Muraidhoo (
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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: މުރައިދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of
Haa Alif Atoll
Haa Alif Atoll is the code name based on the letters of the Maldivian alphabet commonly used to refer to the administrative division officially known as North Thiladhunmathi Atoll ( Maldivian: ''Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi'') in the Maldives.
It is ...
administrative division and is geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the
Maldives. It is an
island-level administrative constituency governed by the Muraidhoo Island Council. It is one of the intra-atoll islands (i.e. not forming the atoll border).
History
There are no archaeological remains of interest on the island. Notable figures from Muraidhoo include Hassan Kaleyge who served as the Treasurer of the Kings for many sultans of the
Isdhoo and
Dhiyamigili Dynastries and Hussein Dahara Takurufan who was the foreign minister during
Sultan Ghazi Hassan Izudeen's reign 1759–1767.
Geography
The island is north of the country's capital,
Malé.
Demography
References
External links
Isles: Muraidhoo
Islands of the Maldives
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