Naalaafushi | |
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: | 2.8958°N 73.5772°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Maldives |
Subdivision Type1: | Geographic atoll |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative atoll |
Subdivision Name2: | Meemu Atoll |
Subdivision Type3: | Distance to Malé |
Subdivision Name3: | 141.68km (88.04miles) |
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: | 0.875 |
Width Km: | 0.150 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 424 (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 |
Naalaafushi (Dhivehi: ނާލާފުށި) is one of the inhabited islands of Meemu Atoll.
Following the 2004 tsunami, 390 of the 465 population of the island were left without habitable homes.[2] Within a few weeks of the disaster, the United Nations Development Programme had transported 190 tons of construction material to the island and intended to have all the residents rehoused by the middle of 2005.[3] [4]
The island is 141.680NaN0 south of the country's capital, Malé.[5] The land area of the island is 9.8ha in 2018.[6] The island was described as having an area of 8.9ha in 2007.[7]
Naalaafushi has a health center with a doctor and 3 nurses and a pharmacy.[8]
Construction of the island's harbour was contracted to MTCC in 2014.[9]