Hulhumalé
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Hulhumalé (; Dhivehi: ހުޅުމާލެ) is a reclaimed island located in the south of North Malé Atoll, Maldives. The artificial island is being built up by pumping sand from the sea floor, in order to meet the existing and future housing, industrial and commercial development demands of the Malé region and as a response to the threat posed by rising sea levels. The official settlement was inaugurated by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on May 12, 2004.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hulhumalé
- Settlement.native_name
- ހުޅުމާލެ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- dv
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District of Malé City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Malediven Rückflug Hulhumale 6.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Hulhumalé in 2018
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Maldives
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Maldives
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Maldives
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Geographic atoll
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Malé Atoll
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Administrative atoll
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Distance to Malé
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Location within Malé City
- History
- Development
- Transport
- Gallery
- References
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Hulhumalé (; Dhivehi: ހުޅުމާލެ) is a reclaimed island located in the south of North Malé Atoll, Maldives. The artificial island is being built up by pumping sand from the sea floor, in order to meet the existing and future housing, industrial and commercial development demands of the Malé region and as a response to the threat posed by rising sea levels. The official settlement was inaugurated by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on May 12, 2004.
The development and management of the island is undertaken by a government-owned corporation called Housing Development Corporation (formerly Hulhumalé Development Unit and Urbanco), incorporated on March 23, 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hulhumalé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
2 mapped locations