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Baarah

ބާރަށް

  • 1,141People (2022)
  • 295 kmFrom Malé
  • 2.5 km²Land area
  • 3Species recorded
  • HAHaa Alifu
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About Baarah

Baarah is an inhabited island in Haa Alifu Atoll (Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi), in the northern Maldives. It lies about 295 km north of Malé, the capital. At the 2022 census it was home to 1,141 people, 6% fewer than in 2014. Its land area is about 2.5 km². Haa Alifu Atoll has 43 mapped islands: 15 inhabited and 9 resorts.

Location

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Species recorded on Baarah 3

Rathafai Ilolhi – Common RedshankRathafai Ilolhi – Common RedshankTringa totanusBondana – Tibetan Sand-PloverBondana – Tibetan Sand-PloverAnarhynchus atrifronsYellow Mangrove (Ceriops tagal) – KaramanaYellow Mangrove (Ceriops tagal) – Karamana

Dive sites & protected areas nearby

Mangrove & wetlandBaarahHaa Alifu · 51 ha · 0.5 kmMangrove & wetlandKelaa KandoofaaHaa Alifu · 112 ha · 14.8 km

Nearest islands

  1. MuraidhooInhabited island5.5 km north-west
  2. MaafahiUninhabited island6.1 km west
  3. HanimaadhooInhabited island7.2 km south-west
  4. AlidhooResort island7.6 km north-west
  5. FilladhooInhabited island7.7 km north
  6. HondaafushiProposed resort10 km west

Inhabited islands of Haa Alifu Atoll

DhihdhooFilladhooHathifushiHuvarafushiIhavandhooKelaaMaarandhooMulhadhooMuraidhooThakandhooThuraakunuUligamuUtheemuVashafaruAll islands of the atoll →

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Island data: Wikidata (CC0) and the island register used by the Dhiveshi almanac; population from the Maldives Population and Housing Census (2014, 2022) where available. Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, satellite imagery © Esri. Photos from Wikimedia Commons are credited with their author and licence.