Fares-Maathodaa
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Fares-Maathodaa (Dhivehi: ފަރެސްމާތޮޑާ) is one of the inhabited islands of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll. Fares and Maathoda were originally two separate islands until they were joined by the reclamation of the shallow water passage between them during 1990s. Today, unified as one, the locals livelihood is mostly dependent on fishing.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll
- Country
- Maldives
- Located in
- Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Body of water
- Laccadive Sea
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Fares-Maathodaa (Dhivehi: ފަރެސްމާތޮޑާ) is one of the inhabited islands of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll. Fares and Maathoda were originally two separate islands until they were joined by the reclamation of the shallow water passage between them during 1990s. Today, unified as one, the locals livelihood is mostly dependent on fishing.
==Geography== The island is south of the country's capital, Malé, and covers an area of 48.7 hectares
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fares-Maathodaa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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