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Northern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll
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Raa Atoll |
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| Atoll Summary | |
| Administrative name | Raa Atoll |
| Atoll name | Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi |
| Location | 5° 58' N and 5° 20' N |
| Letter | E |
| Abbreviation | R (ރ) |
| Capital | Ungoofaaru |
| Population | 19003 |
| No. of Islands | 88 |
| Inhabited Islands | 15 |
| Atoll Chief | Saud Abdulla [1] |
| Inhabited Islands | |
| Alifushi Angolhitheemu Fainu Hulhudhuffaaru Inguraidhoo Innamaadhoo Kandholhudhoo Kinolhas Maakurathu Maduvvaree Meedhoo Rasgetheemu Rasmaadhoo Ungoofaaru Vaadhoo | |
| Uninhabited Islands | |
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Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited |
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Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll (code name Raa) is an atoll from the Maldives. It includes Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll and the island of Alifushi.
The capital of Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll is Ungoofaaru. Recently, the island has been reclaimed up to the edge of the reef in order to provide land for social and economic activities for the growing population.
Alifushi is an island which has been traditionally famous for its boatbuilding carpernters. It now houses shipyards.
The main tourist resort island on the Raa atoll is Meedhupparu
- Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Male’ 1990.
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.