Naalaafushi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Meemu Atoll
- Country
- Maldives
- Located in
- Meemu Atoll
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Body of water
- Indian Ocean
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 2004 tsunami and aftermath
- Geography
- Demography
- Healthcare
- Transport
- References
Naalaafushi () is one of the inhabited islands of Meemu Atoll.
==History== ===2004 tsunami and aftermath=== Following the 2004 tsunami, 390 of the 465 population of the island were left without habitable homes. Within a few weeks of the disaster, the United Nations Development Programme had transported 190 tons of construction material to the island and intended to have all the residents rehoused by the middle of 2005.
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