
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 ...
.
Middle Maalhosmadulhu
The northern part of administrative South Maalhosmadulhu forms a clearly delimited, roughly triangular, natural atoll called Middle Maalhosmadulhu or 'Fasdūtherē' (meaning 'between five islands'), with a total area of . On its southwest corner stands Kudarikilu Island, the only inhabited one of the Middle Maalhosmadulhu Atoll, with an area of .
In addition, there are 10 smaller, uninhabited islets on the rim of the atoll. The total land area is about . The lagoon becomes narrower towards the west and its average depth is . The Atoll is separated from North Maalhosmadulhu by a deep channel (Moresby Channel in the
Admiralty chart
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) and from the southern part of South Maalhosmadulhu by a narrower channel running from east to west.
Demography
References
*''Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru''. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī. Malé 1999.
*''The Islands of Maldives''. Hasan A. Maniku. Novelty. Male 1983.
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Islands of the Maldives