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The Maldives, [d] officially the Republic of Maldives, [e] and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India , about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.
Map of The Maldives Malé, Capital of the Maldives. This article shows a list of cities and towns in Maldives. Administratively, only cities are recognized as being different from other islands, and no official towns exist.
Malé [a] is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives.With a population of 211,908 in 2022 [1] within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of 8.30 square kilometres (3.20 sq mi), Malé is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
The Maldives government have adapted infrastructure in capital city Malé to the threats of climate change, including beginning to build a wall around the city. Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives is severely threatened by sea ...
The Maldives – island nation comprising a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. [1] The Maldives is located south of India's Lakshadweep islands, and about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka. The twenty-six atolls of Maldives' encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets, two hundred and fifty islands of which are inhabited.
The Administrative Divisions of the Maldives refers to the various units of government that provide local government services in the Maldives.According to the Decentralization Act 2010, the administrative divisions of the Maldives would consist of atolls, islands, and cities; each administered by their own local council, under the basic terms of home rule.
The island is 138.83 km (86 mi; 75 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [3] The land area of the island was described as being 37.4 ha (92 acres) in 2018. [ 4 ] However, in 2017, a land reclamation scheme was completed, which increased the land area by 40 ha (99 acres), [ 5 ] but which may not be reflected by the latter-dated figure.
All land above the surface in the Maldives is of coralline origin. The atolls of the Maldives form a quite regular chain and, especially in the northern and central atolls, an arrayed structure is apparent. There are broad and deep channels between some atolls. [1] The origin of the word "atoll" itself is in the language of the Maldives.