Funadhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)

Funadhoo
Inhabited island
Funadhoo

Location in Maldives

Coordinates: 06°08′N 73°17′E / 6.133°N 73.283°E / 6.133; 73.283Coordinates: 06°08′N 73°17′E / 6.133°N 73.283°E / 6.133; 73.283
Country Maldives
Geographic atoll Miladhummadulhu Atoll
Administrative atoll Shaviyani Atoll
Distance to Malé 218.39 km (135.70 mi)
Dimensions
  Length 2.350 km (1.460 mi)
  Width 0.450 km (0.280 mi)
Population
  Total 2,900
Time zone MST (UTC+05:00)
For other islands, see Funadhoo.

Funadhoo (Dhivehi: ފުނަދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of the Shaviyani Atoll administrative division and geographically part of the Miladhummadulhu Atoll in the Maldives.

It is the central, capital district of Shaviyani Atoll, from 2011 by the order of the Majestrate Court of Shaviyani Atoll, after it has been changed to Sh. Milandhoo in 2009 by the government. It was the capital of Shaviyani Atoll till 26 October 2009. Later on the court decision was withdrawn as a political move. Still Sh.Funadhoo remains as the Capital of Shaviyani Atoll.

Sh.Funadhoo is a very common Maldivian place name and is derived from the Dhivehi name for the tree Calophyllum inophyllum (or Funa) which grows on the shores of some islands.


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