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The Daily Insight

Where is Fuvahmulah located?

Author

Abigail Rogers

Updated on February 28, 2026

the Maldives
Fuvahmulah City (Dhivehi: ފުވައްމުލައް) is an island (atoll) in the Maldives. It is under Maldives administrative divisions of Gnaviyani Atoll or Nyaviyani Atoll. The inhabitants speak a distinctive form of the Dhivehi language, known as “Fuvahmulaki baha”.

How long is Fuvahmulah?

Fuvahmulah Island Maldives is about 4.5 km long, of which 1.2 km is the reef that is submerged under the seawater.

How many km is fuvahmulah?

1.907 mi²
Fuvahmulah/Area

How many islands are in Maldives?

Maldives, in full Republic of Maldives, also called Maldive Islands, independent island country in the north-central Indian Ocean. It consists of a chain of about 1,200 small coral islands and sandbanks (some 200 of which are inhabited), grouped in clusters, or atolls.

Where is Fuvahmulah Atoll?

Fuvahmulah City (Dhivehi: ފުވައްމުލައް) is an island (atoll) in the Maldives. It is under Maldives administrative divisions of Gnaviyani Atoll or Nyaviyani Atoll.

What is Fuvahmulah famous for?

Fuvahmulah is also the largest producer of mangoes in the Maldives. Mango trees are found in abundance and every year hundreds of thousands of mangoes are produced from the island. Fuvahmulah also produces pineapples and oranges which cannot be found anywhere else in the country.

What does fujahmulah stand for?

Fuvahmulah City ( Dhivehi: ފުވައްމުލައް) is an island ( atoll) in the Maldives. It is under Maldives administrative divisions of Gnaviyani Atoll or Nyaviyani Atoll. The inhabitants speak a distinctive form of the Dhivehi language, known as “Fuvahmulaki baha”.

What is the vegetation in Fuvahmulah?

The wetland areas of Fuvahmulah are mostly made up of dense vegetation ranging from ferns to reeds to taro fields. There is an abundance of water spinach locally known as Mahilanbo “މަހިލަނބޮ and plant varieties such as Syzygium cumini (jambul), pond-apple, mango, pineapple, screwpine, tropical almond, cheese fruit, ambarella, banana and many more.