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Nolhivaram (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)

Inhabited island in Thiladhummathi Atoll, Maldives

Nolhivaran
Inhabited island
Nolhivaran Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 06°39′48″N 73°04′51″E / 6.66333°N 73.08083°E / 6.66333; 73.08083
Country	Maldives
Geographic atoll	Thiladhummathi Atoll
Administrative atoll	Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Distance to Malé	279.2 km (173.5 mi)
Dimensions
• Length	2.170 km (1.348 mi)
• Width	1.150 km (0.715 mi)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	1,892 (including foreigners)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (MST)

Nolhivaram (Dhivehi: ނޮޅިވަރަމް), NolhivaranorNolhivaramu is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.

History[edit]

It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited islands in the Maldives and ethnographically very different from the rest of the islands. This is evident from the name ending in varamorvaran. A separate indigenous group different from the first Maldivian settlers is said to have come from South India and named their islands Varam (also the islands formerly called Kuruhinnavaram and Giraavaram contained their settlements). Nolhivaram was among the islands severely damaged during the great cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives. This was during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I.

Geography[edit]

The island is 279.2 km (173 mi; 151 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.^[2]

Demography[edit]

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