Kudahuvadhoo
Kudahuvadhoo (Dhivehi: ކުޑަހުވަދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Dhaalu or South Nilande Atoll in the Maldives.
It is the capital of the atoll. According to Census 2014 conducted in September 2014, Kudahuvadhoo had a resident population of 2447. (this number includes the residents of Gemendhoo and Vaanee 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 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.
Kudahuvadhoo is a fast developing island in Maldives. The government has decided to develop an airport in Kudahuvadhoo by the end of this year. The airport project now has been started with Netherlands company .
People from other islands come to Kudahuvadhoo for better education and health facilities. And also Kudahuvadhoo is the central urban hub in whole central area of Maldives which include Faafu atoll, Meemu atoll, Dhaalu atoll.