Mundoo (Laamu Atoll)

Mundoo
Mundoo
Inhabited island
	Mundoo Location in Maldives
	Coordinates: 02°00′45″N 73°32′03″E / 2.01250°N 73.53417°E
Country	Maldives
Administrative atoll	Laamu Atoll
Distance to Malé	239.17 km (148.61 mi)
Dimensions
• Length	1.420 km (0.882 mi)
• Width	0.220 km (0.137 mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	236 (including foreigners)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (MST)

Mundoo (Dhivehi: މުންޑޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haddhunmati Atoll (code letter "Laamu"). It is located in the long reef fringing the eastern side of Haddummati.

History

Archaeology

This island has large ruins from the historical Maldivian Buddhist era. The stupa, then ruinous, was excavated by H. C. P. Bell in 1923.

Nothing noteworthy was found at this site. The stupa had been much vandalized and was merely a low mound of rubble and sand. Almost all carved porites stones had been removed. Few traces of railings or steps remained.

A report was published in Bell's monograph.

Geography

The island is 239.17 km (149 mi; 129 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé.^[2]

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	372	—
2014	222	−40.3%
2006-2014: Census populations Source: ^[3]

References

^ "Table PP5: Resident Population by sex, nationality and locality (administrative islands), 2014" (PDF). Population and Households Census 2014. National Bureau of Statistics. p. 35. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". Boulter.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Table 3.3: Total Maldivian Population by Islands" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

Bell, H.C.P. The Maldive islands. Monograph on the History, Archaeology and Epigraphy. Reprint 1940 edn. Malé 1986.
Romero-Frias, Xavier. The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.