▁it ▁is ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁largest ▁island ▁in ▁the ▁M ald ives , ▁H ul h ume ed ho o ▁has ▁roughly ▁the ▁land ▁area ▁of ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Central ▁Park . ▁Although ▁H ul h ume ed ho o ▁is ▁ge ograph ically ▁one ▁island , ▁it ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁two ▁administrative ▁constitu encies ▁of ▁Ad du ▁City , ▁known ▁as ▁Me ed ho o ▁and ▁H ul h ud ho o , ▁which ▁are ▁roughly ▁the ▁northern ▁half ▁and ▁southern ▁half ▁of ▁H ul h ume ed ho o ▁respectively . ▁The ▁name ▁" H ul h ume ed ho o " ▁is ▁an ▁am alg am ation ▁of ▁the ▁names ▁H ul h ud ho o ▁and ▁Me ed ho o . ▁ ▁Me ed ho o ▁ ▁Me ed ho o ▁( D h ive hi : ▁ <0xDE> <0x89> <0xDE> <0xA9> <0xDE> <0x8B> <0xDE> <0xAB> ) ▁is ▁the ▁oldest ▁populated ▁island ▁in ▁Ad du ▁At oll , ▁having ▁been ▁settled ▁between ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 5 0 0 ▁B CE . ▁Its ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁Ind o - A ry an ▁sett lers ; ▁Me ed ho o ▁means ▁" Big ▁Island " ▁in ▁S ansk rit . ▁ ▁Me ed ho o ▁is ▁generally ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁northern ▁half ▁of ▁H ul h ume ed ho o , ▁and ▁has ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁ 1 . 9 9   km ² ▁and ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 , 8