| Maafaru | |
| Native Name Lang: | dv |
| Settlement Type: | Inhabited island |
| Pushpin Map: | Maldives |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maldives |
| Coordinates: | 5.8319°N 73.4803°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Maldives |
| Subdivision Type1: | Geographic atoll |
| Subdivision Name1: | Miladhummadulhu Atoll |
| Subdivision Type2: | Administrative atoll |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Miladhunmadulu |
| Subdivision Type3: | Distance to Malé |
| Subdivision Name3: | 183.23km (113.85miles) |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Parts Type: | Geographic atolls |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Leader Title: | Council |
| Leader Title3: | Mayor |
| Leader Title4: | council president |
| Leader Name: | Mohamed Adhnaan |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Length Km: | 4.630 |
| Width Km: | 0.630 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 715 (including foreigners) |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +05:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Assigned Letter |
| Postal2 Code Type: | Assigned Letter |
| Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Islands |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Inhabited |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Uninhabited |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Total |
Maafaru (Dhivehi : މާފަރު.) is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll in the Maldives.
The island is 183.230NaN0 north of the country's capital, Malé.[2]
Maafaru International Airport was built in 2018, having a 2200m (7,200feet) runway,[3] and built with aid from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.[4]
The Az'ha Eid ‘celebrations’ that took place on Maafaru in 2018 were criticised after photos of it appeared on Facebook. The images show men acting as terrorists armed with pretend rifles and a tower with a US flag on top of it. The finale featured a plastic plane hanging from a wire and crashing into the tower, with smoke and fire billowing. The Facebook post with the images was later removed. The same spectacle has been held on the island for at least two consecutive years, according to the organizer.[5] [6] [7] [8]