# Alifushi

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**Alifushi** (Dhivehi: *އަލިފުށި*) is one of the inhabited islands of [Raa Atoll](/source/Raa_Atoll) in the [Maldives](/source/Maldives).

## History

### Powell Islands

Alifushi and [Etthingili](/source/Etthingili) were named as the Powell Islands by Captain [Robert Moresby](/source/Robert_Moresby) after Lieutenant F.F. Powell, who assisted during the difficult survey of the [Atolls of the Maldives](/source/Atolls_of_the_Maldives) in 1834–36. Later promoted to captain, Powell went on to survey the northwest coast of [Ceylon](/source/Sri_Lanka).

...and the ink of the Maldive charts had scarcely dried, when the labours of those employed were demanded of the Indian Government by Her Majesty’s authorities at Ceylon, to undertake trigonometrical surveys of that Island, and the dangerous and shallow gulfs on either side of the neck of sand connecting it with India. They were the present Captains F. F. Powell, and Richard Ethersey, in the Schooner 'Royal Tiger' and 'Shannon,' assisted by Lieut. (now Commander) Felix Jones, and the late Lieut. Wilmot Christopher, who fell in action before [Mooltan](/source/Mooltan). The first of these officers had charge of one of the tenders under Lieut. Powell, and the latter another under Lieut. Ethersey. The maps of the [Pamban](/source/Pamban_Island) Pass and the [Straits of Manaar](/source/Palk_Strait) were by the hand of Lieut. Felix Jones, who was the draftsman also on this survey: they speak for themselves.

— *from [Richard F. Burton](/source/Richard_Francis_Burton)'s*First Footsteps in East Africa*.[1]*

## Geography

Alifushi and [Etthingili](/source/Etthingili) (**Powell Islands** in the [Admiralty Chart](/source/Admiralty_Chart)) stand on a detached reef of their own with very deep waters (no [sounding](/source/Depth_sounding)), between this isolated reef shelf and the northern end of the main [Northern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll](/source/Northern_Maalhosmadulhu_Atoll).

Alifushi is 207.43 km (129 mi; 112 nmi) north of the country's capital, [Malé](/source/Mal%C3%A9).[2]

## Demography

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 2006 1,974 — 2014 1,578 −20.1% 2022 1,859 +17.8%

2006-2022: Census populations

## Economy

This island is renowned for its carpenters and boat builders.

## References

1. Burton, Richard (1894). [*First Footsteps in East Africa*](https://archive.org/stream/firstfootstepsin01burtuoft#page/n25). Vol. I. London: Tylston and Edwards. Preface: XX. [OCLC 4872739](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4872739)

1. ["Coordinate Distance Calculator"](http://boulter.com/gps/distance/?from=4.175278+73.508889&to=5.966667+72.954167&units=k). *Boulter.com*. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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