Feydhoo | |
Native Name: | މަރަދޫފޭދޫ |
Native Name Lang: | dv |
Settlement Type: | District of Addu City |
Pushpin Map: | Maldives Addu#Maldives |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Addu Atoll |
Coordinates: | -0.6825°N 73.1353°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Maldives |
Subdivision Type1: | Geographic atoll |
Subdivision Name1: | Addu Atoll |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative atoll |
Subdivision Name2: | Seenu Atoll |
Subdivision Type3: | Distance to Malé |
Subdivision Name3: | 538.76km (334.77miles) |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Parts Type: | Geographic atolls |
Parts Style: | list |
Leader Title: | Council |
Leader Title3: | Mayor |
Leader Title4: | Island Chief |
Leader Name4: | Hassan Latheef |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1.22 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3431 (including foreigners) |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +05:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Assigned Letter |
Postal2 Code Type: | Assigned Letter |
Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Islands |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Inhabited |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Uninhabited |
Blank3 Name Sec2: | Total |
Feydhoo (Dhivehi: ފޭދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of the Addu Atoll (formerly known as Seenu Atoll).
The people of Feydhoo are former residents of Gan. Gan was a very fertile island with its coconut palms, breadfruit trees, yam, binbi and numerous other types of trees flourishing. Even during the Second World War, the people of Gan were economically self-sufficient. However, in 1956/1957 they had to leave their livelihood they had been enjoying for so long, forever because the British Royal Air Force leased the island to build RAF Gan, a military base on the island. All the residents were moved to the next island west of Gan, Feydhoo, a less fertile and much smaller island whose own residents were moved to the eastern side of Maradhoo.
In 2013, the districts of Feydhoo and Maradhoo-Feydhoo were united to one district.
It is the southernmost inhabited island of Maldives. The island is 538.760NaN0 south of the country's capital, Malé.[2]