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Muraidhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)

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Country
  
Maldives

Distance to Malé
  
296.02 km (183.94 mi)

Area code(s)
  
650, 20

Geographic atoll
  
Thiladhunmathi Atoll

Time zone
  
MST (UTC+05:00)

Administrative atoll
  
Haa Alif Atoll

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Muraidhoo (Dhivehi: މުރައިދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll administrative division and is geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. It is an island-level administrative constituency governed by the Muraidhoo Island Council. It is one of the intra-atoll islands (i.e. not forming the atoll border).

Map of Muraidhoo, Maldives

There are no archaeological remains of interest on the island. Notable figures from Muraidhoo include Hassan Kaleyge who served as the Treasurer of the Kings for many sultans of the Isdhoo and Dhiyamigili Dynastries and Hussein Dahara Takurufan who was the foreign minister during Sultan Ghazi Hassan Izudeen's reign 1759-1767.

References

Muraidhoo (Haa Alif Atoll) Wikipedia