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| name = Fainu<br />
| native_name = ފައިނު<br />
| native_name_lang = dv<br />
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of the Maldives#Island|Inhabited island]]<br />
| pushpin_map = Maldives<br />
| pushpin_relief = y<br />
| pushpin_mapsize = 250<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maldives<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|5|27|48|N|73|02|05|E|region:MV_type:isle|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[Maldives]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Geographic atoll<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of the Maldives|Administrative atoll]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = Raa Atoll<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Distance to Malé<br />
| subdivision_name3 = {{convert|151.84|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| seat_type = Capital<br />
| parts_type = Geographic atolls<br />
| parts_style = list<br />
| leader_title = [[Administrative divisions of the Maldives#Divisions|Council]]<br />
| leader_title3 = Mayor<br />
| leader_title4 = Island Chief<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| length_km = 1.325<br />
| width_km = 0.500<br />
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/nbs/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Census-Summary-Tables1.pdf|title=Table PP5: Resident Population by sex, nationality and locality (administrative islands), 2014|page=34|work=Population and Households Census 2014|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
| population_total = 466<br />
| population_as_of = 2019<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| timezone = {{abbr|MST|Maldives Standard Time}}<br />
| utc_offset = +05:00<br />
| postal_code_type = Assigned Letter<br />
| postal2_code_type = Assigned Letter {{small|(Dhivehi)}}<br />
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Maldives|Area code(s)]]<br />
| blank_name_sec2 = Number of Islands<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = Inhabited<br />
| blank2_name_sec2 = Uninhabited<br />
| blank3_name_sec2 = Total<br />
}}<br />
'''Fainu''' ([[Dhivehi language|Dhivehi]]: ފައިނު) is one of the inhabited islands of [[Raa Atoll]]. Fainu is situated in [[Raa Atoll]] which is officially known as ''North Maalhosmadulu Atoll''. The island is located between the Kinolhas and [[Maakurathu|Inguraidhoo]]. The island is {{convert|151.84|km|mi nmi|0|abbr=on}} north of the country's capital, [[Malé]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boulter.com/gps/distance/?from=4.175278+73.508889&to=5.463333+73.034722&units=k|title=Coordinate Distance Calculator|work=Boulter.com|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> From Fainu in a normal boat it takes about over 8 hours to reach capital city [[Male']].<br />
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==Ecology==<br />
Issues such as [[environmental degradation]] remain prominent. Maldives Human Development Report 2000 highlighted the poor irrigation system at place which is still unchanged. Also, Maldives State of the Environment Report 2002 highlighted the severe [[coastal erosion|beach erosion]] problem faced by the island (notably the biggest island in [[Raa Atoll]]). Moreover, December 2004 - [[Indian Ocean tsunami]] left the island as the second most devastated in the atoll.<br />
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In 2018, a controversial project by the Maldivian government was set to destroy two-thirds of the vegetation of the island including dense jungle and cultivation land, to build an airport and luxury hotel on the island. The project will confine the residents of the island to just the settlement and they will lose access to half of the island's beach area. Activists have been campaigning raising concern about the need for the project when there is a domestic airport just 25 minutes away <ref>{{cite news|url=https://maldivesindependent.com/environment/swathes-of-jungle-to-be-destroyed-in-fainu-airport-project-138766|title=Swathes of jungle to be destroyed in Fainu airport project|work=Maldives Independent|date=11 June 2018|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Demography==<br />
{{Historical populations<br />
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|2006 |251<br />
|2014 |304<br />
|footnote = 2006-2014: Census populations<br />
|source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/yearbook/2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/08/3.3.pdf|title=Table 3.3: Total Maldivian Population by Islands|work=National Bureau of Statistics|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Being a small population, the island faces many challenges. Children's education remains a critical issue with every single child having to leave the island for secondary school. The first foreign teacher ever in the history of Fainu School started working in the academic year 2006. <br />
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== Council ==<br />
R. '''Fainu Council''' <br />
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http://www.fainucouncil.gov.mv/<br />
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==Health==<br />
On 31 May 2004, the island won the award for no-smoking by the [[World Health Organization]].<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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