Fainu
Sign in to saveFainu () is one of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll. Fainu is situated in Raa Atoll which is officially known as North Maalhosmadulu Atoll. The island is located between the Kinolhas and Inguraidhoo. The island is north of the country's capital, Malé. From Fainu in a normal boat it takes about over 8 hours to reach capital city Malé.
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Vinony's link graph records 213 inbound references to Fainu, and connects out to Maldives, time zone and World Health Organization.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Islands of the Maldives.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Fainu
- Settlement.native_name
- ފައިނު
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- dv
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Inhabited island
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Maldives
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
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- Location in Maldives
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Maldives
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Geographic atoll
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- Administrative atoll
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- Raa Atoll
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- Distance to Malé
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- Capital
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- Geographic atolls
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Fainu () is one of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll. Fainu is situated in Raa Atoll which is officially known as North Maalhosmadulu Atoll. The island is located between the Kinolhas and Inguraidhoo. The island is north of the country's capital, Malé. From Fainu in a normal boat it takes about over 8 hours to reach capital city Malé.
==Ecology== Issues such as environmental degradation remain prominent. Maldives Human Development Report 2000 highlighted the poor irrigation system at place which is still unchanged. Also, Maldives State of the Environment Report 2002 highlighted the severe beach erosion problem faced by the island (notably the biggest island in Raa Atoll). Moreover, December 2004 - Indian Ocean tsunami left the island as the second most devastated in the atoll.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fainu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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