S. Feydhoo, Addu Atoll, Maldives

The Island

Location:	00° 40' 57'' S 73° 08' 07" E (Copy the information in red and paste in Google Eearth search box and search, you will be directed to the island itself.)
Population:	4610 (M2363, F2247)
Area:	49.20 hec
Length:	1494m
Width:	563m
Distance from Male:	537km
Island Chief:	Hassan Latheef
Island Office Tel:	6892018
Island Office Fax:	6892941

The People

S. Feydhoo is the southern most inhabited island of Maldives.The people of Feydhoo are former residents of Gan. Gan was a very fertile island with its coconut palms, breadfruit trees, yam, binbi and numerous other types of trees flourishing. Even during the Second World War, the people of Gan were economically self-sufficient.

But in 1956/1957 they had to leave their livelihood they had been enjoying for so long, forever because The Royal Air Force of Britain leased the island to build a Military Base on the island and all the residents were moved to the next island to Gan in the West, Feydhoo, a less fertile and much smaller island whose own residents were moved to the Eastern side of Maradhoo.

The RAF stripped Gan of all its coconut palms, breadfruit trees and most significantly havitta and completely transformed the landscape to such an extent that it no longer looks like a Maldivian Island. Today an old Gannian cannot even recognize the location where once his/her house was standing.

Family Trees.

NB: Print all the pages for the better view.

Descendants of Mohodha (PDF)
Descendants of Hassan Raha (PDF)
Mohodha and Hassna Raha Combined (PDF)

Descendants of Thuththu Biya (PDF)

Descendants of Athirage Moosa (PDF)

The above family trees are being contiunously updated. If you have any suggestions regarding them, feel free to contact us.

Feydhoo Telophone Directories (PDF).

Format	Example
Normal (Ascending order)	S. Feydhoo Office: 6892018
Traditional (Asending order)	Rashi Ofees: 6892018
Number (Ascending order)	6892018: S. Feydhoo Office / Rashi Ofees.

Important Data as of December 2005.

Economic Centers
Shops (Private)	57
Fast Foods/Tea Shops	6
Tailors	5
Carpentries	3
Pharmacy (Pvt.)	2
Vehicle Repair Workshops	3

Education
School	1
Edhuruge	6
Pre School	1
Tuition Class	1

Health Personnel
Doctors	1
Nurses	5
Community Health Workers	2
Family Health Workers	3
Mid Wives	6
Pharmacists	1
Local Medicine Practitioners	4

Land Use
Number of Boundary Marked House Plots	678
Number of Houses Boundary NOT Marked	61
Fully Built Households	669
Mosques (Ladies)
Mosques (Gents)	9

Vehicles
Bicycle	695
Cycle	201
Taxi	27
Car	11
Van	7
Pickup	13

Sea Transport
Mechanised Dhoni	6
Sathari Dhoni	1
Boats	1
Vadhu Dhoni	6
Bokkura	1

Water and Sewerage
Rain Water Tanks (Public)	38
Rain Water Tanks (Private)	396
Number of Houses with Toilets	480
Number of Houses with Water Pumps	266
Sewerage System Connected to Sea	No
Well Water Quality	Bad