Conventional Long Name: | Medhu-Dhekunu Province |
Common Name: | South Central Province |
Nation: | Maldives |
Status Text: | Province of Maldives |
S1: | Gaafu Alif Atoll Gaafu Alif |
S2: | Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Gaafu Dhaalu |
Image Map Caption: | Location in Maldives |
Capital: | Gan |
Title Leader: | Governor |
Leader1: | Ms. Thilmeeza Hussain |
Year Leader1: | 2008–2010 |
Year Start: | 2008 |
Event End: | Disestablishment |
Date End: | 15 October |
Year End: | 2010 |
Stat Year1: | 2006 |
Stat Pop1: | 20,483 |
South Central Province was one of the seven short-lived provinces of the Maldives. The provinces were created in a decentralization attempt by the Nasheed administration in 2008. It was governed by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ms. Thilmeeza Hussain. Rejecting this change, the Parliament saw the abolition of the province system in 2010, through a newly enacted Decentralization Act. It consisted of Gaafu Alif and Gaafu Dhaalu Atolls. Its capital was Gan. Its population (2006 census) was 20,483.[1]