Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)
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Gaafaru ގާފަރު | |
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Gaafaru Atoll (Landsat image) | |
Coordinates: 04°44′10″N 73°29′55″E / 4.73611°N 73.49861°E | |
Country | Maldives |
Administrative atoll | Kaafu Atoll |
Distance to Malé | 62.03 km (38.54 mi) |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 0.525 km (0.326 mi) |
• Width | 0.450 km (0.280 mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 1,294 (including foreigners) |
Time zone | UTC+05:00 (MST) |
Gaafaru (Dhivehi: ގާފަރު) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll, the only island of the natural atoll known as Gaafaru.
Geography
[edit]The island is 62.03 km (39 mi; 33 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.[2]
Gahaafaru Atoll
[edit]Gahaafaru or Gaafaru (Northern Reef) is a large elliptical reef with only a small inhabited island at its eastern end. This reef has proved disastrous to many vessels. Gaafaru reef is as much a separate atoll as Goifulhafehendhu Atoll or Rasdhukuramathi Atoll which are similar in structure and size. It is separated from Kagi (the northernmost island of North Malé Atoll) by a narrow but deep channel - the Gaafaru Kandu. Its lagoon has an average depth of 16 fathoms (30 m) and has no coral patches or shoals in its centre. Gaafaru is a small island surrounded by a big reef.
Demography
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2006 | 800 | — |
2014 | 1,066 | +33.2% |
2015 | 1,377 | +29.2% |
2016 | 1,409 | +2.3% |
2017 | 1,452 | +3.1% |
2018 | 1,478 | +1.8% |
2019 | 1,510 | +2.2% |
2020 | 1,532 | +1.5% |
2021 | 1,566 | +2.2% |
2022 | 1,294 | −17.4% |
2006-2022: Census populations Source: [1][3] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Table P3: Resident Population by place of enumeration and by island, 2014-2022" (PDF). Maldives Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". Boulter.com. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Table 3.3: Total Maldivian Population by Islands" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā l Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
- Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.l