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  Maldives - Hello Maldives - Bits-n-Pieces
Isdhoo is an island situated in Laamu Atoll (446.13 sq.mi.) located in the south of the central chain of islands.
Lying south of Laamu Atoll across the One and Half Degree Channel is Huvadhu Atoll (6,486 sq.mi.), the largest true atoll formation in the world with a lagoon area spanning 864.6 sq.miles.
Meedhoo, an island located in the southernmost atoll of Seenu (84 sq.mi.), which is one of the rarest naturally protected atolls in the Maldivian archipelago, is where important personages have been entombed in the Koaganu cemetery.
hello-maldives.com /bitsnpcs.htm   (663 words)

  
 Destination Maldive Islands - a complete and helpful guide to planning your Island vacation
To the west of Malé; Atoll stretches the Alifu or Ari Atoll (831.25 sq.
South of Alifu Atoll is the Faafu Atoll (242.9 sq.miles.).
Isdhoo is an island located in the south of the central chain of the Maldive islands.
www.visit-maldives.org   (987 words)

  
 Bits and Pieces - Silco - Male', republic of Maldives
South of Alifu Atoll is faafu Atoll (242.9sq.mi.0 In the southern island of Nilandhoo is the Asaari Miskiiy, the second oldest mosque in the Maldives.
Isdhoo is an island situated in Laamu Atoll (446.13 sq.mi.) located in the south of the central chain of island s.
Meedhoo, an island located in the southernmost atoll of seenu(84sq.mi.) which is one of the rarest naturally protected atolls in the Maldivian archipelago, is where important personages have been entombed in the Koaganu cemetery.
www.silco.com.mv /bandp.htm   (649 words)

  
 Maps of Maldives - Laamu Atoll, airport, fish processing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Laamu Atoll (L.) is located between latitude 2° 08' N and 1° 47' N. Situated to the south east of Thaa Atoll, Laamu Atoll has 12 inhabited islands and a number of uninhabited and inhabited islands on a chain on the eastern side of the atoll.
Fonadhoo, the atoll capital is a large island with a population of over 1700.
Kaddoo, located next to Fonadhooo, the atoll capital has a domestic airport and is served by daily flights from the capital Male'.
maldives.00freehost.com /laamu.htm   (193 words)

  
 Dhivehi Observer News | South Asia | Maldives | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Last night at 10.30 pm Male' time, NSS coastguard left for Meemu atoll with food, clothing and materials for burials.
There are 14 people dead in Meemu atoll in need of burial.
Filladhoo island on Haa Alifu atoll, population 550.
dhivehiobserver.com /tsunami_december_2004/names_of_dead2_tsunami.htm   (360 words)

  
 Maldives Hotels Travel Guide — Sightseeing in Maldives, Tours and Attractions in Maldives
The archipelago of the Maldives is studded with 26 natural atolls and a total of 1,190 coral islands, of which only some 200-odd are inhabited (some of these only being ‘inhabited’ due to resorts being built on them).
Each island is surrounded by a shallow lagoon, enclosed by a coral reef, which safeguards the island from the hazards caused by the sea in rough weather.
is an island situated in the Laamu Atoll located in the south of the central chain of islands.
www.hoteltravel.com /maldives/guides/sightseeing.htm   (2355 words)

  
 Atolls Minister Refused Entry in Laamu Atoll
Mohamed Waheeddeen was met with ugly scenes at Isdhoo Ward of Isdhoo-Kalhaidhoo Island of Laamu Atoll earlier this week, when angry tsunami victims refused to allow the Minister to step foot on the island.
Witnesses told Minivan that the Atolls Minister tried to stop over at Isdhoo Ward after rain hampered his team from docking at Kalhaidhoo Ward which was the focus of his visit.
The Isdhoo Island Chief reportedly arrived at the jetty during the incident, but the crowd persisted in their refusal to allow the Minister to land.
www.minivannews.com /news/news.php?id=1310   (293 words)

  
 New Page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Indeed, according to the Isdhoo loamaafaana, the next King, who came to power in AD 1179, sent an expedition to the southern island of Dhabidhoo in Laamu Atoll to bring the Buddhists to heel.
The Atoll Chief (Atholhuverin) is responsible for the economic and political arrangements on the atoll.
Although there are new schools and health clinics in the outer atolls, Male' remains the hub of the scattered archipelago, and while no one goes without food or shelter, Maldives is one of the poorest countries in the world.
www.ourmaldives.com /maldives/history   (5494 words)

  
 Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll is an atoll in the Maldives.
Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll   Gnaviyani Atoll   Seenu Atoll
This page was last modified 16:37, 12 May 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll   (78 words)

  
 CDC - Scrub Typhus Reemergence in the Maldives
Republic of Maldives by atoll (total number of cases, May 28, 2002, to April 27, 2003, in parentheses next to atoll name).
In the summer of 2002, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the Republic of Maldives, a nation of 26 coral atolls straddling the equator in the Indian Ocean.
A published report noted that beech rain forests in the Addu Atoll possessed both the host and vector of scrub typhus and the rickettsia, whereas the atoll was negative for Q fever and murine, epidemic, and tick typhus (2).
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol9no12/03-0212.htm   (2012 words)

  
 Oxfam Canada - Oxfam News - Oxfam International Responds Earthquake and Floods in Asia - December 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We set of to the airport Thursday morning where we boarded a commercial flight to Laamu Atoll, which is approximately 230 km south of the capital Male.
It was a short drive from Kaddhoo to Fonadhoo the capital of the Atoll over a causeway that had been severely eroded by the Tsunami.
We finished the field trip with another visit to Atoll chief to explore what possible solutions there are for supplying water when the current supplies are exhausted.
www.oxfam.ca /news/AsianEarthQuake_Floods/MarkEvans1.htm   (2145 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Asian quake - Missing persons
Has anyone got any info on the Sun Island,(South Ari Atoll), we were there on our honeymoon in September this year, very concerned for all the lovely, wonderful people we met there, Pru, customer relations rep, Isham, drinks waiter, hussian table waiter and everyone I have not mentioned.
Everyone from the Meemu Atoll in the Maldives was evacuated by the Pakistan Navy, including my daughter.
We have heard that the island of Vakarufahli in the South Ari Atoll was not badly damaged and that there were no injuries to staff or guests there.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/4130407.stm   (6557 words)

  
 Maldives History
The real significance of this record is in the detail of instructions for the maintenance of the new mosque at the site of the desecrated monastery.
The monastery's former serfs are reassigned to the mosque and their duties continue very much as before.
Islands from as far away as Huvadhu atoll are ordered to continue their former offerings as tribute to the mosque, and poor people are released from their taxation obligations.
www.maldivesculture.com /histor04.html   (319 words)

  
 Faith Freedom International :: View topic - Countries and Culture Before and After ISLAM: Maldives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The most northern Maldivian atoll, Haa Alifu, is 600 km south-west of the Indian mainland.
On the islands, ground level never exceeds three metres, and the lagoons are warm and easily navigated saltwater lakes.
Ali Najeeb to "Ariadhoo" in Ari Atoll to excavate a large hill found to contain some vital historical monuments.
www.faithfreedom.org /forum2/viewtopic.php?t=7032   (3433 words)

  
 Maldives Government Enters Arrangement with British Red Cross to Rebuild Tsunami Islands
The National Disaster Management Centre of Maldives on July 24th told the press that the British Red Cross will take charge of reconstruction of some of the worst hit islands by the tsunamis.
They include the islands of Isdhoo-Kalhaidhoo, Fonadhoo, Maabaidhoo in Laamu Atoll, Madifushi and Vilufushi in Thaa Atoll and Kolhufushi in Meemu Atoll.
The aid package will include assistance for rehabilitating affected families as well as rebuilding homes, official reports said.
www.minivannews.com /news/news.php?id=973   (233 words)

  
 Shockwaves in Maldives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Angry tsunami victims refuse Atolls Minister entry to island
Minister of Atolls Development of Maldives, Mr Mohamed Waheed Deen has been refused entry to an island in Laamu Atoll by angry tsunami victims, Minivan News has reported.
UN to provide additional food to tsunami victims during Ramazan
shockwavesinmaldives.blogspot.com   (1676 words)

  
 Welcome to Wataniya
As calls to other ‘9’ numbers remain within our network, you’ll be able to make the best quality calls in the Maldives whenever you call 9 to 9.
We now have coverage in Alifu Alifu, Alif Dhaalu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaaf Dhaalu, Ghaviyani, Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Meemu, Noonu, Seenu, Shaviyani, Thaa, Raa and Vaavu atoll.
If you’d like to check which islands have Wataniya’s coverage, just take a look below – we’ve listed them by the atolls.
www.wataniya.mv /coverage/coverage.html   (177 words)

  
 panos.co.uk - photo captions
Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031416 : MALDIVES Laamu Atoll - Women and child on Isdhoo island, which was badly damaged by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004.
An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land.
www.panos.co.uk /photocaptions17.html   (12283 words)

  
 Diary 30 Jan 04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 'to do' list still has the Great Barrier Reef and Truk Lagoon highlighted, so who knows what the future holds?
After another marathon 9 hour overnight transit from Felidhoo Atoll in heavy seas, we arrived at Laamu Atoll at 0900 and after a slight delay due to the swell we dived before breakfast.
The dive consisted of a colourful sloping wall with minimal current.
www.rafsaa.org /expedrpts/Poseidon_Feenun04/diary/30jan.htm   (500 words)

  
 Fuvammulah (Gnaviyani Atoll) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fuvammulah (Dhivehi: ފުވައްމުލައް) is the largest island in Maldives belonging to the smallest atoll of Maldives, Naviyani Atoll.
It is also the only island of this Atoll.
Dhanbidhoo Fonadhoo Gaadhoo Gan Hithadhoo Isdhoo Kalaidhoo Kunahandhoo Maabaidhoo Maamendhoo Maavah Mundoo
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fuvahmulah   (315 words)

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