Kudahuvadhoo is one of the inhabited islands Dhaalu or South Nilande Atoll

Dhaalu Atoll

Southern Nilandhe Atoll, Nilande Atoll South or Dhaalu' Atoll is one of the atolls of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name.-Geography:...

, 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...

. It is also the capital of the atoll and the proposed capital for the Medhu Province

Administrative divisions of the Maldives

The Administrative Divisions of the Maldives refers to the various units of government that provide local government services in the Maldives. According to the Decentralization Act 2010, the administrative divisions of the Maldives would consist of atolls, islands, and cities; each administered by...

 of the Maldives. Kudahivadhoo has a population of about 2300 (this number includes the residents of Gemendhoo

Gemendhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)

Gemendhoo is a formerly inhabited island of Dhaalu Atoll. The island is located on the eastern fringe of the atoll and is surrounded by a long line of 11 uninhabited islands. The route through these islands from Bulhalafushi which ends approximately 7 kilometers away at Naibukaloabodufushi can be...

 and Vaanee

Vaanee (Dhaalu Atoll)

Vaanee is one of the inhabited islands of Dhaalu Atoll. The island was severely affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Only a very few families remain on the island, with the rest living on the nearby island of Kudahuvadhoo....

 evacuated to Kudahuvadhoo after the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004). Kudahuvadhoo has one of the mysterious mounds known as hawittas. These mounds are the ruins of Buddhist temples from the pre-Islamic period (before 10th century) that have not been excavated yet. Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands...

who explored the island in the early 1980s wrote that the ancient coral-stone mosque of Kudahuvadhoo possesses some of the finest masonry ever seen in the world.

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