Veyvah (Meemu Atoll)

Veyvah (Dhivehi: ވޭވައް) is one of the inhabited islands of Meemu Atoll.

Veyvah
Inhabited island
Veyvah Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 02°57′20″N 73°36′00″E
Country	Maldives
Administrative atoll	Meemu Atoll
Distance to Malé	135.25 km (84.04 mi)
Dimensions
• Length	1.525 km (0.948 mi)
• Width	0.300 km (0.186 mi)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	263 (including foreigners)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (MST)

Geography

The island is 135.25 km (84 mi; 73 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé.^[2] The land area of the island is 41.6 ha (103 acres) in 2018.^[3] The island was described as having an area of 34.5 ha (85 acres) in 2007.^[4]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	174	—
2014	223	+28.2%
2006-2014: Census populations Source: [5]

Healthcare

Veyvah has a pharmacy.^[6] The island was severely affected by an outbreak of dengue fever in 2011, which led to a mosquito eradication programme.^[7]

Transport

The reconstruction of Veyvah harbour was contracted to MTCC in 2017.^[8]

Old Friday Mosque

The island houses one of the oldest historical mosques in the Maldives. The Old Friday mosque is believed to be over 400 years old and is built out of coral stone. The mosque complex consists of the original mosque building, two water wells and a cemetery. However, extension projects surrounding the original mosques have meant that the original Friday mosque is practically inside the current mosque building.^[9]