Kudafari

Kudafari
Inhabited island
Kudafari is located in Maldives
Kudafari
Kudafari
Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 05°52′47″N 73°23′58″E / 5.87972°N 73.39944°E / 5.87972; 73.39944
CountryMaldives
Geographic atollMiladhummadulhu Atoll
Administrative atollSouthern Miladhunmadulu
Distance to Malé188.87 km (117.36 mi)
Dimensions
 • Length0.680 km (0.423 mi)
 • Width0.430 km (0.267 mi)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total
453 (including foreigners)
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (MST)

Kudafari[2] (Dhivehi: ކުޑަފަރި) is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll.

History

It is said that the first inhabitants of Kudafari were Black African slaves that were brought to the Maldives. Slaves were mostly brought during that period for work such as shipbuilding and toddy tapping. They were housed in the Galolhu district of Malé at a place known as Baburun Koshi. They were freed in Malé and subsequently settled in Kudafari and Feridhoo. According to the late historian Lutfi writing in Faiythoora, the Africans in Feridhoo were an offshoot of the slaves sent to Kudafari from Malé after Sultan Haji Hassan got angry at them. This was in the 14th century. The last slave transaction in Maldives happened during the 1830s as the Arab Slave Trade lasted longer than its Trans Atlantic counterpart. The islanders living today are descendants of these people, some even inter-marrying local women from nearby islands. N.Kudafari and AA.Feridhoo are two known communities of African descent in Maldives. Similar communities exist in neighbouring Sri Lanka and India.

Geography

The island is 188.87 km (117 mi; 102 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.[3] Kudafari's land is flat.[a] The highest point on the island is 15 metres (49 ft) above the sea level. 0.5 km (0.31 mi) from north to south and 0.7 km (0.43 mi) from east to west.[a]

The average temperature is 25 °C (77 °F). The hottest month is April, at 27 °C (81 °F), and the coldest is January, at 26 °C (79 °F).[5] The average rainfall is 1,944 millimeters per year. The wettest month is August, with 322 mm (12.7 in) of rain, and the driest is February, with 40 mm (1.6 in).[6]

Ecology

"The 'Integrated Multi-Tropical Aquaculture Project' was envisaged to initiate a community-led cause to revive coral reefs. Being from a small island such as Kudafari, we see the effects of climate change every day. But despite the odds, the project makes one believe in a future that we all can achieve."[7]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006 373—    
2014 415+11.3%
2006-2014: Census populations
Source: [8]

Kudafari population : 807[9] D-6[10]

Education

Kudafaree has a school.[11]

Smart School Programme

As part of the government's programme to improve the standard of education in the country, President Mohamed Nasheed launched the Smart School Programme.[12] The Kudafari School was inaugurated as the first Smart School under the programme.

Smart schools make use of information and communication technology and multimedia resources in the classrooms, in order to cater to the needs of all students of different academic levels.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Calculated from length data (DEM 3 ") from Viewfinder Panoramas.[4] Full algorithm available here.

References

  1. ^ "Table PP5: Resident Population by sex, nationality and locality (administrative islands), 2014" (PDF). Population and Households Census 2014. National Bureau of Statistics. p. 33. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ Kudafari at Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2015-03-29; database download on 2015-07-07
  3. ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". Boulter.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA / Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ^ UNDP. "Make My Island" (PDF): 23. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Table 3.3: Total Maldivian Population by Islands" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Maldives population". maldivesfinest.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  10. ^ Ellis, Royston (2008). Maldives. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841622668.
  11. ^ "Slots Allocation Sheet" (PDF). Department of Higher Education. July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  12. ^ "The President's Office - President Nasheed Launches Smart School Programme in Kudafari School". www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv. Retrieved 18 July 2017.


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