Kolamaafushi
island in Gaafu Alif Atoll, Maldives
Kolamaafushi (Dhivehi: ކޮލަމާފުށި) is one of the inhabited islands of Gaafu Alif Atoll.
Geography
The island is 370.82 km (230 mi; 200 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. It is one of the remotest islands in the Huvadhu Atoll, being about 20 km away from the closest inhabited island. The island is connected to the nearby Kolaa island by a narrow causeway.
Demography
The total population of Kolamaafushi is 636. There are 282 females and 354 males as of 2022.
The island was the third most populous in the atoll till mid 2000s, however vast numbers of migrations for the past 15 years have brought down the population below 1000.
Economy
Traditionally, its economic activity is pole and line fishing for Tuna (Skipjacks, Yellowfins, Big-eyes etc) using modern mechanized boats. The businessmen of Kolamaafushi have also begun few other economic activities like agriculture, boat building and rearing of goats. These activities are carried out in the uninhabited island, which was previously a separate island later joined to Kolamaafushi.
“Kolamaafushi” enters the record as island in Gaafu Alif Atoll, Maldives. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kolamaafushi, island and Gaafu can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Kolamaafushi” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kolamaafushi, island and Gaafu provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2443374. Authority coordinates are 0.838, 73.186. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022 and 1000.
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