Kelaa (Haa Alif Atoll)

Kelaa ކެލާ
Island
Kelaa Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 6°57′35″N 73°12′46″E / 6.95972°N 73.21278°ECoordinates: 6°57′35″N 73°12′46″E / 6.95972°N 73.21278°E
Country	Maldives
Geographic atoll	Thiladhunmathi Atoll
Administrative atoll	Haa Alif Atoll
Distance to Malé	308.54 km (191.72 mi)
Government
• Council	Kelaa Island Council
Dimensions
• Length	3.06 km (1.90 mi)
• Width	1.04 km (0.65 mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	1,200
Time zone	MST (UTC+05:00)
Area code(s)	650, 20

Kelaa (Dhivehi: ކެލާ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. It is an island-level administrative constituency governed by the Kelaa Island Council.

In 1934, the British established a staging post here and until the end of World War II, it functioned as the northerly counterpart to RAF Gan in the south of the country. A mosque built during the reign of Sultan Mohamed Ibn Ali (Muhammad Mohyeddine) (AD 1692-1701) of the Utheemy Dynastry still stands today as a historical place of interest on the island. This was the king who re-established the Islamic penal code.

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• Isles: Kelaa