| Kudafari | |
| 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: | 5.8797°N 73.3994°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Maldives |
| Subdivision Type1: | Geographic atoll |
| Subdivision Name1: | Miladhummadulhu Atoll |
| Subdivision Type2: | Administrative atoll |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Miladhunmadulu |
| Subdivision Type3: | Distance to Malé |
| Subdivision Name3: | 188.87km (117.36miles) |
| 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: | 0.680 |
| Width Km: | 0.430 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 453 (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 |
Kudafari[2] (Dhivehi: ކުޑަފަރި) is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll.
It is said that the first inhabitants of Kudafari were Black African slaves that were brought to the Maldives. Slaves were mostly brought during that period for work such as shipbuilding and toddy tapping. They were housed in the Galolhu district of Malé at a place known as Baburun Koshi. They were freed in Malé and subsequently settled on this Island and AA.Feridhoo. According to the late historian Lutfi writing in Faiythoora, the Africans in Feridhoo were an offshoot of the slaves sent to Kudafari from Malé after Sultan Hadhi Hassan got angry at them. This was in the 15th century. The last slave transaction in Maldives happened during the 1830s as the Arab Slave Trade lasted longer than its Trans Atlantic counterpart. The islanders living today are descendants of these people, some even inter-marrying local women from nearby islands. N.Kudafari and AA.Feridhoo are two known communities of African descent in Maldives. Similar communities exist in neighbouring Sri Lanka and India.
The island is 188.870NaN0 north of the country's capital, Malé.[3] Kudafari's land is flat. The highest point on the island is above the sea level. from north to south and from east to west.
The average temperature is . The hottest month is April, at, and the coldest is January, at .[4] The average rainfall is millimeters per year. The wettest month is August, with of rain, and the driest is February, with .[5]
"The 'Integrated Multi-Tropical Aquaculture Project' was envisaged to initiate a community-led cause to revive coral reefs. Being from a small island such as Kudafari, we see the effects of climate change every day. But despite the odds, the project makes one believe in a future that we all can achieve."[6]
Kudafari population : 807[7] D-6[8]
Kudafaree has a school.[9]
As part of the government's programme to improve the standard of education in the country, President Mohamed Nasheed launched the Smart School Programme.[10] The Kudafari School was inaugurated as the first Smart School under the programme.
Smart schools make use of information and communication technology and multimedia resources in the classrooms, in order to cater to the needs of all students of different academic levels.