Dhangethi (Alif Dhaal Atoll)

Dhangethi
Inhabited island
Dhangethi Location in Maldives
Coordinates:
Country	Maldives
Administrative atoll	Alif Dhaal Atoll
Distance to Malé	87.26 km (54.22 mi)
Dimensions
• Length	0.925 km (0.575 mi)
• Width	0.350 km (0.217 mi)
Population
• Total	1,000
Time zone	MST (UTC+05:00)
Website	http://www.dhangethi.com

http://dhangethiinn.com/Dhangethi (Dhivehi: ދަނގެތި) is one of the inhabited islands of Alif Dhaal Atoll. Dhangethi is the third largest populated island of Alif Dhaal Atoll. http://www.dhangethimaldives.com/

Important places in Dhangethi include the Secretriate of A dh. Dhangethi Council, Dhangethi Health Centre, Dhangethi School, Dhangethi Court, Dhangethi Cultural Centre, Traditional Mosque, football ground & Dhangethi Operation Centre (DOC) by Dhiraagu. Population of around 1200 people, major economic activities of the residents include, lodging fishing, handicraft, tourism related works, construction, boat building and carpentry. A vast majority of the male youth work in nearby tourist resorts, hence making tourism the highest money generating activity to the island.

Education

Alif Dhaal Dhangethi School is the third largest school in the A.Dh atoll. Students can join to grade 1 at the age of 7 years and complete their O’ Level at the end of their 10th grade at this school. Those students doing O’ Level had chances to choose either Commerce stream or Science stream for their studies at Alif Dhaal Dhangethi School, but due to less student doing science stream and due to insufficient equipment in science laboratory, it has been called off after 2008 batch. However, lately in 2012, there has been introduced a combined stream since many students of that batch were wanting to take science or medical field in their future. And hopefully, the school will be developed and equipped with all the necessary requirements soon.

There are four Clubs (NGO's) in the island. They are: Jammiyathul Anwar, Zuvaanunge Club (ZC), Jammiyathul Qalam and Association for Dhangethi Development (ADD).

Other services available in Dhangethi include guest house facilities, water sports, scuba diving center, speed boat rental services, hotel and catering services, Wireless internet connection and cable TV service.

Guest Houses There are three guest houses in the island.

- [1] - [2] - Atoll Beach INN - Ariston Dhangethi INN

Service provided by the guest house are; Banyanvilla; Lodging and Excursions and Restaurant. Atoll Beach INN; Lodging and excursions. Ariston Dhangethi INN; Scuba Diving, Water Sports, Excursions and Restaurant.