| Thuraakunu | |||||||||||
| Native Name: | ތުރާކުނު | ||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | dv | ||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | island | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Maldives | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maldives | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 7.105°N 72.9019°W | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Maldives | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Geographic atoll | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Ihavandhippolhu Atoll | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Administrative atoll | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Haa Alif Atoll | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Distance to Malé | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | 330.89km (205.61miles) | ||||||||||
| Seat Type: | Capital | ||||||||||
| Parts Type: | Geographic atolls | ||||||||||
| Parts Style: | list | ||||||||||
| Leader Title: | Council | ||||||||||
| Leader Name: | Thuraakunu Island Council | ||||||||||
| Leader Title3: | Mayor | ||||||||||
| Leader Title4: | Island Chief | ||||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||||
| Length Km: | 0.9 | ||||||||||
| Width Km: | 0.38 | ||||||||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||
| Population Total: | 421 (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) | ||||||||||
| Area Code: | 650, 20 | ||||||||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Islands | ||||||||||
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Inhabited | ||||||||||
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Uninhabited | ||||||||||
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Total | ||||||||||
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Thuraakunu (Dhivehi: ތުރާކުނު) is the northernmost island in Maldives, one of the fourteen inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll and is geographically part of the Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the Maldives. It is an island-level administrative constituency governed by the Thuraakunu Island Council.
Thuraakunu is the closest island to Minicoy. Formerly there was direct trade between both, and fishermen from both islands used to visit each other. This exchange continued even after Minicoy became part of the Indian Union after independence. However, after 1956 the Indian government forbade these visits. Now, despite the geographical proximity and ethnographic similarities, people from both islands are not allowed to meet each other.
The island is 330.890NaN0 north of the country's capital, Malé.[3]