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South Asia
Republic of Maldives
🗺️ Malé, Maldives
Capital city
📍 4.1755°, 73.5093°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalMalé
TimezoneUTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population388.9K
LanguagesDhivehi (official, closely related to Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
Governmentpresidential republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.mv
Internet Users85%
GDP per Capita$23,400
🌍 Geography
LocationSouthern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
Size Comparisonabout 1.7 times the size of Washington, D.C.
Climatetropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
Terrainflat coral atolls, with white sandy beaches; sits atop the submarine volcanic Chagos-Laccadive Ridge
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic Groupshomogeneous mixture of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, Australasian, and African resulting from historical changes in regional hegemony over marine trade...
ReligionsSunni Muslim (official)
Median Age32.4 years
Life Expectancy77.4 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 26 July (1965)
Destinations in Maldives
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook