Thulhaadhoo

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The island has been reclaimed by the government recently. The island is famous for its lacquer work. It used to supply the noble families in the country with lacquered items, but now most of Thulhaadhoo's lacquer work is sold to tourists as souvenirs.{{Cite book |last=Romero-Frías |first=Xavier |author-link=Xavier Romero Frías |title=The Maldive Islanders: A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom |publisher=Nova Ethnographia Indica |year=2003 |isbn=9788472548015}}{{Page needed|date=November 2024}}

The island is {{convert|119.59|km|mi nmi|0|abbr=on}} north of the country's capital, Malé.{{cite web|url=http://boulter.com/gps/distance/?from=4.175278+73.508889&to=5.023056+72.839722&units=k|title=Coordinate Distance Calculator|work=Boulter.com|access-date=12 August 2018}}

{{Historical populations

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|2006 |1759

|2014 |1412

|footnote = 2006-2014: Census populations

|source = {{cite web|url=https://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/yearbook/2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/08/3.3.pdf|title=Table 3.3: Total Maldivian Population by Islands|work=National Bureau of Statistics|access-date=12 August 2018}}{{Cite web |title=Thulhaadhoo |url=https://www.isles.gov.mv/Island/DetailsEn/311 |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=Isles}}{{Cite web |title=Table P5: Resident Population by island and sex, 2022 |url=https://census.gov.mv/2022/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/P5.pdf |access-date=1 October 2024 |website=Maldives Census |page=2}}

|2019|2999|2022|1471}}

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The island is administered by a council of five members. The main objectives of this council are to make sure the well being of the island's citizens and to provide the basic needs of the people. The council is seen very active in the development of the island, although critics{{Who|date=December 2016}} have risen against it.

Umaira Aboobakr, who was the only Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) member in the council, which held the majority of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) with its four members, was faced with major difficulties working with the council. The disputes within the council reached its peak, when the four MDP members took a vote in the middle of 2011 to sack Umaira claiming that "she had not attended seven council meetings in a row."{{Cite news |date=7 July 2011 |title=Thulhaadhoo Council bi-elections announced amid dispute |url=https://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/36621 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610204546/https://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/36621 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |work=Haveeru Daily}} A by-election was announced by the Elections Commission, but later that year, the Maldivian High Court cancelled the election and said that "the announcement on 5 October 2011 by Elections Commission for by-elections of B. Thulhaadhoo to be held on 19 November 2011, was made without fulfilling the requirements previously ordered by the High Court".{{Cite news |date=20 December 2011 |title=High Court cancels By-election for Thulhaadhoo Council |url=https://english.sun.mv/723 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Sun}} {{Cite web |date=20 July 2011 |title=ކޯޓު އަމުރު |trans-title=Court Declaration |url=https://www.highcourt.gov.mv/dhi/mediamanager/2011-19_inthikhaabee.pdf |access-date=8 November 2024 |website=High Court of the Maldives}}

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Currently, Thulhaadhoo council has 7 councillors, including the council president, 3 Male councillors among which one is the vice president and 3 female councillors. The president and one of the female councillors were independent candidates whereas the other 5 councillors are from Maldivian Democratic Party.{{Cite web |title=Local Council Election 2020 Statistics |url=https://stat.elections.gov.mv/Home/LCE2020 |access-date=8 November 2024 |website=Elections Commission (Maldives)}}

The island has one school headed by principal Ahmed Abdulla. In the year 2019 Ahmed Abdulla resigned from the post due to health issues. Ibrahim Rasheed is the current principal of Thulhaadhoo school. There are two pre schools in Thulhaadhoo, 2 of which is own by a private organisation.{{cite book

| last = Masters

| first = Tom

| title = Maldives

| publisher = Lonely Planet

| year = 2006

| isbn = 1-74059-977-2

| page = [https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetmald00tomm/page/204 204]

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| url = https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetmald00tomm/page/204

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Thulhaadhoo's Health Centre became famous when Dr. Muhammad Owais Aziz recorded the first case of swine flu in Maldives.{{cite web |title=8Q7SN Baa Atoll Maldives |url=https://dxnews.com/8q7sn-baa-atoll-maldives/ |access-date=8 November 2024 |website=DX News}}

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