Conventional Long Name: | Mathi-Uthuru Province |
Common Name: | Upper North Province |
Nation: | Maldives |
Status Text: | Province of Maldives |
S1: | Haa Alif Atoll Haa Alif |
S2: | Haa Dhaalu Atoll Haa Dhaalu |
Image Map Caption: | Location in Maldives |
Capital: | Kulhudhuffushi |
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: | 41,672 |
S3: | Shaviyani Atoll Shaviyani |
Upper North 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. The province consisted of Haa Alif, Haa Dhaalu and Shaviyani Atolls. Its capital was Kulhudhuffushi. Its population (2006 census) was 41,672.[1]