Hanimaadhoo | |
Native Name Lang: | dv |
Settlement Type: | Inhabited island |
Pushpin Map: | Maldives |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maldives |
Coordinates: | 6.7658°N 73.1758°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Maldives |
Subdivision Type1: | Geographic atoll |
Subdivision Name1: | Thiladhummathi Atoll |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative atoll |
Subdivision Name2: | Haa Dhaalu Atoll |
Subdivision Type3: | Distance to Malé |
Subdivision Name3: | 288.84km (179.48miles) |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Parts Type: | Geographic atolls |
Parts Style: | list |
Leader Title: | Council |
Leader Title3: | Mayor |
Leader Title4: | Island Chief |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Length Km: | 6.800 |
Width Km: | 0.730 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1951 (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 |
Hanimaadhoo (Dhivehi: ހަނިމާދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.
The island is 288.840NaN0 north of the country's capital, Malé.[2]
The Hanomaadhoo Meteorological Observatory is located on this island. Many flight scientific research such as those investigating aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere and the Brown Cloud phenomenon have been initiated from Hanimaadhoo.
On 16 April 2016, Hanimaadhoo recorded a temperature of 34.9C, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in the Maldives.[3]
Islanders from Hathifushi and Hondaidhoo have been relocated to Hanimaadhoo in the recent years.
The island is planned to be one of the developmental centres of the newly planned Mathi-Uthuru Province.
The island is the site of Hanimaadhoo Airport, one of the few domestic airports of the Maldives.