Republic of Maldives
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Location of Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
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Capital and largest city |
Malé | ||||
Official languages | Maldivian (Dhivehi) | ||||
Ethnic groups (2011) | ≈100% Maldiviansa | ||||
Religion | Islam | ||||
Demonym | Maldivian | ||||
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | ||||
Abdulla Yameen | |||||
Abdulla Jihad | |||||
• Speaker
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Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed | ||||
Abdullah Saeed | |||||
Legislature | People's Majlis | ||||
Independence | |||||
• from the United Kingdom
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26 July 1965 | ||||
7 August 2008 | |||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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298 km2 (115 sq mi) (206th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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0 | ||||
Population | |||||
• July 2015 estimate
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393,253 (175th) | ||||
• 2014 census
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341,356 | ||||
• Density
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1,102.5/km2 (2,855.5/sq mi) (11th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$5.407 billion (162nd) | ||||
• Per capita
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$15,287 (69th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$3.270 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$9,246 | ||||
Gini (2005–2013) | 37.4 medium |
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HDI (2014) |
0.706 high · 103rd |
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Currency | Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR) | ||||
Time zone | Maldives Time (UTC+5) | ||||
Date format | dd/mm/yy | ||||
Drives on the | left | ||||
Calling code | +960 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | MV | ||||
Internet TLD | .mv | ||||
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The Maldives (/ˈmɒldiːvz/, /ˈmɔːldiːvz/, i/ˈmɔːldaɪvz/ or /ˈmældaɪvz/), officially the Republic of Maldives (Maldivian: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya), is a South Asian island country, located in the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of India and Sri Lanka. The chain of twenty-six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south. Comprising a territory spanning roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), the Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed countries, as well as the smallest Asian country by both land area and population, with a little over 393,500 inhabitants. Malé is the capital and most populated city, traditionally called the "King's Island" for its central location.