Seenu Atoll
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Seenu Atoll
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| Atoll Summary | |
| Administrative name | Seenu Atoll |
| Atoll name | Addu Atoll |
| Location | 0° 36' S and 0° 44' S |
| Letter | S |
| Abbreviation | S (ސ) |
| Capital | Hithadhoo |
| Population | 28707 |
| No. of Islands | 23 |
| Inhabited Islands | 6 |
| Atoll Chief | Hussain Saeed [link] |
| Feydhoo Hithadhoo Hulhudhoo Maradhoo Maradhoo-Feydhoo Meedhoo | |
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Aboohéra Bodu Hajara Boduhéragandu Dhigihéra Fahikédéhérangada Gan Gaukendi Geskalhuhéra Hankedé Hankedé Hajara Heréthéré Hikihéra Kafathalhaa Héra Kandu Huraa Kédévaahéra Koahera Kuda Kandihéréganda Maahera Maamendhoo Madihéra Mulikédé Savaaheli Vashahéra Villingili Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited | |
Seenu Atoll or Addu is the southernmost atoll of the Republic of Maldives. Only six of the islands in the Atoll are inhabited and they are Meedhoo, Hithadhoo, Maradhoo, Feydhoo, Gan, and Hulhudhoo with the total population just over 28,000.
The British had a military air/sea force base - RAF Gan - on the island of Gan during the World War II through the Cold War which they used as an outpost. Causeways were built connecting the islands of Gan, Eyehook, Maradhoo and Hithadhoo by employed local men until the time the British pulled out in 1976. The dialect of the Dhivehi language spoken in this atoll is very different from the rest of the country. Most of the employees who had experience working for westerners and who spoke good English had turned to the tourism industry for employment. As a result, there was an influx of Addu people to Malé seeking employment in the nearby resorts and also looking for education to their children.
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