For other islands see Hathifushi

Hathifushi

Hathifushi as a place name may refer to:* Hathifushi * Hathifushi...

Hathifushi (Dhivehi

Dhivehi language

Maldivian is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by about 350,000 people in the Maldives where it is the national language. It is also the first language of nearly 10,000 people in the island of Minicoy in the Union territory of Lakshadweep, India where the Mahl dialect of the Maldivian...

: ހަތިފުށި) was one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll

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...

. Hathifushi people now live in the island of Hanimaadhoo

Hanimaadhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)

Hanimaadhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. It is also the site one of the four domestic airports of the Maldives. The Hanomaadhoo Meteorological Observatory is located on this...

 in Haa Dhaalu atoll. Before the relocation, Hathifushi was one of the non-smoking islands of the Maldives with the island chief levying a fine of Rf5,000 (approx. US$ 400) on any person if proven to commit an act of smoking. The other non-smoking islands of Maldives are Berinmadhoo

Berinmadhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)

Berinmadhoo was one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll and geographically part of the Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the Maldives. Berinmadhoo people have been relocated to the island of Hoarafushi in the same atoll under a population consolidation programme...

 , Nolhivaranfaru

Nolhivaranfaru (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)

Nolhivaranfaru is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. It is located in between the island of Nolhivaram and Hanimaadhoo on the eastern fringes of the atoll. It is small predominantly...

, and Madifushi

Madifushi (Meemu Atoll)

Madifushi is one of the inhabited islands of Meemu Atoll....

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