Thuraakunu (Haa Alif Atoll)
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Thuraakunu is the northern-most island in Maldives, one of the fourteen inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll
and geographically part of the Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the Maldives
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Thuraakunu is the closest island to Minicoy. Formerly there was direct trade between both, and fishermen from both islands used to visit each other. This exchange continued even after Minicoy became part of the Indian Union after independence.
However, after 1956 the Indian government forbade these visits. Now, despite the geographical proximity and ethnographic similarities, people from both islands are not allowed to meet each other.
Mr. Ali Rasheedh is the present island chief.
Haa Alif Atoll
Haa Alif Atoll - officially referred as Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi is the northernmost administrative division of the Maldives....
and geographically part of the Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
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Thuraakunu is the closest island to Minicoy. Formerly there was direct trade between both, and fishermen from both islands used to visit each other. This exchange continued even after Minicoy became part of the Indian Union after independence.
However, after 1956 the Indian government forbade these visits. Now, despite the geographical proximity and ethnographic similarities, people from both islands are not allowed to meet each other.
Mr. Ali Rasheedh is the present island chief.
External links
- Thuraakunu on the Ministry of Atolls Development site