Nilandhoo (Dhivehi: ނިލަންދޫ) is the capital of Faafu Atoll, which has five inhabited islands and is an administrative division of the Maldives.

It is the largest and most populated island in the region, and includes historical sites such as foah'mathi and Aasaari Miskiy and a school.

Foah'mathi is a historical site with a Buddhist temple under it, while Aasaari Miskiy is the second mosque built in the Maldives.

Head Master house opened in February 1986. it is used as residence who come to serve as headmaster for F. Atoll Education Center.

It was built as a memory of Maldivian mathematician Abdulla Ismail, who was born in Faafu Atoll Himithi.

It is located in northwest district of Nilandhoo in front of Veyodhoshu Square near Faaf Atoll Office.

It is located in the northwest side of the island next to Nilandhoo office and near the oil house (before 2007) and Veyodhoshu Square.

Some say the mosque is 800 years old and built by Sultan Mohamed Ibn Abdhulla, who was responsible for converting the country to Islam.

This ancient mosque has an amazing structure of well-cut stones and its interior is decorated with patterned wooden scrollwork.

His expedition unearthed a number of phallic stone carvings, similar to the lingam associated with the Hindu god Shiva in his manifestation as the creator.

Heyerdahl's expedition also found ruins believed to have been part of an ancient gate, one of the seven surrounding a great pagan temple complex.

Of Nilandhoo, Heyerdahl wrote: "Five teams of archeologists could dig here for five years and still make new discoveries… the magnitude of this prehistoric center seemed quite out proportion to the size of the island".

Another major attraction of this island is an extensive Hindu temple complex discovered by the Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl.