Kinbidhoo (Thaa Atoll)
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Kinbidhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Thaa Atoll
Thaa Atoll
Kolhumadulu Atoll, letter code Thaa is an is an administrative division of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name. The ancient name of the island was Kolhumaduva during the time of King Koimala who united all atolls of the Maldives under one Kingdom for the first...

. In the order of the inhabited islands, Kinbidhoo is the 12th island and the island code is N-12. Kinbidhoo is situated closest to Veymadoo the capital of Tha Atoll.

School of Kinbidhoo is Kinbidhoo School
Kinbidhoo School
Kinbidhoo School is the school of Kinbidhoo, Thaa Atoll, MaldivesThe school was founded on January 8, 1949. The first enrollment was total of 98; 52 male and 46 female students...

 that is recently recognized for its high performance in IGCSE O' Level results.

Kinbidhoo was struck by the tsunami that followed the Indian Ocean earthquake on December 26, 2004, which swept across the western coast of Sumatra and the whole island flooded completely, destroying some houses and farms, although there were no casualties.

Archaeology

There were important Buddhist ruins in an area of this island. The islanders call this place Veiru.The most cospicuous was a large Stupa
Stupa
A stupa is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship....

whose stonse had been removed and looked like a very steep small hill. Muhammad Ismāīl Dīdī, led a Maldivian expedition to this island in order to explore the Buddhist ruins in the 1960s. Some excavations were conducted and a report on the Buddhist remains of Kimbidu Island was published.

Unfortunately the Buddhist site was not protected after excavation and has been heavily vandalized in recent times. The steep hill that marked the place where the ancient Stupa was has been almost flattened out. Also place is facing erosion.
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