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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 | |
| Ethnic groups (2011) | ≈100% Maldiviansa |
| Demonym(s) | Maldivian |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | |
| Faisal Naseem | |
• Speaker | Mohamed Nasheed |
| Legislature | People's Majlis |
| Independence | |
• from the United Kingdom | 26 July 1965 |
| 7 August 2008 | |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (187th) |
• Water (%) | 99% |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 427,756 (175th) |
• 2014 census | 341,356 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (11th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $7.396 billion (162nd) |
• Per capita | $20,228 (69th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $4.825 billion |
• Per capita | $13,196 |
| Gini (2005–2013) | 37.4 medium |
| HDI (2014) |  0.706high · 103rd |
| Currency | Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (Maldives Time) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +960 |
| ISO 3166 code | MV |
| Internet TLD | .mv |
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The Maldives are a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. They are southwest of India. They are made up of the Maldive and Suadive archipelagos, with over 1,200 islands. These islands are a part of 26 atolls. And they are divided to 20 administrative atolls. People live on about 200 of the islands. It has more than 1126 coral reefs. It is the flattest country in the world. The highest point in the Maldives is only 2 m (7 ft) high above the level of the sea.
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