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title="Maledive – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Maledive" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediven" title="Malediven – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Malediven" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%9B%E1%88%8D%E1%8B%B2%E1%89%AD%E1%88%B5" title="ማልዲቭስ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ማልዲቭስ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediiveh" title="Malediiveh – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Malediiveh" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5" title="मालदीव – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="मालदीव" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldif%C4%ABega" title="Maldifīega – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Maldifīega" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Мальдив – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Мальдив" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81" title="المالديف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="المالديف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA" title="মালদ্বীপ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মালদ্বীপ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="मालदिभ्स – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="मालदिभ्स" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynd%C3%ADva" title="Mayndíva – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Mayndíva" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8" title="Малдиваби – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Малдиваби" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv_adalar%C4%B1" title="Maldiv adaları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Maldiv adaları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88" title="مالدیو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مالدیو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malad%C3%A9wa" title="Maladéwa – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Maladéwa" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA" title="মালদ্বীপ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মালদ্বীপ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Maladewa" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Maladewa" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D2%BB%D1%8B" title="Мальдив Республикаһы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Мальдив Республикаһы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Мальдывы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мальдывы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Мальдыўскія астравы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мальдыўскія астравы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5" title="मालदीव – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मालदीव" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldibas" title="Maldibas – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Maldibas" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv" title="Maldiv – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Maldiv" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Малдиви – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Малдиви" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maledivn" title="Maledivn – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Maledivn" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9D%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8D" title="མལ་དི་ཝེསུ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="མལ་དི་ཝེསུ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivez" title="Maldivez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Maldivez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Мальдива – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Мальдива" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maledivy" title="Maledivy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Maledivy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiverne" title="Maldiverne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Maldiverne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4" title="لمالديڤ – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="لمالديڤ" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediivvat" title="Malediivvat – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Malediivvat" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediven" title="Malediven – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Malediven" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8B%DE%A8%DE%88%DE%AC%DE%80%DE%A8%DE%83%DE%A7%DE%87%DE%B0%DE%96%DE%AC" title="ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naakaii_Doot%C5%82%CA%BCizh%C3%AD_Bik%C3%A9yah_Y%C3%A1zh%C3%AD_(T%C3%B3_Bin%C3%A1haazy%C3%ADn%C3%ADg%C3%AD%C3%AD)" title="Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí (Tó Bináhaazyínígíí) – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí (Tó Bináhaazyínígíí)" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Malediwy" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="मालदिभ्स – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="मालदिभ्स" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiivid" title="Maldiivid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maldiivid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Μαλδίβες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μαλδίβες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivoj" title="Maldivoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Maldivoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivak" title="Maldivak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Maldivak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88" title="مالدیو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مالدیو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivoyggjar" title="Maldivoyggjar – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Maldivoyggjar" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiven" title="Maldiven – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Maldiven" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oile%C3%A1in_Mhaild%C3%ADve" title="Oileáin Mhaildíve – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Oileáin Mhaildíve" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny_Maldeevaghyn" title="Ny Maldeevaghyn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Ny Maldeevaghyn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivler" title="Maldivler – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Maldivler" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_Mhaladaibh" title="Na h-Eileanan Mhaladaibh – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Na h-Eileanan Mhaladaibh" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B8" title="માલદીવ્સ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="માલદીવ્સ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5" title="मालदीव – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="मालदीव" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%B0%EB%94%94%EB%B8%8C" title="몰디브 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="몰디브" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladiwa" title="Maladiwa – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Maladiwa" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Մալդիվներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մալդիվներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5" title="मालदीव – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मालदीव" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Malediwy" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Maladewa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldibas" title="Maldibas – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Maldibas" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA" title="মালদ্বীপ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মালদ্বীপ" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Maladewa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%82%C3%A6" title="Мальдивтæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Мальдивтæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C3%ADvur" title="Maldívur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Maldívur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="האיים המלדיביים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האיים המלדיביים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malad%C3%A9wa" title="Maladéwa – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Maladéwa" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivii" title="Maldivii – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Maldivii" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಮಾಲ್ಡೀವ್ಸ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮಾಲ್ಡೀವ್ಸ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="მალდივის რესპუბლიკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მალდივის რესპუბლიკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%88" title="مالدیٖو – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="مالدیٖو" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediw%C3%AB" title="Malediwë – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Malediwë" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Мальдив Республикасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мальдив Республикасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivys" title="Maldivys – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Maldivys" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malidivezi" title="Malidivezi – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Malidivezi" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%8F%D1%81" title="Мальдивъяс – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Мальдивъяс" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv" title="Maldiv – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Maldiv" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv" title="Maldiv – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Maldiv" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C3%AEv" title="Maldîv – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Maldîv" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Мальдив – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Мальдив" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulae_Maldivae" title="Insulae Maldivae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Insulae Maldivae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C4%ABvija" title="Maldīvija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Maldīvija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiven" title="Maldiven – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Maldiven" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Мальдивар – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Мальдивар" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldyvai" title="Maldyvai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Maldyvai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maledive" title="Maledive – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Maledive" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%C3%ADvi" title="Madívi – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Madívi" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiivat" title="Maldiivat – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Maldiivat" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C3%ADv-szigetek" title="Maldív-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Maldív-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="माल्दिभ्स – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="माल्दिभ्स" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Малдиви – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Малдиви" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiva" title="Maldiva – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Maldiva" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D" title="മാലിദ്വീപ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മാലിദ്വീപ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat%C4%ABwi" title="Maratīwi – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Maratīwi" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5" title="मालदीव – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मालदीव" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="მალდივიშ რესპუბლიკა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მალდივიშ რესპუბლიკა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81" title="مالديف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مالديف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88" title="مالدیو – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مالدیو" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9C%EA%AF%97%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%9A%EA%AF%81" title="ꯃꯥꯜꯗꯤꯚꯁ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯃꯥꯜꯗꯤꯚꯁ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Maladewa" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Мальдив – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мальдив" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%92%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="မော်လဒိုက်နိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မော်လဒိုက်နိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediven" title="Malediven – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Malediven" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="माल्दिभ्स – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="माल्दिभ्स" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%96" title="モルディブ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モルディブ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Мальдиваш – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Мальдиваш" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediiwen" title="Malediiwen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Malediiwen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiwes" title="Maldiwes – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Maldiwes" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivene" title="Maldivene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Maldivene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivane" title="Maldivane – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Maldivane" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B3%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B5%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%AA" title="ମାଳଦ୍ଵୀପ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ମାଳଦ୍ଵୀପ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaldivsi" title="Maaldivsi – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Maaldivsi" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv_orollari" title="Maldiv orollari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Maldiv orollari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B5" title="ਮਾਲਦੀਵ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਾਲਦੀਵ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5" title="मालदीव – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="मालदीव" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="مالدیپ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مالدیپ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%92%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B2%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%91%E1%80%AE" title="မော်ဒုဲက်ခမ်းထီ – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="မော်ဒုဲက်ခမ်းထီ" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%BE" title="مالديپ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مالديپ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldaivz" title="Maldaivz – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Maldaivz" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%8C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%9C" title="ម៉ាល់ឌីវ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ម៉ាល់ឌីវ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediven" title="Malediven – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Malediven" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Malediwy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv" title="Maldiv – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Maldiv" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivler" title="Maldivler – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Maldivler" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiwakuna" title="Maldiwakuna – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Maldiwakuna" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Малдивы – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Малдивы" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Мальдивы – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мальдивы" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Мальдивтар – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Мальдивтар" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%83" title="मालाद्वीपः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="मालाद्वीपः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AF" title="ᱢᱟᱞᱫᱤᱯ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱢᱟᱞᱫᱤᱯ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivet" title="Maldivet – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Maldivet" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1" title="මාලදිවයින – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මාලදිවයින" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%BE" title="مالديپ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="مالديپ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tihlenge_teMaldiva" title="Tihlenge teMaldiva – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="Tihlenge teMaldiva" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivy" title="Maldivy – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Maldivy" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Malediwy" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aw-badeedka_Maldiif" title="Aw-badeedka Maldiif – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Aw-badeedka Maldiif" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A4" title="ماڵدیڤ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ماڵدیڤ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivikondre" title="Maldivikondre – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="Maldivikondre" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Малдиви – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Малдиви" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Maldivi" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malad%C3%A9wa" title="Maladéwa – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Maladéwa" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediivit" title="Malediivit – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Malediivit" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiverna" title="Maldiverna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Maldiverna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="மாலைத்தீவுகள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மாலைத்தீவுகள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeldiwen" title="Imeldiwen – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Imeldiwen" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Мальдивлар – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Мальдивлар" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88" title="မိူင်းမေႃႇတိပ်ႈ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းမေႃႇတိပ်ႈ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81" title="మాల్దీవులు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="మాల్దీవులు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="ประเทศมัลดีฟส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศมัลดีฟส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Молдив – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Молдив" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malativisi" title="Malativisi – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Malativisi" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivler" title="Maldivler – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Maldivler" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiwler" title="Maldiwler – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Maldiwler" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Мальдив – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Мальдив" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Мальдіви – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мальдіви" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="مالدیپ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مالدیپ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%89%DB%8B" title="مالدىۋ – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="مالدىۋ" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Maldive" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%27divan_Sared" title="Mal'divan Sared – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Mal'divan Sared" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Maldives" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivu%C3%A4ns" title="Maldivuäns – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Maldivuäns" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E5%9C%B0%E5%A4%AB" title="馬爾地夫 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="馬爾地夫" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Maldivas" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiif" title="Maldiif – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Maldiif" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%B0%94%E4%BB%A3%E8%8A%99" title="马尔代芙 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="马尔代芙" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9F" title="מאלדיוון – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="מאלדיוון" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" 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.plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Dhivehi-language text"><span lang="dv" dir="rtl" style="font-style: normal;">ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi language">Dhivehi</a>)</span><br /><span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn"><i>Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa</i></i></span><br /></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maldives.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Maldives"><img alt="Flag of Maldives" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/125px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/188px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/250px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Maldives" title="Flag of the Maldives">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Maldives.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Maldives"><img alt="Emblem of Maldives" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Emblem_of_Maldives.svg/85px-Emblem_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Emblem_of_Maldives.svg/128px-Emblem_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Emblem_of_Maldives.svg/170px-Emblem_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_the_Maldives" title="Emblem of the Maldives"> Emblem</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Motto: </b><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الدولة المحلديبية</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>)</span><br /><span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_the_Maldives#Interpretation" title="Emblem of the Maldives">Ad-Dawlat Al-Mahaldibiyya</a></i></span><br />"State of the Mahal Dibiyat"<sup id="cite_ref-MVEmblems_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVEmblems-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <span title="Dhivehi-language text"><span lang="dv" dir="rtl">ޤައުމީ ސަލާމް</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi language">Dhivehi</a>)</span><br /><span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Qaumee_Salaam" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaumee Salaam">Qaumee Salaam</a></i></span><br />"National Salute"<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="69" data-mwtitle="Gaumii_salaam.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Gaumii_salaam.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/Gaumii_salaam.ogg/Gaumii_salaam.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AGaumii_salaam.ogg&lang=dv&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="dv" label="ދިވެހިބަސް ‪(dv)‬" data-dir="rtl" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AGaumii_salaam.ogg&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AGaumii_salaam.ogg&lang=id&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="id" label="Bahasa Indonesia ‪(id)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AGaumii_salaam.ogg&lang=kge&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="kge" label="Kumoring ‪(kge)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></audio></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Maldives"><img alt="Location of Maldives" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/250px-Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/375px-Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/500px-Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="553" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<div class="ib-country-largest">and largest city</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Maldives&params=4_10_31_N_73_30_32_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°10′31″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°30′32″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">4.17528°N 73.50889°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">4.17528; 73.50889</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official language<br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and national language</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Dhivehi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="English Language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"><sup id="cite_ref-religion_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li>98.7% <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <ul><li>98.58% <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a> (<a href="/wiki/State_religion" title="State religion">official</a>)</li> <li>0.10% <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia</a></li></ul></li> <li>1.3% <a href="#Religion">Others</a> <ul><li>0.05% <a href="/wiki/Agnosticism" title="Agnosticism">Agnostics</a></li> <li>0.29% <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maldivian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldivian people">Maldivian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Maldives">Government</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Unitary <a href="/wiki/Presidential_republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential republic">presidential republic</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Muizzu" title="Mohamed Muizzu">Mohamed Muizzu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Maldives" title="Vice President of the Maldives">Vice President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef" title="Hussain Mohamed Latheef">Hussain Mohamed Latheef</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_People%27s_Majlis" title="Speaker of the People's Majlis">Speaker of the People's Majlis</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Raheem_Abdulla" title="Abdul Raheem Abdulla">Abdul Raheem Abdulla</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Maldives" title="Chief Justice of the Maldives">Chief Justice</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Muthasim_Adnan" title="Ahmed Muthasim Adnan">Ahmed Muthasim Adnan</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Majlis" title="People's Majlis">People's Majlis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives" title="History of the Maldives">Independence</a> <div class="ib-country-sovereignty">from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_the_Maldives" title="Independence of the Maldives">Independence declared</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">26 July 1965</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations" title="Charter of the United Nations">Admitted</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">21 September 1965</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Republic proclaimed </div></th><td class="infobox-data">11 November 1968<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Maldives" title="Constitution of the Maldives">Current constitution</a></span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 August 2008</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of Maldives">Area </a></th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">298 km<sup>2</sup> (115 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">187th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of Maldives">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2022 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">515,132<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">167th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,728.63/km<sup>2</sup> (4,477.1/sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">7th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2023 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $14.740 billion<sup id="cite_ref-IMFWEO.MV_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.MV-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">157th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $50,093<sup id="cite_ref-IMFWEO.MV_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.MV-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">54th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2023 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $11.977 billion<sup id="cite_ref-IMFWEO.MV_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.MV-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">161st</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $19,558<sup id="cite_ref-IMFWEO.MV_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.MV-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita">58th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2024)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Positive decrease"><img alt="Positive decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/11px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/17px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/22px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 31.3<sup id="cite_ref-wb-gini_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wb-gini-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#707070">medium inequality</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2022)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.762<sup id="cite_ref-UNHDR_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNHDR-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:forestgreen">high</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">87th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maldivian_rufiyaa" title="Maldivian rufiyaa">Maldivian rufiyaa</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">MVR</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+5</span> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Maldives" title="Time in Maldives">MVT</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="day">dd</abbr>/<abbr title="month">mm</abbr>/<abbr title="year">yyyy</abbr></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Drives on</a></th><td class="infobox-data">left</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Maldives" title="Telephone numbers in Maldives">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Maldives" title="Telephone numbers in Maldives">+960</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MV" title="ISO 3166-2:MV">MV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.mv" title=".mv">.mv</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Maldives</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially the <b>Republic of Maldives</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and historically known as the <b>Maldive Islands</b>, is a country and <a href="/wiki/Archipelagic_state" title="Archipelagic state">archipelagic state</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. The Maldives is southwest of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland. The Maldives' chain of <a href="/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Atolls of the Maldives">26 atolls</a> stretches across the equator from <a href="/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives#Ihavandhippolhu" title="Atolls of the Maldives">Ihavandhippolhu Atoll</a> in the north to <a href="/wiki/Addu_Atoll" title="Addu Atoll">Addu Atoll</a> in the south. </p><p>The Maldives is the smallest <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Asia" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia">country in Asia</a>. Including the sea, the territory spans roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), with a land area of 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi). The Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states, and the smallest <a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim country</a> by land area. With a population of 515,132 in the 2022 census, it is the 2nd <a href="/wiki/List_of_Asian_countries_by_population" title="List of Asian countries by population">least populous country in Asia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">ninth-smallest country in the world by area</a>, but also one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">most densely populated countries in the world</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a> is the capital and the most populated city, traditionally called the "King's Island", where the ancient <a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldivian_monarchs" title="List of Maldivian monarchs">royal dynasties</a> ruled from its central location.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldivian Archipelago is located on the <a href="/wiki/Chagos%E2%80%93Laccadive_Ridge" title="Chagos–Laccadive Ridge">Chagos–Laccadive Ridge</a>, a vast submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean; this also forms a <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion#Terrestrial" title="Ecoregion">terrestrial ecoregion</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives has an average ground-level elevation of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level,<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/List_of_elevation_extremes_by_country" title="List of elevation extremes by country">highest natural point</a> of only 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in), making it the world's lowest-lying country. Some sources state the highest point, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Villingili" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Villingili">Mount Villingili</a>, as 5.1 metres or 17 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Maldives has been inhabited for over 2,500 years. Documented contact with the outside world began around 947 AD when <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a> travelers began visiting the islands. In the 12th century, partly due to the importance of the Arabs and <a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a> as traders in the Indian Ocean, Islam reached the Maldivian Archipelago.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives was soon consolidated as a <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Maldives">sultanate</a>, developing strong commercial and cultural ties with <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>. From the mid-16th century, the region came under the increasing influence of European <a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">colonial powers</a>, with the Maldives becoming a British <a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">protectorate</a> in 1887. <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence of Maldives">Independence from the United Kingdom</a> came in 1965, and a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential republic</a> was established in 1968 with an elected People's Majlis. The ensuing decades have seen political instability, efforts at democratic reform,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and environmental challenges posed by <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Maldives" title="Climate change in the Maldives">climate change and rising sea levels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives became a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a> (SAARC). </p><p>The Maldives is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a>. The World Bank classifies the Maldives as having an upper-<a href="/wiki/Middle_class" title="Middle class">middle income</a> economy.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives is a Dialogue Partner of the <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" title="Shanghai Cooperation Organisation">Shanghai Cooperation Organisation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_Maldives" title="Fishing industry in the Maldives">Fishing</a> has historically been the dominant economic activity, and remains the largest sector by far, followed by the rapidly growing <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Maldives" title="Tourism in the Maldives">tourism</a> industry. The Maldives rates "high" on the <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-HDI_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <i><a href="/wiki/Per_capita" title="Per capita">per capita</a></i> income significantly higher than other SAARC nations.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations from July 1982 until withdrawing from the organisation in October 2016 in protest of allegations by other nations of its <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> abuses and failing democracy.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives rejoined the Commonwealth on 1 February 2020 after showing evidence of functioning democratic processes and popular support.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Names_of_the_Maldives" title="Names of the Maldives">Names of the Maldives</a></div> <p>According to legends, the first settlers of the Maldives were people known as Dheyvis.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Kingdom of the Maldives was known as Dheeva Maari Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 3rd century BCE visit of emissaries, it was noted that the Maldives was known as Dheeva Mahal.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1100</span> – 1166, the Maldives was also referred to as Diva Kudha and the Laccadive archipelago which was a part of the Maldives was then referred to as Diva Kanbar by the scholar and polymath <a href="/wiki/Al-Biruni" title="Al-Biruni">al-Biruni</a> (973–1048).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maldives" class="extiw" title="wikt:Maldives"><i>Maldives</i></a> may also derive from <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">माला</span></span> <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">mālā</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Garland" title="Garland">garland</a>) and <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">द्वीप</span></span> <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">dvīpa</i></span> (island),<sup id="cite_ref-Hogendorn_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hogendorn-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">මාල දිවයින</span></span> <i>Maala Divaina</i> ("Necklace Islands") in <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ParanavitanaPrematilleka1978_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParanavitanaPrematilleka1978-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldivian people are called <i>Dhivehin</i>. The word <i>Dheeb/Deeb</i> (archaic <i>Dhivehi</i>, related to <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">द्वीप</span></span>, <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">dvīpa</i></span>) means "island", and <i>Dhives</i> (<i>Dhivehin</i>) means "islanders" (i.e., Maldivians).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Tamil, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as <span title="Tamil-language text"><i lang="ta-Latn">Mālaitīvu</i></span> (<span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">மாலைத்தீவு</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The venerable <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> chronicle Mahavamsa mentions an island designated as Mahiladiva ("Island of Women", महिलादिभ) in Pali, likely arising from an erroneous translation of the Sanskrit term, signifying "garland". </p><p>Jan Hogendorn, Grossman Professor of Economics at <a href="/wiki/Colby_College" title="Colby College">Colby College</a>, theorised that the name Maldives derives from the Sanskrit <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">mālādvīpa</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">मालाद्वीप</span></span>), meaning "garland of islands".<sup id="cite_ref-Hogendorn_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hogendorn-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as <span title="Malayalam-language text"><i lang="ml-Latn">Maladweepu</i></span> (<span title="Malayalam-language text"><span lang="ml">മാലദ്വീപ്</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Kannada, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as <span title="Kannada-language text"><i lang="kn-Latn">Maaledweepa</i></span> (<span title="Kannada-language text"><span lang="kn">ಮಾಲೆದ್ವೀಪ</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of these names are mentioned in any literature, however, classical Sanskrit texts dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Vedic_period" title="Vedic period">Vedic period</a> mention the "Hundred Thousand Islands" (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweepa</a></i></span>), a generic name which would include not only the Maldives, but also the <a href="/wiki/Laccadives" class="mw-redirect" title="Laccadives">Laccadives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aminidivi" title="Aminidivi">Aminidivi</a> Islands, <a href="/wiki/Minicoy" title="Minicoy">Minicoy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos island</a> groups.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medieval Muslim travellers such as <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a> called the islands <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Maḥal Dībīyāt</i></span></i> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">محل ديبية</span></span>) from the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> word <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">maḥal</i></span></i> ("palace"), which must be how the <a href="/wiki/Berber_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Berber people">Berber</a> traveller interpreted the name of Malé, having been through Muslim North India, where <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic">Perso-Arabic</a> words were introduced to the local vocabulary.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the name currently inscribed on the scroll in the <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of Maldives">Maldives state emblem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MVEmblems_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVEmblems-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The classical Persian/Arabic name for the Maldives is <span title="Arabic-language text"><i lang="ar-Latn">Dibajat</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dutch referred to the islands as the <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Maldivische Eilanden</i></span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[mɑlˈdivisə<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈʔɛilɑndə(n)]</a></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-WWW.IBPUS.COM_69_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWW.IBPUS.COM_69-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the British <a href="/wiki/Anglicisation" title="Anglicisation">anglicised</a> the local name for the islands first to the "Maldive Islands" and later to "Maldives".<sup id="cite_ref-WWW.IBPUS.COM_69_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWW.IBPUS.COM_69-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a conversational book published in 1563, <a href="/wiki/Garcia_de_Orta" title="Garcia de Orta">Garcia de Orta</a> writes: "I must tell you that I have heard it said that the natives do not call it Maldiva but Nalediva. In the Malabar language, <i>nale</i> means four and <i>diva</i> island. So that in that language, the word signifies 'four islands', while we, corrupting the name, call it Maldiva."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local name for Maldives by the Maldivian people in <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Dhivehi</a> language is "Dhivehi Raajje", (<a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi language">Dhivehi</a>: <span lang="dv" dir="rtl">ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives" title="History of the Maldives">History of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_history_and_settlement">Ancient history and settlement</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives#Early_Age" title="History of the Maldives">History of the Maldives § Early Age</a></div> <p>In the 6th–5th century BCE, the Maldives already had their kingdoms.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country has an established history of over 2,500 years according to historical evidence and legends.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa" title="Mahāvaṃsa">Mahāvaṃsa</a></i> (300 BCE) has records of people from Sri Lanka emigrating to the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assuming that cowrie shells come from the Maldives, historians believe that there may have been people living in the Maldives during the <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilisation">Indus Valley civilisation</a> (3300–1300 BCE).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of artefacts show the presence of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> in the country before the Islamic period.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the book <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Kitāb fi āthār Mīdhu al-qādimah</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">كتاب في آثار ميذو القديمة</span></span>) (<i>On the Ancient Ruins of <a href="/wiki/Meedhoo_(Addu)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meedhoo (Addu)">Meedhoo</a></i>), written in the 17th century in Arabic by Allama Ahmed Shihabuddine (Allama Shihab al-Din) of <a href="/wiki/Meedhoo_(Addu)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meedhoo (Addu)">Meedhoo</a> in Addu Atoll, the first settlers of the Maldives were people known as Dheyvis.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They came from the <a href="/wiki/Kalibangan" title="Kalibangan">Kalibanga</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The time of their arrival is unknown but it was before Emperor <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Asoka</a>'s kingdom in 269–232 BCE. Shihabuddin's story tallies remarkably well with the recorded history of South Asia and that of the copperplate document of the Maldives known as <a href="/wiki/L%C5%8Dm%C4%81f%C4%81nu" title="Lōmāfānu">Loamaafaanu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Maapanansa</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the copper plates on which recorded the history of the first <a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_the_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sultans of the Maldives">Kings of the Maldives</a> from the Solar Dynasty, were lost quite early on. </p><p>A 4th-century notice written by <a href="/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" title="Ammianus Marcellinus">Ammianus Marcellinus</a> (362 CE) speaks of gifts sent to the Roman emperor <a href="/wiki/Julian_(emperor)" title="Julian (emperor)">Julian</a> by a deputation from the nation of Divi. The name Divi is very similar to Dheyvi who were the first settlers of Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ancient history of the Maldives is told in copperplates, ancient scripts carved on coral artefacts, traditions, language and different ethnicities of Maldivians.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_27-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Maldivians did not leave any archaeological artefacts. Their buildings were probably built of wood, palm fronds, and other perishable materials, which would have quickly decayed in the salt and wind of the tropical climate. Moreover, chiefs or headmen did not reside in elaborate stone palaces, nor did their religion require the construction of large temples or compounds.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Comparative studies of Maldivian oral, linguistic, and cultural traditions confirm that the first settlers were people from the southern shores of the neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the <a href="/wiki/Giraavaru_people" title="Giraavaru people">Giraavaru people</a>, mentioned in ancient legends and local folklore about the establishment of the capital and kingly rule in Malé.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A strong underlying layer of <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_peoples" title="Dravidian peoples">Dravidian</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Indian_culture" title="North Indian culture">North Indian</a> cultures survives in Maldivian society, with a clear <a href="/wiki/Elu" title="Elu">Elu</a> substratum in the language, which also appears in place names, kinship terms, poetry, dance, and religious beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-Maloney,_Clarence_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maloney,_Clarence-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North Indian system was brought by the original <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. <a href="/wiki/Malabar_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar region">Malabar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pandyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandyan">Pandya</a> seafaring culture led to the settlement of the Islands by <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malabars" title="Malabars">Malabar</a> seafarers.<sup id="cite_ref-Maloney,_Clarence_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maloney,_Clarence-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Maldive Islands were mentioned in ancient Sangam Tamil literature as "Munneer Pazhantheevam" or "Older Islands of Three Seas". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buddhist_period">Buddhist period</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives#Buddhist_period" title="History of the Maldives">History of the Maldives § Buddhist period</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Maldives" title="Buddhism in the Maldives">Buddhism in the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loamaafaanu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Loamaafaanu.jpg/220px-Loamaafaanu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Loamaafaanu.jpg/330px-Loamaafaanu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Loamaafaanu.jpg/440px-Loamaafaanu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1432" data-file-height="1075" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Isdhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Isdhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Isdhoo</a> Lōmāfānu is the oldest <a href="/wiki/L%C5%8Dm%C4%81f%C4%81nu" title="Lōmāfānu">copper-plate</a> book to have been discovered in the Maldives to date. The book was written in 1194 CE (590 AH) in the Evēla form of the <a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_Writing_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi Writing Systems">Divehi akuru</a>, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Dhinei_of_the_Maldives" title="Dhinei of the Maldives">Siri Fennaadheettha Mahaa Radun (Dhinei Kalaminja)</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Despite being just mentioned briefly in most history books, the 1,400 year-long Buddhist period has a foundational importance in the history of the Maldives. It was during this period that the culture of the Maldives both developed and flourished, a culture that survives today. The Maldivian <a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi language">language</a>, early Maldive scripts, architecture, ruling institutions, customs, and manners of the Maldivians originated at the time when the Maldives were a Buddhist kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Buddhism probably spread to the Maldives in the 3rd century BCE at the time of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a>'s expansion and became the dominant religion of the people of the Maldives until the 12th century. The ancient Maldivian Kings promoted <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, and the first Maldive writings and artistic achievements, in the form of highly developed sculpture and architecture, originate from that period. Nearly all archaeological remains in the Maldives are from Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupas</a> and monasteries, and all artefacts found to date display characteristic Buddhist iconography. </p><p>Buddhist (and Hindu) temples were <a href="/wiki/Mandala" title="Mandala">Mandala</a> shaped. They are oriented according to the four cardinal points with the main gate facing east. Local historian Hassan Ahmed Maniku counted as many as 59 islands with Buddhist archaeological sites in a provisional list he published in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islamic_period">Islamic period</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives#Islamic_Period" title="History of the Maldives">History of the Maldives § Islamic Period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Maldives" title="Islam in Maldives">Islam in Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldivian_monarchs" title="List of Maldivian monarchs">List of Maldivian monarchs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Maldives">Sultanate of Maldives</a></div> <p>The importance of the Arabs as traders in the Indian Ocean by the 12th century may partly explain why the last Buddhist king of the Maldives, <a href="/wiki/Dhovemi_of_the_Maldives" title="Dhovemi of the Maldives">Dhovemi</a>, converted to Islam in the year 1153 (or 1193). Adopting the Muslim title of Sultan Muhammad al-Adil, he initiated a series of six Islamic dynasties that lasted until 1932 when the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Maldives">sultanate</a> became elective. The formal title of the sultan up to 1965 was, <i>Sultan of Land and Sea, Lord of the twelve-thousand islands and Sultan of the Maldives</i> which came with the style <i><a href="/wiki/Highness" title="Highness">Highness</a></i>. </p><p>A Moroccan traveller named Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari is traditionally cited for this conversion.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the story told to <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battutah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibn Battutah">Ibn Battutah</a>, a mosque was built with the inscription: 'The Sultan Ahmad Shanurazah accepted Islam at the hand of Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari.'<sup id="cite_ref-:2_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars have suggested the possibility of Ibn Battuta misreading Maldive texts, and having a bias towards the North African, Maghrebi narrative of this Shaykh, instead of the Persian origins account that was known as well at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others have it that he may have been from the Persian town of <a href="/wiki/Tabriz" title="Tabriz">Tabriz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This interpretation, held by the more reliable local historical chronicles, Raadavalhi and Taarikh,<sup id="cite_ref-Visweswaran2011_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Visweswaran2011-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sw_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is that Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari was Abdul Barakat Yusuf Shams ud-Dīn at-Tabrīzī, also locally known as Tabrīzugefānu.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Arabic script the words al-Barbari and al-Tabrizi are very much alike, since at the time, Arabic had several consonants that looked identical and could only be differentiated by overall context (this has since changed by addition of dots above or below letters to clarify pronunciation – For example, the letter "B" in modern Arabic has a dot below, whereas the letter "T" looks identical except there are two dots above it). "ٮوسڡ الٮٮرٮرى" could be read as "Yusuf at-Tabrizi" or "Yusuf al-Barbari".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The venerated tomb of the scholar now stands on the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Muliaage#Medhu_Ziyaaraiy" title="Muliaage">Medhu Ziyaaraiy</a>, across the street from the Friday Mosque, or <a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9_Friday_Mosque" title="Malé Friday Mosque">Hukuru Miskiy</a>, in Malé. Originally built in 1153 and re-built in 1658,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this is one of the oldest surviving mosques in the Maldives. Following the Islamic concept that before Islam there was the time of <a href="/wiki/Jahiliyyah" title="Jahiliyyah">Jahiliya</a> (ignorance), in the history books used by Maldivians the <a href="#Introduction_of_Islam">introduction of Islam</a> at the end of the 12th century is considered the cornerstone of the country's history. Nonetheless, the cultural influence of Buddhism remains, a reality directly experienced by Ibn Battuta during his nine months there sometime between 1341 and 1345, serving as a chief judge and marrying into the royal family of <a href="/wiki/Omar_I_of_the_Maldives" title="Omar I of the Maldives">Omar I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For he became embroiled in local politics and left when his strict judgments in the laissez-faire island kingdom began to chafe with its rulers. In particular, he was angered at the local women going about with no clothing above the waist— a cultural epithet of the region at the time- was seen as a violation of Middle Eastern Islamic rules of modesty—and the locals taking no notice when he complained.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compared to the other areas of South Asia, the conversion of the Maldives to Islam happened relatively late. The Maldives remained a Buddhist kingdom for another 500 years. Arabic became the prime language of administration (instead of Persian and Urdu), and the <a href="/wiki/Maliki" class="mw-redirect" title="Maliki">Maliki</a> school of jurisprudence was introduced, both hinting at direct contact with the core of the Arab world.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Middle Eastern seafarers had just begun to take over the Indian Ocean trade routes in the 10th century and found the Maldives to be an important link in those routes as the first landfall for traders from <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a> sailing to Southeast Asia. Trade involved mainly <a href="/wiki/Cowrie_shells" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowrie shells">cowrie shells</a>—widely used as a form of currency throughout Asia and parts of the <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East African</a> coast—and coir fibre. The <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate" title="Bengal Sultanate">Bengal Sultanate</a>, where cowrie shells were used as legal tender, was one of the principal trading partners of the Maldives. The Bengal–Maldives cowry shell trade was the largest shell currency trade network in history.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The other essential product of the Maldives was <a href="/wiki/Coir" title="Coir">coir</a>, the fibre of the dried <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> <a href="/wiki/Husk" title="Husk">husk</a>, resistant to saltwater. It stitched together and rigged the <a href="/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">dhows</a> that plied the Indian Ocean. Maldivian coir was exported to <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protectorate_period">Protectorate period</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ConstantinoBraganca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/ConstantinoBraganca.jpg/220px-ConstantinoBraganca.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/ConstantinoBraganca.jpg/330px-ConstantinoBraganca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/ConstantinoBraganca.jpg/440px-ConstantinoBraganca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1497" data-file-height="1584" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese presence</a> in the Maldives was established in 1558, by order of <a href="/wiki/Constantino_of_Braganza" title="Constantino of Braganza">Constantino of Braganza</a>, Viceroy of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg/220px-Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg/330px-Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg/440px-Codice_Casanatense_Maldivans.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1855" data-file-height="1354" /></a><figcaption>16th-century Portuguese illustration from the <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3dice_Casanatense" title="Códice Casanatense">Códice Casanatense</a>, depicting workers</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg/220px-18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg/330px-18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg/440px-18th-century_Maldives_map_by_Pierre_Mortier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="617" /></a><figcaption>18th-century map by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Mortier" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre Mortier">Pierre Mortier</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, depicting with detail the islands of the Maldives</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1558, the Portuguese established a small garrison with a <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Viador</i></span> (<span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn">Viyazoaru</i></span>), or overseer of a <a href="/wiki/Factory_(trading_post)" title="Factory (trading post)">factory (trading post)</a> in the Maldives, which they administered from their main colony in <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>. Their attempts to forcefully impose Christianity with the threat of death provoked a local revolt led by <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Thakurufaanu_al-Auzam" title="Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam">Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-A'uẓam</a>, his two brothers and <a href="/wiki/Dhuvaafaru" title="Dhuvaafaru">Dhuvaafaru</a> Dhandahele, who fifteen years later drove the Portuguese out of the Maldives. This event is now commemorated as National Day which is known as <a href="/wiki/Qaumee_Dhuvas" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaumee Dhuvas">Qaumee Dhuvas</a> (literally meaning "National" and "Day"). It is celebrated on 1st of <a href="/wiki/Rabi%27_al-Awwal" title="Rabi' al-Awwal">Rabi' al-Awwal</a>, the third month of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Calendar">Hijri</a> (Islamic) calendar. </p><p>In the mid-17th century, the Dutch, who had replaced the Portuguese as the dominant power in <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a>, established hegemony over Maldivian affairs without involving themselves directly in local matters, which were governed according to centuries-old Islamic customs. </p><p>The British expelled the Dutch from Ceylon in 1796 and included the Maldives as a <a href="/wiki/British_protectorate" title="British protectorate">British protectorate</a>. The status of the Maldives as a British protectorate was officially recorded in an 1887 agreement in which the sultan <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Mueenuddeen_II" title="Muhammad Mueenuddeen II">Muhammad Mueenuddeen II</a> accepted British influence over Maldivian external relations and defence while retaining home rule, which continued to be regulated by <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> traditional institutions in exchange for an <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_annual_tribute" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldivian annual tribute">annual tribute</a>. The status of the islands was akin to other British protectorates in the Indian Ocean region, including <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldivas_xvi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Maldivas_xvi.jpg/220px-Maldivas_xvi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Maldivas_xvi.jpg/330px-Maldivas_xvi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Maldivas_xvi.jpg/440px-Maldivas_xvi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption> 17th-century Portuguese drawing of the fortress of Maldives and the archipelago. In Antonio Bocarro book of fortress (1632)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In the British period, the Sultan's powers were taken over by the Chief Minister, much to the chagrin of the British Governor-General who continued to deal with the ineffectual Sultan. Consequently, Britain encouraged the development of a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a>, and the first Constitution was proclaimed in 1932. However, the new arrangements favoured neither the Sultan nor the Chief Minister, but rather a young crop of British-educated reformists. As a result, angry mobs were instigated against the Constitution which was publicly torn up. </p><p>The Maldives remained a British crown protectorate until 1953 when the sultanate was suspended and the First Republic was declared under the short-lived presidency of <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Amin_Didi" title="Mohamed Amin Didi">Mohamed Amin Didi</a>. While serving as prime minister during the 1940s, Didi nationalised the fish export industry. As president, he is remembered as a reformer of the education system and an advocate of <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women's rights">women's rights</a>. Conservatives in Malé ousted his government, and during a riot over food shortages, Didi was beaten by a mob and died on a nearby island. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East,_1941-1945_CF620.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg/220px-Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg/330px-Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg/440px-Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">Short Sunderland</a> moored in the lagoon at Addu Atoll, during WWII</figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning in the 1950s, the political history in the Maldives was largely influenced by the British military presence on the islands. In 1954, the restoration of the sultanate perpetuated the rule of the past. Two years later, the United Kingdom obtained permission to reestablish its wartime <a href="/wiki/RAF_Gan" title="RAF Gan">RAF Gan</a> airfield in the southernmost Addu Atoll, employing hundreds of locals. In 1957, however, the new <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Maldives" title="Prime Minister of the Maldives">prime minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Nasir" title="Ibrahim Nasir">Ibrahim Nasir</a>, called for a review of the agreement. Nasir was challenged in 1959 by a local secessionist movement in the three southernmost atolls that benefited economically from the British presence on <a href="/wiki/Gan_(Addu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Addu Atoll)">Gan</a>. This group cut ties with the Maldives government and formed an independent state, the <a href="/wiki/United_Suvadive_Republic" title="United Suvadive Republic">United Suvadive Republic</a> with <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Afeef" title="Abdullah Afeef">Abdullah Afeef</a> as president and <a href="/wiki/Hithadhoo_(Seenu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hithadhoo (Seenu Atoll)">Hithadhoo</a> as its capital. One year later the Suvadive republic was scrapped after Nasir sent gunboats from Malé with government police, and Abdullah Afeef went into exile. Meanwhile, in 1960 the Maldives allowed the United Kingdom to continue to use both the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Gan" title="RAF Gan">Gan</a> and the Hithadhoo facilities for thirty years, with the payment of £750,000 from 1960 to 1965 for the Maldives' economic development. The base was closed in 1976 as part of the larger British withdrawal of permanently-stationed forces '<a href="/wiki/East_of_Suez" title="East of Suez">East of Suez</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-gan.philliptsmall.me.uk_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gan.philliptsmall.me.uk-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_and_republic">Independence and republic</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_the_Maldives" title="Independence of the Maldives">Independence of the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_Sultan_of_The_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_the_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sultans of the Maldives">Sultan of the Maldives</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg/220px-Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg/330px-Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg/440px-Prime_Minister_Ibrahim_Nasir_signs_independence_papers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="761" /></a><figcaption><i>Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir signs independence agreement with the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> on July 26, 1965.</i></figcaption></figure> <p>When the British became increasingly unable to continue their colonial hold on Asia and were losing their colonies to the indigenous populations who wanted freedom, on 26 July 1965 an agreement was signed on behalf of the Sultan by Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan, Prime Minister, and on behalf of the British government by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Walker_(diplomat)" title="Michael Walker (diplomat)">Sir Michael Walker</a>, British Ambassador-designate to the Maldive Islands, which formally ended the British authority on the defence and external affairs of the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands thus achieved independence, with the ceremony taking place at the British High Commissioner's Residence in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>. After this, the sultanate continued for another three years under <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Fareed_Didi" title="Muhammad Fareed Didi">Sir Muhammad Fareed Didi</a>, who declared himself King upon independence.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 November 1967, a vote was taken in parliament to decide whether the Maldives should continue as a constitutional monarchy or become a republic.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the 44 members of parliament, 40 voted in favour of a republic. On 15 March 1968, a <a href="/wiki/1968_Maldivian_constitutional_referendum" title="1968 Maldivian constitutional referendum">national referendum</a> was held on the question, and 93.34% of those taking part voted in favour of establishing a republic.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The republic was declared on 11 November 1968, thus ending the 853-year-old monarchy, which was replaced by a republic under the presidency of Ibrahim Nasir.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the King had held little real power, this was seen as a cosmetic change and required few alterations in the structures of government. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Maldives" title="Tourism in the Maldives">Tourism</a> began to be developed on the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> by the beginning of the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first resort in the Maldives was <a href="/wiki/Kurumba_Maldives" title="Kurumba Maldives">Kurumba Maldives</a> which welcomed the first guests on 3 October 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first accurate census was held in December 1977 and showed 142,832 people living in the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Political infighting during the 1970s between Nasir's faction and other political figures led to the 1975 arrest and exile of elected prime minister <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Zaki_(politician)" title="Ahmed Zaki (politician)">Ahmed Zaki</a> to a remote <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Economic decline followed the closure of the <a href="/wiki/Gan_International_Airport" title="Gan International Airport">British airfield at Gan</a> and the collapse of the market for dried fish, an important export. With support for his administration faltering, Nasir fled to Singapore in 1978, with millions of dollars from the treasury.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom">Maumoon Abdul Gayoom</a> began his 30-year role as president in 1978, winning six consecutive elections without opposition. His election was seen as ushering in a period of political stability and economic development given Maumoon's priority to develop the poorer islands. Tourism flourished and increased foreign contact spurred development. However, Maumoon's rule was controversial, with some critics saying Maumoon was an autocrat who quelled dissent by limiting freedoms and practising political favouritism.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_sinking_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_sinking-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A series of coup attempts (in 1980, 1983, and 1988) by Nasir supporters and business interests tried to topple the government without success. While the first two attempts met with little success, the <a href="/wiki/1988_Maldives_coup_attempt" title="1988 Maldives coup attempt">1988 coup attempt</a> involved a roughly 80-strong mercenary force of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a> who seized the airport and caused Maumoon to flee from house to house until the intervention of 1,600 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian troops</a> airlifted into Malé restored order. </p><p>The November 1988 coup d'état was headed by Ibrahim Lutfee, a businessman, and Sikka Ahmed Ismail Manik, the father of the former first lady of the Maldives <a href="/wiki/Fazna_Ahmed" title="Fazna Ahmed">Fazna Ahmed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attackers were defeated by then <a href="/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">National Security Services of Maldives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-three_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-three-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the night of 3 November 1988, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> airlifted a <a href="/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(India)#Operation_Cactus" title="Parachute Regiment (India)">parachute battalion group</a> from <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a> and flew them over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) to the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-three_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-three-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time Indian armed forces reached the Maldives, the mercenary forces has already left Malé on the hijacked ship MV Progress Light.<sup id="cite_ref-three_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-three-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Indian <a href="/wiki/Paratroopers" class="mw-redirect" title="Paratroopers">paratroopers</a> landed at <a href="/wiki/Hulhul%C3%A9_Island" title="Hulhulé Island">Hulhulé</a> and secured the airfield and restored the government rule at Malé within hours.<sup id="cite_ref-three_77-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-three-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brief operation labelled <i>Operation Cactus</i>, also involved the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> that assisted in capturing the freighter MV Progress Light and rescued the hostages and crew.<sup id="cite_ref-three_77-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-three-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives#21st_century" title="History of the Maldives">History of the Maldives § 21st century</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_along_with_other_Head_of_State_and_Government_of_SAARC_Countries,_at_the_inaugural_session_of_the_17th_SAARC_Summit,_at_Adu_Atoll_in_Maldives_on_November_10,_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_along_with_other_Head_of_State_and_Government_of_SAARC_Countries%2C_at_the_inaugural_session_of_the_17th_SAARC_Summit%2C_at_Adu_Atoll_in_Maldives_on_November_10%2C_2011.jpg/250px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_along_with_other_Head_of_State_and_Government_of_SAARC_Countries%2C_at_the_inaugural_session_of_the_17th_SAARC_Summit%2C_at_Adu_Atoll_in_Maldives_on_November_10%2C_2011.jpg/375px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_along_with_other_Head_of_State_and_Government_of_SAARC_Countries%2C_at_the_inaugural_session_of_the_17th_SAARC_Summit%2C_at_Adu_Atoll_in_Maldives_on_November_10%2C_2011.jpg/500px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="912" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/17th_SAARC_summit" title="17th SAARC summit">17th SAARC summit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a>, Maldives</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Effect_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_on_the_Maldives" title="Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives">Maldives were devastated</a> by a <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami">tsunami</a> on 26 December 2004, following the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake">Indian Ocean earthquake</a>. Only nine islands were reported to have escaped any flooding,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while fifty-seven islands faced serious damage to critical infrastructure, fourteen islands had to be totally evacuated, and six islands were destroyed. A further twenty-one resort islands were forced to close because of tsunami damage. The total damage was estimated at more than US$400 million, or some 62% of the GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 102 Maldivians and 6 foreigners reportedly died in the tsunami.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_sinking_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_sinking-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The destructive impact of the waves on the low-lying islands was mitigated by the fact there was no continental shelf or land mass upon which the waves could gain height. The tallest waves were reported to be 14 feet (4.3 m) high.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the later part of Maumoon's rule, independent political movements emerged in the Maldives, which challenged the then-ruling <a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_Rayyithunge_Party" title="Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party">Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party</a> (Maldivian People's Party, MPP) and demanded democratic reform. The dissident journalist and activist <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_Democratic_Party" title="Maldivian Democratic Party">Maldivian Democratic Party</a> (MDP) in 2003 and pressured Maumoon into allowing gradual political reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-brownpoliticalreview.org_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brownpoliticalreview.org-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, a new constitution was approved and the <a href="/wiki/2008_Maldivian_presidential_election" title="2008 Maldivian presidential election">first direct presidential elections</a> occurred, which were won by Nasheed in the second round. His administration faced many challenges, including the huge debt left by the previous government, the economic downturn following the 2004 tsunami, overspending by means of overprinting of local currency (the <a href="/wiki/Rufiyaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Rufiyaa">rufiyaa</a>), unemployment, corruption, and increasing drug use.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (April 2013)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> Taxation on goods was imposed for the first time in the country, and import duties were reduced on many goods and services. Universal health insurance (<a href="/wiki/Aasandha" title="Aasandha">Aasandha</a>) and social welfare benefits were given to those aged 65 years or older, single parents, and those with special needs.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_sinking_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_sinking-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Social and <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932013_Maldives_political_crisis" title="2011–2013 Maldives political crisis">political unrest grew in late 2011</a>, following opposition campaigns in the name of protecting Islam. Nasheed controversially resigned from office after large number of police and army mutinied in February 2012. Nasheed's vice-president, <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Waheed_Hassan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Waheed Hassan">Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik</a>, was sworn in as president.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nasheed was later arrested,<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> convicted of terrorism, and sentenced to 13 years. The trial was widely seen as flawed and political. The <a href="/wiki/Working_Group_on_Arbitrary_Detention" title="Working Group on Arbitrary Detention">UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention</a> called for Nasheed's immediate release.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2013_Maldivian_presidential_election" title="2013 Maldivian presidential election">election in late 2013</a> were highly contested. Former president Nasheed won the most votes in the first round, but the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Maldives" title="Supreme Court of the Maldives">Supreme Court</a> annulled it despite the positive assessment of international election observers. In the re-run vote <a href="/wiki/Abdulla_Yameen" title="Abdulla Yameen">Abdulla Yameen</a>, half-brother of the former president Maumoon, assumed the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-brownpoliticalreview.org_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brownpoliticalreview.org-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yameen survived an assassination attempt in late 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vice president <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Jameel_Ahmed" title="Mohamed Jameel Ahmed">Mohamed Jameel Ahmed</a> was removed from office after a <a href="/wiki/No_confidence_motion" class="mw-redirect" title="No confidence motion">no confidence motion</a> from the People's Majlis, it was alleged that he was conspiring with opposition political parties and planning riots.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vice-president <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Adeeb" title="Ahmed Adeeb">Ahmed Adeeb</a> was later arrested together with 17 supporters for "public order offences" and the government instituted a broader crackdown against his accomplices. A <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> was later declared ahead of a planned anti-government rally,<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the People's Majlis (parliament) accelerated the removal of Adeeb.<sup id="cite_ref-majlis.gov.mv_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-majlis.gov.mv-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2018_Maldivian_presidential_election" title="2018 Maldivian presidential election">In the 2018 election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Mohamed_Solih" title="Ibrahim Mohamed Solih">Ibrahim Mohamed Solih</a> won the most votes, and was sworn in as the Maldives' new president in November 2018. Adeeb was freed by courts in Male in July 2019 after his conviction on charges of terrorism and corruption was overruled, but was placed under a <a href="/wiki/Travel_ban" title="Travel ban">travel ban</a> after the state prosecutor appealed the order in a corruption and money laundering case. Adeeb escaped in a <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboat</a> to <a href="/wiki/Asylum_seeker" title="Asylum seeker">seek asylum</a> in India. It is understood that the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard" title="Indian Coast Guard">Indian Coast Guard</a> escorted the tugboat to the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and he was then "transferred" to a <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldivian Coast Guard">Maldivian Coast Guard</a> ship, where officials took him into custody.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former president Abdulla Yameen was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2019 for money laundering. The <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_the_Maldives" title="High Court of the Maldives">High Court</a> upheld the jail sentence in January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Supreme Court overturned Yameen's conviction in November 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2023_Maldivian_presidential_election" title="2023 Maldivian presidential election">2023 election</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Congress_(Maldives)" title="People's National Congress (Maldives)">People's National Congress</a> (PNC) candidate <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Muizzu" title="Mohamed Muizzu">Mohamed Muizzu</a> won the second-round runoff of the Maldives presidential election, beating incumbent president, Ibrahim Solih, with 54% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 October 2023, Mohamed Muizzu was sworn in as the eighth President of the Republic of Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mohamed Muizzu is widely seen to be pro-China, meaning souring relations with India.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, ex-President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was freed from his 11-year conviction and the High Court ordered a new trial.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Maldives" title="Geography of the Maldives">Geography of the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malosmadulu_Atolls,_Maldives.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg/170px-Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg/255px-Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg/340px-Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1687" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Maalhosmadulu Atoll seen from space. <a href="/wiki/Northern_Maalhosmadulu_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll">Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Maalhosmadulu_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Maalhosmadulu Atoll">Southern Maalhosmadulu Atoll</a> can be seen in this picture.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg/220px-Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg/330px-Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg/440px-Man_on_sand_bank_in_the_Maldives_looking_at_sea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption>Dark clouds bringing heavy rain, common in the rainy season</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives consists of 1,192 <a href="/wiki/Coral_island" title="Coral island">coral islands</a> grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, that stretch along a length of 871 kilometres (541 miles) north to south, 130 kilometres (81 miles) east to west, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), of which only 298 km<sup>2</sup> (115 sq mi) is dry land, making this one of the world's most dispersed countries. It lies between latitudes <a href="/wiki/1st_parallel_south" title="1st parallel south">1°S</a> and <a href="/wiki/8th_parallel_north" title="8th parallel north">8°N</a>, and longitudes <a href="/wiki/72nd_meridian_east" title="72nd meridian east">72°</a> and <a href="/wiki/74th_meridian_east" title="74th meridian east">74°E</a>. The atolls are composed of live <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reefs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sand_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand bar">sand bars</a>, situated atop a submarine ridge 960 kilometres (600 mi) long that rises abruptly from the depths of the Indian Ocean and runs north to south. </p><p>Only near the southern end of this natural coral barricade do two open passages permit safe ship navigation from one side of the Indian Ocean to the other through the territorial waters of the Maldives. For administrative purposes, the Maldivian government organised these atolls into 21 <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Maldives" title="Administrative divisions of the Maldives">administrative divisions</a>. The largest island of the Maldives is that of <a href="/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan</a>, which belongs to Laamu Atoll or Hahdhummathi Maldives. In Addu Atoll, the westernmost islands are connected by roads over the reef (collectively called Link Road) and the total length of the road is 14 km (9 mi). </p><p>The Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with maximum and average natural ground levels of only 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, respectively. In areas where construction exists, however, this has been increased to several metres. More than 80 per cent of the country's land is composed of coral islands which rise less than one metre above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the Maldives are in danger of being submerged due to <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">rising sea levels</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change" title="Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> has warned that, at current rates, sea-level rise would be high enough to make the Maldives uninhabitable by 2100.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bathala_(Maldives)_8.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bathala_%28Maldives%29_8.JPG/220px-Bathala_%28Maldives%29_8.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bathala_%28Maldives%29_8.JPG/330px-Bathala_%28Maldives%29_8.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bathala_%28Maldives%29_8.JPG/440px-Bathala_%28Maldives%29_8.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>A beach of <a href="/wiki/Bathala_(island)" title="Bathala (island)">Bathala</a> island</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">tropical monsoon climate</a> (Am) under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, which is affected by the large landmass of South Asia to the north. Because the Maldives has the lowest elevation of any country in the world, the temperature is constantly hot and often humid. The presence of this landmass causes differential heating of land and water. These factors set off a rush of moisture-rich air from the Indian Ocean over South Asia, resulting in the southwest <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a>. Two seasons dominate the Maldives' weather: the dry season associated with the winter northeastern monsoon and the rainy season associated with the southwest monsoon which brings strong winds and storms.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The shift from the dry northeast monsoon to the moist southwest monsoon occurs during April and May. During this period, the southwest winds contribute to the formation of the southwest monsoon, which reaches the Maldives at the beginning of June and lasts until the end of November. However, the weather patterns of the Maldives do not always conform to the monsoon patterns of South Asia. The annual rainfall averages 254 centimetres (100 in) in the north and 381 centimetres (150 in) in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Climate_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The monsoonal influence is greater in the north of the Maldives than in the south, more influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Counter_Current" title="Equatorial Counter Current">equatorial currents</a>. </p><p>The average high temperature is 31.5 degrees Celsius and the average low temperature is 26.4 degrees Celsius.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Malé (1981–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.2<br />(4.50) </td> <td style="background: #C0FFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.1<br />(1.50) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.9<br />(2.91) </td> <td style="background: #42FF42; color:#000000;" class="notheme">122.5<br />(4.82) </td> <td style="background: #00B700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">218.9<br />(8.62) </td> <td style="background: #00FC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.3<br />(6.59) </td> <td style="background: #1FFF1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">149.9<br />(5.90) </td> <td style="background: #00F800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.5<br />(6.91) </td> <td style="background: #00CB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">199.0<br />(7.83) </td> <td style="background: #00DC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">194.2<br />(7.65) </td> <td style="background: #009A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">231.1<br />(9.10) </td> <td style="background: #00BA00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">216.8<br />(8.54) </td> <td style="background: #0EFF0E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,901.4<br />(74.86) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">131 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000C9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000CA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000C3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">79.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257.8 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">279.6 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.8 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">223.2 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">202.3 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">226.6 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">211.5 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">200.4 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">234.8 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">226.1 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.7 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,778.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)</a><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sea_level_rise">Sea level rise</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Maldives" title="Climate change in the Maldives">Climate change in the Maldives</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change_on_island_nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects of climate change on island nations">Effects of climate change on island nations</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Island_President" title="The Island President">The Island President</a></div> <p>In 1988, Maldivian authorities claimed that sea rise would "completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1,196 small islands within the next 30 years."<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change" title="Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a>'s 2007 report predicted the upper limit of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a> will be 59 centimetres (23 in) by 2100, which means that most of the republic's 200 inhabited islands may need to be abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to researchers from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southampton" title="University of Southampton">University of Southampton</a>, the Maldives are the third most endangered island nation due to flooding from <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> as a percentage of population.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Nasheed announced plans to look into purchasing new land in India, Sri Lanka, and Australia because of his concerns about global warming, and the possibility of much of the islands being inundated with water from rising sea levels. The purchase of land will be made from a fund generated by tourism. The president explained his intentions: "We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be <a href="/wiki/Climate_migration" title="Climate migration">climate refugees</a> living in tents for decades".<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> At the 2009 International Climate Talks, Nasheed stated that:</p><blockquote><p>For us swearing off fossil fuels is not only the right thing to do, but it is also in our economic self-interest... Pioneering countries will free themselves from the unpredictable price of foreign oil; they will capitalise on the new green economy of the future, and they will enhance their moral standing giving them greater political influence on the world stage.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Former president <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a> said in 2012 that "If carbon emissions continue at the rate they are climbing today, my country will be under water in seven years."<sup id="cite_ref-Guilfordian_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guilfordian-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has called for more <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">climate change mitigation</a> action while on the American television shows <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guilfordian_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guilfordian-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hosted "the world's first underwater cabinet meeting" in 2009 to raise awareness of the threats posed by climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Concerns over rising sea levels have also been expressed by Nasheed's predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom">Maumoon Abdul Gayoom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, a three-year study at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Plymouth" title="University of Plymouth">University of Plymouth</a> which looked at the Maldives and the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>, found that tides move sediment to create a higher elevation, a morphological response that the researchers suggested could help low-lying islands adjust to sea level rise and keep the islands habitable. The research also reported that <a href="/wiki/Seawall" title="Seawall">sea walls</a> were compromising islands' ability to adjust to rising sea levels and that island drowning is an inevitable outcome for islands with coastal structures like sea walls.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hideki Kanamaru, natural resources officer with the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> in Asia-Pacific, said the study provided a "new perspective" on how island nations could tackle the challenge of sea-level rise, and that even if islands can adapt naturally to higher seas by raising their own crests, humans still needed to double down on global warming and protection for island populations.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment<span class="anchor" id="Environmental_issues"></span></h3></div> <p>Environmental issues other than <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a> include bad waste disposal and <a href="/wiki/Sand_theft" title="Sand theft">sand theft</a>. Although the Maldives are kept relatively pristine and little <a href="/wiki/Litter" title="Litter">litter</a> can be found on the islands, most <a href="/wiki/Waste_management" title="Waste management">waste disposal</a> sites are often substandard. The bulk of the waste from Malé and nearby resorts in the Maldives are disposed of at <a href="/wiki/Thilafushi" title="Thilafushi">Thilafushi</a>, an industrial island on top of a lagoon reclaimed in the early '90s to sort waste management issues which had plagued the capital and surrounding islands.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/List_of_Protected_Areas_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Protected Areas of Maldives">31 protected areas</a> are administered by the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-Maldives_Protected_Areas_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maldives_Protected_Areas-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_ecosystem">Marine ecosystem</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife of Maldives">Wildlife of Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_soft_coral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Maldives_soft_coral.jpg/220px-Maldives_soft_coral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Maldives_soft_coral.jpg/330px-Maldives_soft_coral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Maldives_soft_coral.jpg/440px-Maldives_soft_coral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Maldives soft coral</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips,_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg/170px-Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg/255px-Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg/340px-Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Oriental_sweetlips" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental sweetlips">Oriental sweetlips</a> (<i>Plectorhinchus vittatus</i>) at <a href="/wiki/Meeru_Island" title="Meeru Island">Meeru Island</a>, North Male Atoll</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives have a range of different habitats including deep sea, shallow coast, and reef ecosystems, fringing mangroves, wetlands and dry land. There are 187 species of coral forming the <a href="/wiki/Coral_reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral reefs">coral reefs</a>. This area of the Indian Ocean, alone, houses 1,100 <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of fish, 5 species of <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtle</a>, 21 species of whale and dolphin, 400 species of mollusc, and 83 species of echinoderms. The area is also populated by a number of crustacean species: 120 copepods, 15 amphipods, as well as more than 145 crab and 48 shrimp species.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the many marine families represented are <a href="/wiki/Pufferfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Pufferfish">pufferfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caesionidae" title="Caesionidae">fusiliers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carangidae" title="Carangidae">jackfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lionfish" title="Lionfish">lionfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriental_sweetlips" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental sweetlips">oriental sweetlips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reef_sharks" class="mw-redirect" title="Reef sharks">reef sharks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grouper" title="Grouper">groupers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eel" title="Eel">eels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutjanidae" title="Lutjanidae">snappers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bannerfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Bannerfish">bannerfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogcocephalidae" title="Ogcocephalidae">batfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humphead_wrasse" title="Humphead wrasse">humphead wrasse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spotted_eagle_ray" title="Spotted eagle ray">spotted eagle rays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scorpionfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Scorpionfish">scorpionfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lobster" title="Lobster">lobsters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nudibranches" class="mw-redirect" title="Nudibranches">nudibranches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pomacanthidae" title="Pomacanthidae">angelfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butterflyfish" title="Butterflyfish">butterflyfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Squirrelfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Squirrelfish">squirrelfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soldierfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Soldierfish">soldierfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asiatic_glassfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic glassfish">glassfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surgeonfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Surgeonfish">surgeonfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naso_(fish)" title="Naso (fish)">unicornfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Triggerfish" title="Triggerfish">triggerfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_wrasse" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon wrasse">Napoleon wrasse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barracuda" title="Barracuda">barracuda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scuba_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scuba-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These coral reefs are home to a variety of marine ecosystems that vary from <a href="/wiki/Planktonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Planktonic">planktonic</a> organisms to whale sharks. Sponges have gained importance as five species have displayed anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties.<sup id="cite_ref-Coral_reefs_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coral_reefs-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, sea-temperature warming of as much as 5 °C (9.0 °F) due to a single <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o-Southern_Oscillation" class="mw-redirect" title="El Niño-Southern Oscillation">El Niño phenomenon</a> event caused <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">coral bleaching</a>, killing two-thirds of the nation's coral reefs.<sup id="cite_ref-Wheatley_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wheatley-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an effort to induce the regrowth of the reefs, scientists placed electrified cones anywhere from 20–60 feet (6.1–18.3 m) below the surface to provide a substrate for larval coral attachment. In 2004, scientists witnessed corals regenerating. Corals began to eject pink-orange eggs and sperm. The growth of these electrified corals was five times faster than untreated corals.<sup id="cite_ref-Wheatley_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wheatley-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scientist Azeez Hakim stated: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>before 1998, we never thought that this reef would die. We had always taken for granted that these animals would be there, that this reef would be there forever. El Niño gave us a wake-up call that these things are not going to be there forever. Not only this, but they also act as a natural barrier against tropical storms, floods and tsunamis. Seaweeds grow on the skeletons of dead coral.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><sup id="cite_ref-scuba_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scuba-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Again, in 2016, the coral reefs of the Maldives experienced a <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching#Maldives" title="Coral bleaching">severe bleaching incident</a>. Up to 95% of coral around some islands have died, and, even after six months, 100% of young coral transplants died. The surface water temperatures reached an all-time high in 2016, at 31 degrees Celsius in May.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recent scientific studies suggest that the faunistic composition can vary greatly between neighbour atolls, especially in terms of benthic fauna. Differences in terms of fishing pressure (including poaching) could be the cause.<sup id="cite_ref-Ducarme_between_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ducarme_between-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wildlife">Wildlife</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_Maldives" title="Wildlife of the Maldives">Wildlife of the Maldives</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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data-file-height="3190" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:156px;max-width:156px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:86px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Addu_City,_Maldives_(Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Nature Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Addu_City%2C_Maldives_%28Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg%29.jpg/154px-Addu_City%2C_Maldives_%28Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Addu_City%2C_Maldives_%28Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg%29.jpg/231px-Addu_City%2C_Maldives_%28Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Addu_City%2C_Maldives_%28Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg%29.jpg/308px-Addu_City%2C_Maldives_%28Unsplash_UWCIzF2gkdg%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3992" data-file-height="2242" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_09642.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Flower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Maldives_09642.JPG/142px-Maldives_09642.JPG" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Maldives_09642.JPG/213px-Maldives_09642.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Maldives_09642.JPG/284px-Maldives_09642.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_00345.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bird" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Maldives_00345.JPG/142px-Maldives_00345.JPG" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Maldives_00345.JPG/213px-Maldives_00345.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Maldives_00345.JPG/284px-Maldives_00345.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Clockwise from top left: <a href="/wiki/Tawny_nurse_shark" title="Tawny nurse shark">Tawny nurse sharks</a> near <a href="/wiki/Vaavu_Atoll" title="Vaavu Atoll">Vaavu Atoll</a>, pier in <a href="/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Butorides_striata" class="mw-redirect" title="Butorides striata">Butorides striata</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Ixora" title="Ixora">Ixora</a> sp.</i></div></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_Maldives" title="Wildlife of the Maldives">wildlife of the Maldives</a> includes the <a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">flora</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Islands_of_the_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands of the Maldives">islands</a>, reefs, and the surrounding ocean. Recent scientific studies suggest that the fauna varies greatly between <a href="/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Atolls of the Maldives">atolls</a> following a north–south gradient, but important differences between neighbouring atolls were also found (especially in terms of sea animals), which may be linked to differences in fishing pressure — including poaching.<sup id="cite_ref-Ducarme-2016-V36_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ducarme-2016-V36-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The terrestrial habitats of the Maldives are confronted with a significant threat as extensive development encroaches swiftly upon the limited land resources. Once seldom frequented, previously uninhabited islands now teeter on the brink of extinction, virtually devoid of untouched expanses. Over recent decades of intensive development, numerous natural environments crucial to indigenous species have suffered severe endangerment or outright destruction. </p><p>Coral reef habitats had been damaged, as the pressure for land has brought about the creation of artificial islands. Some reefs have been filled with rubble with little regard for the changes in the currents on the reef shelf and how the new pattern would affect coral growth and its related life forms on the reef edges.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mangroves thrive in brackish or muddy regions of the Maldives. The archipelago hosts fourteen species spanning ten genera, among which is the fern Acrostichum aureum, indigenous to these islands.<sup id="cite_ref-Hingun-2015_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hingun-2015-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The waters surrounding the Maldives boast an extensive array of marine life, showcasing a vibrant tapestry of corals and over 2,000 species of fish.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the dazzling hues of reef fish to the majestic presence of the <a href="/wiki/Blacktip_reef_shark" title="Blacktip reef shark">blacktip reef shark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moray_eels" class="mw-redirect" title="Moray eels">moray eels</a>, and a diverse range of rays including <a href="/wiki/Manta_rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Manta rays">manta rays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stingrays" class="mw-redirect" title="Stingrays">stingrays</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eagle_rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle rays">eagle rays</a>, the seas teem with life. Notably, the Maldivian waters harbor the magnificent <a href="/wiki/Whale_shark" title="Whale shark">whale shark</a>. Renowned for its biodiversity, these waters host rare species of both biological and commercial significance, with <a href="/wiki/Tuna_fisheries" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuna fisheries">tuna fisheries</a> representing a longstanding traditional resource. Within the limited freshwater habitats such as ponds and marshes, freshwater fish such as the <a href="/wiki/Milkfish" title="Milkfish">milkfish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milkfish" title="Milkfish">Chanos chanos</a>) and various smaller species thrive. Additionally, the introduction of the tilapia or mouth-breeder, facilitated by a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> agency in the 1970s, further enriches the aquatic diversity of the Maldives. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_00246.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Maldives_00246.JPG/220px-Maldives_00246.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Maldives_00246.JPG/330px-Maldives_00246.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Maldives_00246.JPG/440px-Maldives_00246.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Butorides_striata" class="mw-redirect" title="Butorides striata">Butorides striata</a></i> in the Maldives</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to their diminutive size, land-dwelling reptiles are scarce on the Maldivian islands. Among the limited terrestrial reptilian inhabitants are a species of gecko and the oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor), alongside the white-spotted supple skink (Riopa albopunctata), the Indian wolf snake (<a href="/wiki/Lycodon_aulicus" title="Lycodon aulicus">Lycodon aulicus</a>), and the brahminy blind snake (<a href="/wiki/Ramphotyphlops_braminus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramphotyphlops braminus">Ramphotyphlops braminus</a>). </p><p>In the surrounding seas, however, a more diverse array of reptilian life thrives. Maldivian beaches serve as nesting grounds for the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), the hawksbill <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtle</a>, and the leatherback sea turtle. Furthermore, saltwater <a href="/wiki/Crocodiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Crocodiles">crocodiles</a> have been reported to occasionally reach the islands, taking residence in marshy regions.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The location of this Indian Ocean archipelago means that its avifauna is mainly restricted to <a href="/wiki/Pelagic_bird" class="mw-redirect" title="Pelagic bird">pelagic birds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the species are Eurasian migratory birds, only a few being typically associated with the Indian sub-continent. Some, like the <a href="/wiki/Frigatebird" title="Frigatebird">frigatebird</a> are seasonal. There are also birds that dwell in marshes and island bush, like the <a href="/wiki/Grey_heron" title="Grey heron">grey heron</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Moorhen" title="Moorhen">moorhen</a>. <a href="/wiki/White_terns" class="mw-redirect" title="White terns">White terns</a> are found occasionally on the southern islands due to their rich habitats.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Maldives" title="Politics of the Maldives">Politics of the Maldives</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:312px;max-width:312px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:202px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg/152px-Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg/228px-Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg/304px-Dr_Muizzu_in_December_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Muizzu" title="Mohamed Muizzu">Mohamed Muizzu</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">President</a> since 2023</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:202px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg/152px-Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg/228px-Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg/304px-Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef_official_portrait_January_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Hussain_Mohamed_Latheef" title="Hussain Mohamed Latheef">Hussain Mohamed Latheef</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Maldives" title="Vice President of the Maldives">Vice President</a> since 2023</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The Maldives is a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">constitutional republic</a>, with extensive influence of the president as <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a>. The president heads the <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive branch</a>, and appoints the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Maldives" title="Cabinet of the Maldives">cabinet</a> which is approved by the <a href="/wiki/Majlis_of_the_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Majlis of the Maldives">People's Majlis (Parliament)</a>. He leads the <a href="/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">armed forces</a>. The current president serving since 17 November 2023 is <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Muizzu" title="Mohamed Muizzu">Mohamed Muizzu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">President of the Maldives</a> and Members of the <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> Majlis serve five-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total number of members are determined by atoll populations. At the <a href="/wiki/2024_Maldivian_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Maldivian parliamentary election">2024 parliamentary election</a>, the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Congress_(Maldives)" title="People's National Congress (Maldives)">People's National Congress</a> (PNC) won a super-majority over the 93 constituencies.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The republican constitution came into force in 1968 and was amended in 1970, 1972, and 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 November 1997 it was replaced by another Constitution assented to by then-President <a href="/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom">Maumoon</a>. This Constitution came into force on 1 January 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Maldives" title="Constitution of the Maldives">Constitution of Maldives</a> was ratified by President Maumoon on 7 August 2008, and came into effect immediately, replacing and repealing the constitution of 1998. This new constitution includes a judiciary run by an independent commission, and independent commissions to oversee elections and fight corruption. It also reduces the executive powers vested under the president and strengthens the parliament. All state that the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">president</a> is head of state, head of government and Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">armed forces</a> of the Maldives. </p><p>In 2018, the then ruling <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_of_Maldives" title="Progressive Party of Maldives">Progressive Party of Maldives</a> (PPM-Y)'s tensions with opposition parties and subsequent crackdown was termed as an "assault on democracy" by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council" title="United Nations Human Rights Council">UN Human Rights</a> chief.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg/220px-President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg/330px-President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg/440px-President_congratulates_the_new_Speaker_of_the_People%E2%80%99s_Majlis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4041" data-file-height="2798" /></a><figcaption>President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih congratulates <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a> Speaker of the People's Majlis in May 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 2019 parliamentary <a href="/wiki/2019_Maldivian_parliamentary_election" title="2019 Maldivian parliamentary election">election</a> The <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_Democratic_Party" title="Maldivian Democratic Party">Maldivian Democratic Party</a> (MDP) of president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won a landslide victory. It took 65 of 87 seats of the parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first time a single party was able to get such a high number of seats in the parliament in Maldivian history.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Distinguished_Rule_of_Izzuddin" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin">Order of Nishanizzuddeen</a> is the Maldives' highest civilian honor that can be bestowed upon a person. It is awarded by the president, usually in an elaborate ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2024, President Mohamed Muizzu's pro-China People's National Congress (PNC) won 66 seats in the 2024 <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_parliamentary_election,_2024" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldivian parliamentary election, 2024">Maldivian parliamentary election</a>, while its allies took nine, giving the president the backing of 75 legislators in the 93-member house, meaning a super-majority and enough to change the constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law">Law</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_the_Maldives" title="Judiciary of the Maldives">Judiciary of the Maldives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_Maldives" title="Law enforcement in the Maldives">Law enforcement in the Maldives</a></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Maldives" title="Constitution of the Maldives">Constitution of Maldives</a>, "the judges are independent, and subject only to the Constitution and the law. When deciding matters on which the Constitution or the law is silent, judges must consider Islamic <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Shari'ah</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Islam is the official religion of the Maldives and open practice of any other religion is forbidden.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2008 constitution says that the republic "is based on the principles of Islam" and that "no law contrary to any principle of Islam can be applied". Non-Muslims are prohibited from becoming citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-Hirschl2011_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hirschl2011-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The requirement to adhere to a particular religion and prohibition of public worship following other religions is contrary to Article 18 of the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a> and Article 18 of the <a href="/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights" title="International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights">International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights</a> to which the Maldives has recently become party<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was addressed in the Maldives' reservation in adhering to the Covenant claiming that "The application of the principles set out in Article 18 of the Covenant shall be without prejudice to the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives."<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new <a href="/wiki/Criminal_code" title="Criminal code">penal code</a> came into effect on 16 July 2015, replacing the 1968 law, the first modern, comprehensive penal code to incorporate the major tenets and principles of Islamic law.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">Same-sex relations</a> are illegal in the Maldives, although tourist resorts typically operate as exceptions to this law.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Maldives" title="Foreign relations of the Maldives">Foreign relations of the Maldives</a></div> <p>Since 1996, the Maldives has been the official progress monitor of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Commission" title="Indian Ocean Commission">Indian Ocean Commission</a>. In 2002, the Maldives began to express interest in the commission but as of 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> had not applied for membership. Maldives' interest relates to its identity as a small island state, especially economic development and environmental preservation, and its desire for closer relations with France, a main actor in the IOC region. </p><p>The Maldives is a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">SAARC</a>). The republic joined the Commonwealth in 1982, some 17 years after gaining independence from the United Kingdom. In October 2016, the Maldives announced its withdrawal from the Commonwealth<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in protest at allegations of human rights abuse and failing democracy.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maldives enjoys close ties with Commonwealth members <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>. The Maldives and <a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> are also both members of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a>. Following his election as president in 2018, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and his Cabinet decided that the Maldives would apply to rejoin the Commonwealth,<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with readmission occurring on 1 February 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of sanctions imposed upon the <a href="/wiki/Russian_oligarchs" title="Russian oligarchs">Russian oligarchs</a> by the West in response to <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">invasion of Ukraine</a> in February 2022, many of them sought refuge for their mega-yachts in the Maldives due to the absence of an extradition treaty with the United States and other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following a cabinet meeting, in June 2024, the government of the Maldives decided to ban <a href="/wiki/Israeli_passport" title="Israeli passport">Israeli passport</a> holders from entering the country, as a response to the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">Maldives National Defence Force</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_(49).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_%2849%29.jpg/220px-Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_%2849%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_%2849%29.jpg/330px-Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_%2849%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_%2849%29.jpg/440px-Presidential_Address_2024_in_Maldives_%2849%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3280" /></a><figcaption>Maldivian soldiers at a presidential address in February 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives National Defence Force is the combined security organisation responsible for defending the security and sovereignty of the Maldives, having the primary task of being responsible for attending to all internal and external security needs of the Maldives, including the protection of the <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">Exclusive Economic Zone</a> (EEZ) and the maintenance of peace and security.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MNDF component branches are the <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldivian Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/MNDF_Marine_Corps" title="MNDF Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_(Maldives)" title="Special Forces (Maldives)">Special Forces</a>, Service Corps, Defence Intelligence Service, Military Police, Corps of Engineers, Special Protection Group, Medical Corps, Adjutant General's Corps, Air Corps, and Fire and Rescue Service. The Maldives has an arrangement with India allowing cooperation on radar coverage. </p><p>As a water-bound nation, much of its security concerns life at sea. Almost 99% of the country is covered by sea and the remaining 1% land is scattered over an area of 800 km (497 mi) × 120 km (75 mi), with the largest island being not more than 8 km<sup>2</sup> (3 sq mi). Therefore, the duties assigned to the MNDF of maintaining surveillance over the Maldives' waters and providing protection against foreign intruders poaching in the EEZ and territorial waters, are immense tasks from both logistical and economic viewpoints. The Coast Guard plays a vital role in carrying out these functions. To provide timely security its patrol boats are stationed at various MNDF Regional Headquarters. The Coast Guard is also assigned to respond to maritime distress calls and to conduct search and rescue operations in a timely manner. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg/220px-Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg/330px-Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg/440px-Marines_in_Maldives_140120-M-BO337-013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/MNDF_Marine_Corps" title="MNDF Marine Corps">MNDF Marine Corps</a> soldiers during a training exercise</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2019, the Maldives signed the UN <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons" title="Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons">treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Human_rights">Human rights</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Maldives" title="Human rights in the Maldives">Human rights in the Maldives</a></div> <p>Human rights in the Maldives is a contentious issue. In its 2011 <a href="/wiki/Freedom_in_the_World" title="Freedom in the World">Freedom in the World</a> report, <a href="/wiki/Freedom_House" title="Freedom House">Freedom House</a> declared the Maldives "Partly Free", claiming a reform process which had made headway in 2009 and 2010 had stalled.<sup id="cite_ref-FH_2011_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH_2011-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Democracy,_Human_Rights,_and_Labor" title="Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor">United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor</a> claims in their 2012 report on human rights practices in the country that the most significant problems are corruption, lack of <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">religious freedom</a>, abuse, and unequal treatment of women.<sup id="cite_ref-State_2012_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_2012-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Maldives" title="Administrative divisions of the Maldives">Administrative divisions of the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atolls_of_the_maldives.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Atolls_of_the_maldives.png/220px-Atolls_of_the_maldives.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="409" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Atolls_of_the_maldives.png/330px-Atolls_of_the_maldives.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Atolls_of_the_maldives.png/440px-Atolls_of_the_maldives.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="1149" /></a><figcaption>Each administrative atoll is marked, along with the <a href="/wiki/Thaana" title="Thaana">thaana</a> letter used to identify the atoll. Natural atolls are labelled in light blue.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives has twenty-six natural <a href="/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Atolls of the Maldives">atolls</a> and few island groups on isolated reefs, all of which have been divided into twenty-one administrative divisions (17 administrative atolls and cities of Malé, Addu, <a href="/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Huvadhu_Atoll)" title="Thinadhoo (Huvadhu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kulhudhuffushi" title="Kulhudhuffushi">Kulhudhuffushi</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each atoll is administered by an elected Atoll Council. The islands are administered by an elected Island Council. </p><p>In addition to a name, every administrative division is identified by the Maldivian code letters, such as "<a href="/wiki/Haa_Alif" class="mw-redirect" title="Haa Alif">Haa Alif</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Thiladhunmathi_Atoll" title="Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll">Thiladhunmati Uthuruburi</a> (Thiladhunmathi North); and by a Latin code letter. The first corresponds to the geographical Maldivian name of the atoll; the second is a code adopted for convenience. As there are certain islands in different atolls that have the same name, for administrative purposes this code is quoted before the name of the island, for example: Baa Funadhoo, Kaafu Funadhoo, Gaafu-Alifu Funadhoo. Since most atolls have very long geographical names it is also used whenever the long name is inconvenient, for example in the atoll website names.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The introduction of code-letter names has been a source of much puzzlement and misunderstandings, especially among foreigners. Many people have come to think that the code-letter of the administrative atoll is its new name and that it has replaced its geographical name. Under such circumstances, it is hard to know which is the correct name to use.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_167-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Maldives" title="Economy of the Maldives">Economy of the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_western_side_(382669110).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_western_side_%28382669110%29.jpg/220px-The_western_side_%28382669110%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_western_side_%28382669110%29.jpg/330px-The_western_side_%28382669110%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_western_side_%28382669110%29.jpg/440px-The_western_side_%28382669110%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Malé harbour</figcaption></figure> <p>Historically, the Maldives provided enormous quantities of <a href="/wiki/Cowry" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowry">cowry</a> shells, <a href="/wiki/History_of_money" title="History of money">an international currency of the early ages</a>. From the 2nd century CE, the islands were known as the 'Money Isles' by the Arabs.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Monetaria_moneta" title="Monetaria moneta">Monetaria moneta</a></i> were used for centuries as a currency in Africa, and huge amounts of <a href="/wiki/Maldive_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldive Islands">Maldivian</a> cowries were introduced into Africa by western nations during the period of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" title="Atlantic slave trade">slave trade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cowry is now the symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Maldives_Monetary_Authority" title="Maldives Monetary Authority">Maldives Monetary Authority</a>. </p><p>In the early 1970s and 1980s, the Maldives was one of the world's 20 poorest countries, with a population of 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economy at the time was largely dependent on fisheries and trading local goods such as <a href="/wiki/Coir" title="Coir">coir</a> rope, <a href="/wiki/Ambergris" title="Ambergris">ambergris</a> (Maavaharu), and <a href="/wiki/Coco_de_mer" class="mw-redirect" title="Coco de mer">coco de mer</a> (Tavakkaashi) with neighbouring countries and <a href="/wiki/East_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian">East Asian</a> countries.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Maldivian government began a largely successful <a href="/wiki/Economic_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic reform">economic reform</a> programme in the 1980s, initiated by lifting import quotas and giving more opportunities to the private sector. At the time <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> sector which would play a significant role in the nation's development was at its infant stage. Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play lesser roles in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labour. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Maldives" title="Tourism in the Maldives">Tourism in the Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diving_in_the_Maldives" title="Diving in the Maldives">Diving in the Maldives</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_the_Maldives" title="List of mosques in the Maldives">List of mosques in the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Filitheyo_bar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Filitheyo_bar.jpg/220px-Filitheyo_bar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Filitheyo_bar.jpg/330px-Filitheyo_bar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Filitheyo_bar.jpg/440px-Filitheyo_bar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Filitheyo island beach with tall palm trees and blue fresh lagoons</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives remained largely unknown to tourists until the early 1970s. Only 200 islands are home to its 382,751 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other islands are used entirely for economic purposes, of which tourism and agriculture are the most dominant. <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Maldives" title="Tourism in the Maldives">Tourism</a> accounts for 28% of the GDP and more than 60% of the Maldives' foreign exchange receipts. Over 90% of government tax revenue comes from import duties and tourism-related taxes. </p><p>The development of tourism fostered the overall growth of the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Maldives" title="Economy of the Maldives">country's economy</a>. It created direct and indirect employment and income generation opportunities in other related industries. The first tourist resorts were opened in 1972 with Bandos Island Resort and Kurumba Village (the current name is Kurumba Maldives),<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which transformed the Maldives' economy. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG/220px-Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG/330px-Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG/440px-Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3890" data-file-height="2850" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Resort_island" title="Resort island">resort island</a> of <a href="/wiki/Landaa_Giraavaru" title="Landaa Giraavaru">Landaa Giraavaru</a> (Baa atoll)</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(Maldives)" title="Ministry of Tourism (Maldives)">Ministry of Tourism</a>, the emergence of tourism in 1972 transformed the economy, moving rapidly from dependence on fisheries to tourism. In just three and a half decades, the industry became the main source of income. Tourism was also the country's biggest foreign currency earner and the single largest contributor to the GDP. As of 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 89 resorts in the Maldives offered over 17,000 beds and hosted over 600,000 tourists annually.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, over 1.7 million visitors came to the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of resorts increased from 2 to 92 between 1972 and 2007. As of 2007<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, over 8,380,000 tourists had visited the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The country has <a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_the_Maldives" title="List of mosques in the Maldives">six heritage Maldivian coral mosques</a> listed as <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> tentative sites.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Visitors">Visitors</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="#Transportation">§ Transportation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Visa policy of Maldives">Visa policy of Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg/220px-Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg/330px-Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg/440px-Maldives_Airport-Maldives-Andres_Larin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Sign outside the Velana International Airport</figcaption></figure> <p>Visitors to the Maldives do not need to apply for a <a href="/wiki/Travel_visa" title="Travel visa">visa</a> pre-arrival, regardless of their country of origin, provided they have a valid <a href="/wiki/Passport" title="Passport">passport</a>, proof of onward travel, and the money to be self-sufficient while in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-doi_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doi-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most visitors arrive at <a href="/wiki/Velana_International_Airport" title="Velana International Airport">Velana International Airport</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Hulhul%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulhulé">Hulhulé</a> Island, adjacent to the capital Malé. The airport is served by flights to and from <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doha" title="Doha">Doha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, and major airports in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-East Asia</a> like <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur_International_Airport" title="Kuala Lumpur International Airport">Kuala Lumpur International</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, as well as charters from <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> like <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport" title="Charles de Gaulle Airport">Charles De Gaulle</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gan_International_Airport" title="Gan International Airport">Gan Airport</a>, on the southern atoll of Addu, also serves an international flight to <a href="/wiki/Milan_Malpensa_Airport" title="Milan Malpensa Airport">Malpensa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> several times a week. <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> offers direct flights to the Maldives from <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fishing_industry">Fishing industry</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_Maldives" title="Fishing industry in the Maldives">Fishing industry in the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg/220px-Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg/330px-Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg/440px-Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1498" data-file-height="1069" /></a><figcaption>A mechanised traditional inter-island dhoni stripped of its sails</figcaption></figure> <p>For many centuries the Maldivian economy was entirely dependent on fishing and other <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">marine</a> products. Fishing remains the main occupation of the people and the government gives priority to the fisheries sector. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mechanisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanisation">mechanisation</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Traditional_fishing_boat" title="Traditional fishing boat">traditional fishing boat</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/Dhoni_(fishing_vessel)" title="Dhoni (fishing vessel)">dhoni</a></i> in 1974 was a major milestone in the development of the fisheries industry. A fish canning plant was installed on <a href="/wiki/Felivaru" class="mw-redirect" title="Felivaru">Felivaru</a> in 1977, as a joint venture with a Japanese firm. In 1979, a Fisheries Advisory Board was set up with the mandate of advising the government on policy guidelines for the overall development of the fisheries sector. Manpower development programmes began in the early 1980s, and fisheries education was incorporated into the school curriculum. <a href="/wiki/Fish_aggregating_device" title="Fish aggregating device">Fish aggregating devices</a> and navigational aids were located at various strategic points. Moreover, the opening up of the <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zone</a> (EEZ) of the Maldives for fisheries has further enhanced the growth of the fisheries sector. </p><p>As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, fisheries contributed over 15% of the country's GDP and engaged about 30% of the country's workforce. Fisheries were also the second-largest foreign exchange earner after <a href="#Tourism">tourism</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Maldives" title="Demographics of the Maldives">Demographics of the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Male-total.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/220px-Male-total.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/330px-Male-total.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/440px-Male-total.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Malé, the capital of the Maldives</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238864702">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart td{padding:1px;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="col"]:not(.bar-chart-label-type){width:15em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="row"]:not(.bar-chart-total){font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar{height:1.25em;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#cedff2;height:1.25em;margin:0 0 0 0;z-index:0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-comment{font-size:90%;padding-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-numbers{position:relative;top:-1.4em;height:1.25em;padding:0 0 0 2em;z-index:10;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-caption{border-top:1px solid #aaa}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-center{margin:0.5em auto}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}</style> <table class="bar-chart"> <caption>Maldives population </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Year </th> <th scope="col">Population<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maldives_Population_Projections_2014-2054_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maldives_Population_Projections_2014-2054-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1911 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:1.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 15em;"><span class="nowrap">72,237</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1966 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 15em;"><span class="nowrap">100,883</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2000 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:7.2em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 15em;"><span class="nowrap">270,101</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020 est. </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:14.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 15em;"><span class="nowrap">557,426</span></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The largest ethnic group is <a href="/wiki/Maldivians" title="Maldivians">Dhivehin</a>, i.e. the Maldivians, native to the historic region of the Maldive Islands comprising today's Republic of Maldives and the island of <a href="/wiki/Minicoy" title="Minicoy">Minicoy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Union territory of Lakshadweep</a>, India. They share the same culture and speak the <a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi language">Dhivehi language</a>. They are principally an <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples" title="Indo-Aryan peoples">Indo-Aryan</a> people, having traces of Middle Eastern, South Asian, <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesian</a> and African genes in the population. </p><p>In the past, there was also a small <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamil</a> population known as the <a href="/wiki/Giraavaru_people" title="Giraavaru people">Giraavaru people</a>. This group has now been almost completely absorbed into the larger Maldivian society but were once native to the island of <a href="/wiki/Giraavaru_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Giraavaru (Kaafu Atoll)">Giraavaru</a>, which was evacuated in 1968 due to heavy erosion of the island.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some social stratification exists on the islands. It is not rigid, since rank is based on varied factors, including occupation, wealth, Islamic virtue, and family ties. Instead of a complex <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">caste</a> system, there was merely a distinction between noble (bēfulhu) and common people in the Maldives. Members of the social elite are concentrated in Malé. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png/220px-Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png/330px-Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png/440px-Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Maldives.png 2x" data-file-width="1162" data-file-height="743" /></a><figcaption>Life expectancy in the Maldives</figcaption></figure> <p>The population doubled by 1978, and the <a href="/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">population growth</a> rate peaked at 3.4% in 1985. By the 2006 census, the population had reached 298,968,<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the census in 2000 showed that the population growth rate had declined to 1.9%. <a href="/wiki/Life_expectancy" title="Life expectancy">Life expectancy at birth</a> stood at 46 years in 1978, and later rose to 72. Infant mortality has declined from 12.7% in 1977 to 1.2% today, and adult literacy reached 99%. Combined school enrolment reached the high 90s. The population was projected to have reached 317,280 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2014 Population and Housing Census listed the total population in the Maldives as 437,535: 339,761 resident Maldivians and 97,774 resident foreigners, approximately 16% of the total population. However, it is believed that foreigners have been undercounted.<sup id="cite_ref-Maldives_Population_Projections_2014-2054_182-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maldives_Population_Projections_2014-2054-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-prb-maldives_186-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prb-maldives-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of May 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were 281,000 expatriate workers, an estimated 63,000 of whom are undocumented in the Maldives: 3,506 Chinese, 5,029 Nepalese, 15,670 Sri Lankans, 28,840 Indians, and (the largest group of foreigners working in the country) 112,588 <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshis_in_the_Maldives" title="Bangladeshis in the Maldives">Bangladeshis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other immigrants include <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_the_Maldives" title="Filipinos in the Maldives">Filipinos</a> as well as various Western foreign workers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Maldives" title="Religion in the Maldives">Religion in the Maldives</a></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:White; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 3616.2362167392px; border-left-color:Lightblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Lightblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Lightblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 2178.6755769863px; border-left-color:Red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Red"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1558.205711137px; border-left-color:Purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Purple"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1212.1783321261px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in the Maldives<sup id="cite_ref-religion_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> Islam (98.69%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Purple; color:white;"> </span> Christianity (0.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Red; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Agnostics" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnostics">Agnostics</a> (0.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Lightblue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> (0.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:White; color:black;"> </span> Others (0.74%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>After the long <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Maldives" title="Buddhism in the Maldives">Buddhist period of Maldivian history</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Muslim traders introduced Islam. Maldivians converted to Islam by the mid-12th century. The islands have had a long history of <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufic</a> orders, as can be seen in the history of the country such as the building of tombs. They were used until as recently as the 1980s for seeking the help of buried <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saints</a>. They can be seen next to some old mosques and are considered a part of the Maldives's <a href="/wiki/Cultural_heritage" title="Cultural heritage">cultural heritage</a>. </p><p>Other aspects of <a href="/wiki/Tassawuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Tassawuf">tassawuf</a>, such as ritualised <a href="/wiki/Dhikr" title="Dhikr">dhikr</a> ceremonies called Maulūdu (<a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a>) – the <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a> of which included recitations and certain supplications in a melodic tone – existed until very recent times. These Maulūdu festivals were held in ornate tents specially built for the occasion. At present Islam is the official religion of the entire population, as adherence to it is required for citizenship. </p><p>According to Arab traveller <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a>, the person responsible for this conversion was a Sunni Muslim visitor named Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari, sailing from what is today <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>. He is also referred to as <a href="/wiki/Tabrizugefaanu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabrizugefaanu">Tabrizugefaanu</a>. His venerated tomb now stands on the grounds of Medhu Ziyaaraiy, across the street from the Friday Mosque, or <a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9_Friday_Mosque" title="Malé Friday Mosque">Hukuru Miskiy</a>, in Malé. Originally built in 1153 and re-built in 1658,<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this is one of the country's oldest surviving mosques. </p><p>In 2013, scholar Felix Wilfred of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a> estimates the number of Christians in Maldives as 1,400 or 0.4% of the country's population.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Maldives#2008_Constitution" title="Constitution of the Maldives">2008 constitution</a> citizens and anyone wishing to become a citizens are required by law to nominally follow <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_193-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which would make Maldives a 100% Muslim country in theory. But residents, tourists and guest workers are free to be of any religion and practise them in private. However, in 2020, studies found that 0.29% of the population is Christian (roughly split between <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Maldivian language</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhivehiscript.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Dhivehiscript.svg/220px-Dhivehiscript.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Dhivehiscript.svg/330px-Dhivehiscript.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Dhivehiscript.svg/440px-Dhivehiscript.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="58" data-file-height="36" /></a><figcaption>Thaana script</figcaption></figure> <p>The official and national language is <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Dhivehi</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan language</a> closely related to the <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala language</a> of Sri Lanka. The first known script used to write Dhivehi is the <i><a href="/wiki/Eveyla_akuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Eveyla akuru">eveyla akuru</a></i> script, which is found in the historical recording of kings (<i>raadhavalhi</i>). Later a script called <i><a href="/wiki/Dhives_Akuru" title="Dhives Akuru">Dhives akuru</a></i> was used for a long period. The present-day script is called <a href="/wiki/Thaana" title="Thaana">Thaana</a> and is written from right to left. <a href="/wiki/Thaana" title="Thaana">Thaana</a> is derived from a mix of the old indigenous script of <a href="/wiki/Dhives_Akuru" title="Dhives Akuru">Dhives akuru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arabic_script" title="Arabic script">Arabic abjad</a>. Thaana is said to have been introduced by the reign of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Thakurufaanu_al-Auzam" title="Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam">Mohamed Thakurufaanu</a>. </p><p>English is widely spoken by the locals of the Maldives:<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Following the nation's opening to the outside world, the introduction of English as a medium of instruction at the secondary and tertiary levels of education, and its government's recognition of the opportunities offered through tourism, English has now firmly established itself in the country. As such, the Maldives are quite similar to the countries in the Gulf region .... The nation is undergoing vast societal change, and English is part of this."<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Otherwise, <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> is taught in schools and mosques, as <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> is the <a href="/wiki/State_religion" title="State religion">state religion</a>. The Maldivian population has formal or informal education in the reading, writing and pronunciation of the Arabic language, as part of the compulsory religious education for all primary and secondary school students.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_193-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><b>Thikijehi Thaana</b></i> </p><p>These additional letters were added to the Thaana alphabet by adding dots (<a href="/wiki/Nuqta" title="Nuqta"><span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn">nukuthaa</i></span></a>) to existing letters, to allow for transliteration of Arabic loanwords, as previously Arabic loanwords were written using the Arabic script. Their usage is inconsistent, and becoming less frequent as the spelling changes to reflect pronunciation by Maldivians, rather than the original Arabic pronunciation, as the words get absorbed into the Maldivian language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_by_locality">Population by locality</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Largest localities of the Maldives"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest localities in Maldives</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/yearbook/2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/08/3.3.pdf">by registered population as of December 31, 2018</a></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th>Rank </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Maldives">Name</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Maldives" title="Administrative divisions of the Maldives">Division</a> </th> <th>Pop. </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mal%C3%A9.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Malé"><img alt="Malé" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Mal%C3%A9.jpg/120px-Mal%C3%A9.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Mal%C3%A9.jpg/180px-Mal%C3%A9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Mal%C3%A9.jpg/240px-Mal%C3%A9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5451" data-file-height="2790" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hankede,_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Addu City"><img alt="Addu City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hankede%2C_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg/120px-Hankede%2C_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hankede%2C_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg/180px-Hankede%2C_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hankede%2C_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg/240px-Hankede%2C_The_Addu_City_Aerial_View_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3645" data-file-height="2421" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">252,768 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_harbor_Nattu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fuvahmulah"><img alt="Fuvahmulah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/New_harbor_Nattu.jpg/120px-New_harbor_Nattu.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/New_harbor_Nattu.jpg/180px-New_harbor_Nattu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/New_harbor_Nattu.jpg/240px-New_harbor_Nattu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS011-E-8500.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kulhudhuffushi"><img alt="Kulhudhuffushi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/ISS011-E-8500.jpg/120px-ISS011-E-8500.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/ISS011-E-8500.jpg/180px-ISS011-E-8500.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/ISS011-E-8500.jpg/240px-ISS011-E-8500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="264" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kulhudhuffushi" title="Kulhudhuffushi">Kulhudhuffushi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Addu_Atoll" title="Addu Atoll">Addu Atoll</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">34,503 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gnaviyani_Atoll" title="Gnaviyani Atoll">Gnaviyani Atoll</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,037 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kulhudhuffushi" title="Kulhudhuffushi">Kulhudhuffushi</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Haa Dhaalu Atoll">Haa Dhaalu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,210 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thinadhoo (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll">Gaafu Dhaalu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,487 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Naifaru" title="Naifaru">Naifaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,542 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hinnavaru" title="Hinnavaru">Hinnavaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,901 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dhuvaafaru" title="Dhuvaafaru">Dhuvaafaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Raa_Atoll" title="Raa Atoll">Raa</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,760 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dhidhdhoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhidhdhoo">Dhidhdhoo</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Haa_Alifu_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Haa Alifu Atoll">Haa Alifu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,246 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Laamu_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Laamu Atoll">Laamu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,860 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_Maldives" title="Health in the Maldives">Health in the Maldives</a></div> <p>The Human Rights Measurement Initiative reports that Maldives is meeting 5.1 of 10 of the expected fulfillment for the right to health considering its income level.<sup id="cite_ref-Hrm_197-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrm-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically for children's health rights, Maldives attains 98.0% of the anticipated level based on its current income.<sup id="cite_ref-Hrm_197-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hrm-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regarding adult health rights, the country achieves 99.7% of the expected fulfillment considering its income level. However, in terms of reproductive health rights, Maldives falls into the "very bad" category, as it fulfills only 18.2% of the expected achievement based on its available resources.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Life_expectancy_at_birth" class="mw-redirect" title="Life expectancy at birth">Life expectancy at birth</a> in Maldives was 77 years in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Infant mortality fell from 34 per 1,000 in 1990 to 15 in 2004. There is increasing disparity between health in the capital and on the other islands. There is also a problem of <a href="/wiki/Malnutrition" title="Malnutrition">malnutrition</a>. Imported food is expensive.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 May 2021, the Maldives had the world's fastest-growing <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 outbreak</a>, with the highest number of infections per million people over the prior 7 and 14 days, according to data compiled by <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_News" title="Bloomberg News">Bloomberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doctors warned that increasing demand for COVID-19 care could hinder their ability to handle other health emergencies in the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reason for the outbreak was the <a href="/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Delta_variant" title="SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant">Delta variant</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_Maldives" title="Transport in the Maldives">Transport in the Maldives</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Maldives" title="List of airports in the Maldives">List of airports in the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg/220px-Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg/330px-Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg/440px-Mal%C3%A9_im_Landeanflug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3411" data-file-height="1876" /></a><figcaption>Velana International Airport</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TMA_Terminal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/TMA_Terminal.JPG/220px-TMA_Terminal.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/TMA_Terminal.JPG/330px-TMA_Terminal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/TMA_Terminal.JPG/440px-TMA_Terminal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>TMA Terminal</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Velana_International_Airport" title="Velana International Airport">Velana International Airport</a> is the principal gateway to the Maldives; it is adjacent to the capital city Malé and is connected by a bridge. International travel is available on government-owned <a href="/wiki/Island_Aviation_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Aviation Services">Island Aviation Services</a> (branded as Maldivian), which operates <a href="/wiki/DHC-6_Twin_Otter" class="mw-redirect" title="DHC-6 Twin Otter">DHC-6 Twin Otter</a> seaplanes and to nearly all Maldivian domestic airports with several <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Dash 8">Bombardier Dash 8</a> aircraft, and one <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A320">Airbus A320</a> with international service to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand. </p><p>In the Maldives, there are three main ways to travel between islands: by domestic flight, by <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplane</a>, or by boat.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For several years there were two seaplane companies operating: TMA (<a href="/wiki/Trans_Maldivian_Airways" title="Trans Maldivian Airways">Trans Maldivian Airways</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_Air_Taxi" title="Maldivian Air Taxi">Maldivian Air Taxi</a>, but these merged in 2013 under the name TMA. The seaplane fleet is entirely made up of DHC-6 Twin Otters. There is also another airline, <a href="/wiki/Flyme_(Villa_Air)" title="Flyme (Villa Air)">Flyme</a>, which operates using <a href="/wiki/ATR_(aircraft_manufacturer)" title="ATR (aircraft manufacturer)">ATR</a> planes to domestic airports, principally <a href="/wiki/Villa_International_Airport_Maamigili" title="Villa International Airport Maamigili">Villa-Maamigili</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dharavandhoo_Airport" title="Dharavandhoo Airport">Dharavandhoo</a> and some others. <a href="/wiki/Manta_Air" title="Manta Air">Manta Air</a> began its first scheduled seaplane service in 2019. Its seaplane fleet is made up of DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. In addition to the seaplane service, <a href="/wiki/Manta_Air" title="Manta Air">Manta Air</a> utilises <a href="/wiki/ATR_(aircraft_manufacturer)" title="ATR (aircraft manufacturer)">ATR 72–600</a> aircraft to operate domestic flights to <a href="/wiki/Dhaalu_Airport" title="Dhaalu Airport">Dhaalu Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dharavandhoo_Airport" title="Dharavandhoo Airport">Dharavandhoo Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kooddoo_Airport" title="Kooddoo Airport">Kooddoo Airport</a> from the main <a href="/wiki/Velana_International_Airport" title="Velana International Airport">Velana International Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Depending on the distance of the destination island from the airport, resorts organise <a href="/wiki/Speedboat" class="mw-redirect" title="Speedboat">speedboat</a> transfers or <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplane</a> flights directly to the resort island jetty for their guests. Several daily flights operate from <a href="/wiki/Velana_International_Airport" title="Velana International Airport">Velana International Airport</a> to the 18 domestic and international airports in the country. Scheduled ferries also operate from Malé to many of the atolls. The traditional Maldivian boat is called a <a href="/wiki/Dhoni_(fishing_vessel)" title="Dhoni (fishing vessel)">dhoni</a>, one of the oldest known sea vessels in the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speedboats and seaplanes tend to be more expensive, while travel by dhoni, although slower, is relatively cheaper and convenient. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Maldives" title="Education in the Maldives">Education in the Maldives</a></div> <p>The Maldives National University is one of the country's institutions of higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1973, the Allied Health Services Training Centre (the forerunner of the Faculty of Health Sciences) was established by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(Maldives)" title="Ministry of Health (Maldives)">Ministry of Health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vocational Training Centre was established in 1974, providing training for mechanical and electrical trades.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, the Institute for Teacher Education was created and the School of Hotel and Catering Services was established in 1987 to provide trained personnel for the tourist industry.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, the Institute of Management and Administration was created to train staff for public and private services. In 1998, the Maldives College of Higher Education was founded. The Institute of Shar'ah and Law was founded in January 1999. In 2000 the college launched its first-degree programme, Bachelor of Arts. On 17 January 2011 the Maldives National University Act was passed by the President of the Maldives; The Maldives National University was named on 15 February 2011. In 2015 under a Presidential decree the College of Islamic Studies was changed into the Islamic University of Maldives (IUM).<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Maldivian government now offers 3 different scholarships to students that have completed their higher secondary education with results above a certain threshold, with ranks of the scholarship received depending on the merits achieved by students on their year 12 examinations.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Maldives" title="Culture of the Maldives">Culture of the Maldives</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_cuisine" title="Maldivian cuisine">Maldivian cuisine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_the_Maldives" title="Folklore of the Maldives">Folklore of the Maldives</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG/220px-Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG/330px-Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG/440px-Maahefun_Fuvahmulah.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maahefun" title="Maahefun">Maahefun</a> Festival in <a href="/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The culture of the Maldives is influenced by the cultures of the people of different ethnicities who have settled on the islands throughout the times. </p><p>Since the 12th century AD, there were also influences from <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabia</a> in the language and culture of the Maldives because of the conversion to Islam and its location as a crossroads in the central Indian Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was due to the long trading history between the far east and the middle east. </p><p>Reflective of this is the fact that the Maldives has had the highest national divorce rate in the world for many decades. This, it is hypothesised, is due to a combination of liberal Islamic rules about divorce and the relatively loose marital bonds that have been identified as common in non- and semi-sedentary peoples without a history of fully developed agrarian property and kinship relations.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Television_Maldives" title="Television Maldives">Television Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_Maldives" title="Voice of Maldives">Voice of Maldives</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_Maldives" title="List of newspapers in the Maldives">List of newspapers in the Maldives</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/PSM_news" class="mw-redirect" title="PSM news">PSM News</a> serves as the country's main media, owned by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Maldives">government of the Maldives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper was founded on 3 May 2017, in the celebration of <a href="/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day" title="World Press Freedom Day">World Press Freedom Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maldives has been ranked one–hundred in the <a href="/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index" title="World Press Freedom Index">World Press Freedom Index</a> 2023 and 106 in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country's first daily newspaper, <a href="/wiki/Haveeru_Daily" title="Haveeru Daily">Haveeru Daily</a> News was the first and longest–serving newspaper in the history of the Maldives, which was registered on 28 December 1978, and dissolved in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 28 of the <a href="/wiki/Maldives_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldives Constitution">Maldives Constitution</a> guarantees freedom of the press and stipulates that: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>No person shall be compelled to disclose the source of any information that is espoused, disseminated or published by that person.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>However, this protection is compromised by the Evidence Act, which came into effect in January 2023 and grants courts the authority to compel journalists to reveal their confidential sources. The Maldives Media Council (MMC) and the <a href="/wiki/Maldives_Journalists_Association" title="Maldives Journalists Association">Maldives Journalists Association</a> (MJA) serve as crucial watchdogs in addressing and combating these threats. Newspapers, Sun Online, <a href="/wiki/Mihaaru" title="Mihaaru">Mihaaru</a> and its English edition, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="The Edition">The Edition</a></i> and Avas serves one of the most well–known private news outlets.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3></div> <p>Sports in the Maldives are deeply ingrained in the culture of the island nation, with a diverse array of activities reflecting both traditional pastimes and modern sporting pursuits. Given its unique geography of scattered islands surrounded by the Indian Ocean, water sports naturally hold a prominent position. <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">Surfing</a>, in particular, has gained international recognition, with waves that cater to both beginners and seasoned surfers. Locations such as the atolls of North and South Malé, <a href="/wiki/Thulusdhoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Thulusdhoo">Thulusdhoo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Himmafushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Himmafushi">Himmafushi</a> offer ideal conditions for enthusiasts to ride the waves throughout the years.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, diving and snorkeling are immensely popular, allowing locals and tourists alike to explore the rich marine life that thrives in the crystal-clear waters surrounding the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg/220px-Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg/330px-Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg/440px-Topu_Barman_in_action_against_Maldives_in_the_2021_SAFF_Championship.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4286" data-file-height="2857" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maldives_national_football_team" title="Maldives national football team">Maldives</a> against <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_national_football_team" title="Bangladesh national football team">Bangladesh</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2021_SAFF_Championship" title="2021 SAFF Championship">2021 SAFF Championship</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a>, or soccer, stands out as one of the most widely played and passionately followed sports in the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Maldives_national_football_team" title="Maldives national football team">The Maldives national football team</a> competes in regional and international tournaments, with a fervent fan base supporting their endeavors. The country has its own domestic football league, the Dhivehi Premier League, featuring clubs from various atolls vying for supremacy.<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matches often draw large crowds, contributing to the vibrant sporting atmosphere of the Maldives. Moreover, futsal enjoys popularity, especially among younger generations, with numerous indoor facilities providing spaces for friendly matches and competitive leagues. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldives_(15617923914).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Maldives_%2815617923914%29.jpg/220px-Maldives_%2815617923914%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Maldives_%2815617923914%29.jpg/330px-Maldives_%2815617923914%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Maldives_%2815617923914%29.jpg/440px-Maldives_%2815617923914%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="939" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Flyboard" title="Flyboard">Flyboarding</a> in Maldives</figcaption></figure> <p>Traditional Maldivian sports also play a significant role in preserving cultural heritage and promoting physical activity. Bodu Beru, a rhythmic <a href="/wiki/Drum" title="Drum">drumming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dance_performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance performance">dance performance</a>, often accompanies traditional sports events, adding to the festive ambiance. One such traditional sport is "Baibalaa", a game resembling <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> but played with a woven ball made from dried coconut palm leaves. "Fenei Bashi", a form of <a href="/wiki/Wrestling" title="Wrestling">wrestling</a>, is another traditional sport that showcases strength and agility. These indigenous sports serve as a reminder of the Maldives' rich cultural heritage and continue to be cherished by communities across the islands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/32px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/48px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/64px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Maldives" title="Portal:Maldives">Maldives portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/28px-Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/42px-Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/56px-Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="541" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Asia" title="Portal:Asia">Asia portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldives-related_topics" title="List of Maldives-related topics">List of Maldives-related topics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Maldives" title="Outline of Maldives">Outline of Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_Sign_Language" title="Maldives Sign Language">Maldives Sign Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_Inland_Revenue_Authority" title="Maldives Inland Revenue Authority">Maldives Inland Revenue Authority</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Second Republic was announced on 11 November 1968, Following the abolishing of the Sultanate, However the First Republic was established on 1 January 1953. The first republic was later abolished the following year in 1954.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The total area, including its <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zone</a> territory is approximately 89,999 square kilometers, behind <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> (89,342 square kilometers) and ahead of Portugal (92,220 square kilometers). With the EEZ, the Maldives would be the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">110th largest country</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The Maldives predominantly utilizes the Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR) as its official currency. However, <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollars" class="mw-redirect" title="United States dollars">United States dollars</a> are commonly accepted in tourist establishments like resorts, hotels, and souvenir shops due to the high number of visitors from USD-based countries. This practice streamlines transactions for both tourists and businesses, eliminating the necessity for currency exchange.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/fe\/British_English_Maldives_pronunciation.ogg\/British_English_Maldives_pronunciation.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"British English Maldives pronunciation.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/British_English_Maldives_pronunciation.ogg/British_English_Maldives_pronunciation.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:British_English_Maldives_pronunciation.ogg" title="File:British English Maldives pronunciation.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">MAWL</span>-deevz</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi language">Dhivehi</a>: <span lang="dv" dir="rtl">ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Dhivehi" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Dhivehi">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn">Dhivehi Raajje</i></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="dv-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[diʋehi<span class="wrap"> </span>ɾaːd͡ʒːe]</a></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span title="Dhivehi-language text"><span lang="dv" dir="rtl">ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ</span></span>, <span title="Dhivehi-language romanization"><i lang="dv-Latn">Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa</i></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="dv-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[diʋehi<span class="wrap"> </span>ɾaːd͡ʒːeːge<span class="wrap"> </span>d͡ʒumhuːɾijjaː]</a></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-206"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-206">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There are 209 registered Higher Education Institutes as of May 2022.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-MVEmblems-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MVEmblems_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MVEmblems_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110606135502/http://www.un.int/maldives/emble.htm">"National Emblems of the Maldives"</a>. <i>Maldives Mission to the United Nations</i>. 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Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī. Malé 1999.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._C._P._Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="H. C. P. Bell">H. C. P. Bell</a>, <i>The Maldive Islands, An account of the Physical Features, History, Inhabitants, Productions and Trade</i>. Colombo 1883, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-206-1222-1" title="Special:BookSources/81-206-1222-1">81-206-1222-1</a>.</li> <li>H.C.P. Bell, <i>The Maldive Islands; Monograph on the History, Archaeology and Epigraphy</i>. Reprint Colombo 1940. Council for Linguistic and Historical Research. Malé 1989.</li> <li>H.C.P. Bell, <i>Excerpta Maldiviana</i>. Reprint Colombo 1922/35 edn. Asian Educational Services. New Delhi 1999.</li> <li><i>Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu</i>. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé, Maldives 1990.</li> <li>Christopher, William (1836–38). <i>Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society</i>, Vol. I. Bombay.</li> <li>Lieut. I.A. Young & W. Christopher, <i>Memoirs on the Inhabitants of the Maldive Islands</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Geiger" title="Wilhelm Geiger">Geiger, Wilhelm</a>. <i>Maldivian Linguistic Studies</i>. Reprint 1919 edn. Asian Educational Services. Delhi 1999.</li> <li>Hockly, T.W. <i>The Two Thousand Isles</i>. Reprint 1835 edn. Asian Educational Services. Delhi 2003.</li> <li>Hideyuki Takahashi, <i>Maldivian National Security - And the Threats of Mercenaries</i>, The Round Table (London), No. 351, July 1999, pp. 433–444.</li> <li>Malten, Thomas: Malediven und Lakkadiven. Materialien zur Bibliographie der Atolle im Indischen Ozean. Beiträge zur Südasien-Forschung Südasien-Institut Universität Heidelberg, Nr. 87. Franz Steiner Verlag. Wiesbaden, 1983.</li> <li>Vilgon, Lars: Maldive and Minicoy Islands Bibliography with the Laccadive Islands. Published by the author. Stockholm, 1994.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarence_Maloney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clarence Maloney (page does not exist)">Clarence Maloney</a>, <i>People of the Maldive Islands</i>, Orient Black Swan, 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Romero-Frias" class="mw-redirect" title="Xavier Romero-Frias">Xavier Romero-Frias</a>, <i>The Maldive Islanders: a study of the popular culture of an ancient ocean kingdom</i>, NEI, 1999</li> <li>Xavier Romero-Frias, <i>Folk Tales of the Maldives</i>, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2012</li> <li>Djan Sauerborn, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?id=168645">The Perils of Rising Fundamentalism in the Maldives</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210114164455/https://css.ethz.ch/en/services.html">Archived</a> 14 January 2021 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i>, International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Zürich, September 2013</li> <li>Djan Sauerborn, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171010151310/http://sadf.eu/new/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SauerbornD.-SADF-Comment-Nr.1-FEBRUARY-2015.pdf">Failing to Transition: Democratization under Stress in the Maldives</a></i>, South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), February 2015</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 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Maldives">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koimala" title="Koimala">Koimala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Maldives">Sultanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Maldivian_dynasties" title="Category:Maldivian dynasties">Dynasties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldivian_monarchs" title="List of Maldivian monarchs">Monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Maldivian_constitutional_referendum" title="1952 Maldivian constitutional referendum">1952 republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Maldivian_constitutional_referendum" title="1953 Maldivian constitutional referendum">1953 monarchy referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Maldivian_constitutional_referendum" title="1968 Maldivian constitutional referendum">1968 republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Maldives_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt">1988 coup d'état attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Maldives_civil_unrest" title="2003 Maldives civil unrest">2003 civil unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(2004)" title="Black Friday (2004)">2004 Black Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Maldives_civil_unrest" title="2005 Maldives civil unrest">2005 civil unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Maldivian_presidential_election" title="2008 Maldivian presidential election">2008 Multi-party democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932013_Maldives_political_crisis" title="2011–2013 Maldives political crisis">2011–13 political crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Maldives" title="Emblem of Maldives"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Emblem_of_Maldives.svg/100px-Emblem_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="113" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Judiciary of the Maldives">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_Maldives" title="Law enforcement in the Maldives">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Majlis" title="People's Majlis"><i>Majlis</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(parliament)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Maldives" title="List of political parties in the Maldives">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">President</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Maldives" title="Economy of the Maldives">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table 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href="/wiki/Naivaadhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Naivaadhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Naivaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellaidhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Nellaidhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Nellaidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neykurendhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Neykurendhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Neykurendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolhivaram_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Nolhivaram (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Nolhivaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolhivaranfaru" title="Nolhivaranfaru">Nolhivaranfaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikaradhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Vaikaradhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Vaikaradhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shaviyani_Atoll" title="Shaviyani Atoll">Shaviyani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bileffahi_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Bileffahi (Shaviyani Atoll)">Bileffahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feevah_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Feevah (Shaviyani Atoll)">Feevah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feydhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Feydhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Feydhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foakaidhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Foakaidhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Foakaidhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Funadhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Funadhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Funadhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goidhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Goidhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Goidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanditheemu_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Kanditheemu (Shaviyani Atoll)">Kanditheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komandoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Komandoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Komandoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lhaimagu_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Lhaimagu (Shaviyani Atoll)">Lhaimagu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maaungoodhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Maaungoodhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Maaungoodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maroshi_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Maroshi (Shaviyani Atoll)">Maroshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milandhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Milandhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Milandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narudhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Narudhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Narudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noomaraa_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Noomaraa (Shaviyani Atoll)">Noomaraa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Noonu_Atoll" title="Noonu Atoll">Noonu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foddhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Foddhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Foddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henbandhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Henbandhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Henbandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holhudhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Holhudhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Holhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendhikolhudhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Kendhikolhudhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Kendhikolhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kudafaree_(Noonu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kudafaree (Noonu Atoll)">Kudafaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Landhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Landhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lhohi_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Lhohi (Noonu Atoll)">Lhohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maafaru_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Maafaru (Noonu Atoll)">Maafaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalhendhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Maalhendhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Maalhendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoodhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Magoodhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Magoodhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Manadhoo" title="Manadhoo">Manadhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miladhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Miladhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Miladhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velidhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Velidhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Velidhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Raa_Atoll" title="Raa Atoll">Raa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alifushi" title="Alifushi">Alifushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angolhitheemu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Angolhitheemu (Raa Atoll)">Angolhitheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhuvaafaru" title="Dhuvaafaru">Dhuvaafaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fainu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Fainu (Raa Atoll)">Fainu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulhudhuffaaru_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Hulhudhuffaaru (Raa Atoll)">Hulhudhuffaaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inguraidhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inguraidhoo (Raa Atoll)">Inguraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innamaadhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Innamaadhoo (Raa Atoll)">Innamaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinolhas_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Kinolhas (Raa Atoll)">Kinolhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maakurathu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Maakurathu (Raa Atoll)">Maakurathu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maduvvaree_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Maduvvaree (Raa Atoll)">Maduvvaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meedhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Meedhoo (Raa Atoll)">Meedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasgetheemu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Rasgetheemu (Raa Atoll)">Rashgetheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasmaadhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Rasmaadhoo (Raa Atoll)">Rasmaadhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Ungoofaaru" title="Ungoofaaru">Ungoofaaru</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaadhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Vaadhoo (Raa Atoll)">Vaadhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baa_Atoll" title="Baa Atoll">Baa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dharavandhoo" title="Dharavandhoo">Dharavandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhonfanu" title="Dhonfanu">Dhonfanu</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Eydhafushi" title="Eydhafushi">Eydhafushi</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fehendhoo" title="Fehendhoo">Fehendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulhadhoo" title="Fulhadhoo">Fulhadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goidhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Goidhoo (Baa Atoll)">Goidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hithaadhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Hithaadhoo (Baa Atoll)">Hithaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamadhoo" title="Kamadhoo">Kamadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendhoo" title="Kendhoo">Kendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kihaadhoo" title="Kihaadhoo">Kihaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kudarikilu" title="Kudarikilu">Kudarikilu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalhos_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Maalhos (Baa Atoll)">Maalhos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thulhaadhoo" title="Thulhaadhoo">Thulhaadhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinnavaru" title="Hinnavaru">Hinnavaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurendhoo_(Lhaviyani_Atoll)" title="Kurendhoo (Lhaviyani Atoll)">Kurendhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Naifaru" title="Naifaru">Naifaru</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olhuvelifushi_(Lhaviyani_Atoll)" title="Olhuvelifushi (Lhaviyani Atoll)">Olhuvelifushi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kaafu_Atoll" title="Kaafu Atoll">Kaafu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhiffushi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Dhiffushi (Kaafu Atoll)">Dhiffushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaafaru_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)">Gaafaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulhi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Gulhi (Kaafu Atoll)">Gulhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guraidhoo_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Guraidhoo (Kaafu Atoll)">Guraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himmafushi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Himmafushi (Kaafu Atoll)">Himmafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huraa_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Huraa (Kaafu Atoll)">Huraa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaashidhoo_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Kaashidhoo (Kaafu Atoll)">Kaashidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maafushi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Maafushi (Kaafu Atoll)">Maafushi</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Thulusdhoo_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Thulusdhoo (Kaafu Atoll)">Thulusdhoo</a></u></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Alif_Alif_Atoll" title="Alif Alif Atoll">Alif Alif</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodufolhudhoo" title="Bodufolhudhoo">Bodufolhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feridhoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Feridhoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Feridhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himandhoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Himandhoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Himandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalhos_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Maalhos (Alif Alif Atoll)">Maalhos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathiveri_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Mathiveri (Alif Alif Atoll)">Mathiveri</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Rasdhoo" title="Rasdhoo">Rasdhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoddoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Thoddoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Thoddoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukulhas" title="Ukulhas">Ukulhas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Alif_Dhaal_Atoll" title="Alif Dhaal Atoll">Alif Dhaalu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhangethi_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Dhangethi (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Dhangethi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhigurah_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Dhigurah (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Dhigurah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didhdhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Didhdhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Didhdhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenfushi_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Fenfushi (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Fenfushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haggnaameedhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haggnaameedhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Hangnaameedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunburudhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Kunburudhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Kunburudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maamingili_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maamingili (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Maamingili</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Mahibadhoo" title="Mahibadhoo">Mahibadhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Mandhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Mandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omadhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Omadhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Omadhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vaavu_Atoll" title="Vaavu Atoll">Vaavu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Felidhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Felidhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Felidhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulidhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Fulidhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Fulidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keyodhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Keyodhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Keyodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakeedhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Rakeedhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Rakeedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Thinadhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Meemu_Atoll" title="Meemu Atoll">Meemu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhiggaru_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Dhiggaru (Meemu Atoll)">Dhiggaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolhufushi_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Kolhufushi (Meemu Atoll)">Kolhufushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maduvvaree_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Maduvvaree (Meemu Atoll)">Maduvvaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulah" title="Mulah">Mulah</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Muli,_Meemu_Atoll" title="Muli, Meemu Atoll">Muli</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naalaafushi_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Naalaafushi (Meemu Atoll)">Naalaafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raimmandhoo_(Meemu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raimmandhoo (Meemu Atoll)">Raimmandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veyvah_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Veyvah (Meemu Atoll)">Veyvah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Faafu_Atoll" title="Faafu Atoll">Faafu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bileddhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Bileddhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Bileddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharanboodhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Dharanboodhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Dharanboodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feeali_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Feeali (Faafu Atoll)">Feeali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoodhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Magoodhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Magoodhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Nilandhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Nilandhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Nilandhoo</a></u></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Dhaalu Atoll">Dhaalu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandidhoo_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandidhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)">Bandidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulhudheli_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulhudheli (Dhaalu Atoll)">Hulhudheli</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Kudahuvadhoo" title="Kudahuvadhoo">Kudahuvadhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maaenboodhoo" title="Maaenboodhoo">Maaenboodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meedhoo_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Meedhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)">Meedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinbudhoo_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rinbudhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)">Rinbudhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kolhumadulu_Atoll" title="Kolhumadulu Atoll">Kolhumadulu (Thaa)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burunee_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Burunee (Thaa Atoll)">Burunee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhiyamingili_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Dhiyamingili (Thaa Atoll)">Dhiyamingili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaadhiffushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Gaadhiffushi (Thaa Atoll)">Gaadhiffushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guraidhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Guraidhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Guraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirilandhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Hirilandhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Hirilandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandoodhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Kandoodhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Kandoodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinbidhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Kinbidhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Kinbidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madifushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Madifushi (Thaa Atoll)">Madifushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omadhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Omadhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Omadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thimarafushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Thimarafushi (Thaa Atoll)">Thimarafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Vandhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Veymandoo" title="Veymandoo">Veymandoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilufushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Vilufushi (Thaa Atoll)">Vilufushi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Laamu_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Laamu Atoll">Laamu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhanbidhoo" title="Dhanbidhoo">Dhanbidhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Fonadhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Fonadhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Fonadhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaadhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gaadhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Gaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hithadhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Hithadhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Hithadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isdhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Isdhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Isdhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalhaidhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalhaidhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Kalhaidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunahandhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Kunahandhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Kunahandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maabaidhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Maabaidhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Maabaidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maamendhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Maamendhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Maamendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maavah_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Maavah (Laamu Atoll)">Maavah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Mundoo (Laamu Atoll)">Mundoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gaafu_Alif_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaafu Alif Atoll">Gaafu Alif</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhaandhoo" title="Dhaandhoo">Dhaandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhevvadhoo" title="Dhevvadhoo">Dhevvadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemanafushi" title="Gemanafushi">Gemanafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanduhulhudhoo" title="Kanduhulhudhoo">Kanduhulhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolamaafushi" title="Kolamaafushi">Kolamaafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondey" title="Kondey">Kondey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maamendhoo_(Gaafu_Alif_Atoll)" title="Maamendhoo (Gaafu Alif Atoll)">Maamendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilandhoo_(Gaafu_Alif_Atoll)" title="Nilandhoo (Gaafu Alif Atoll)">Nilandhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Villingili_(Gaafu_Alif_Atoll)" title="Villingili (Gaafu Alif Atoll)">Vilingili</a></u></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll">Gaafu Dhaalu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fares-Maathodaa" title="Fares-Maathodaa">Fares-Maathodaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiyoaree" title="Fiyoaree">Fiyoaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaddhoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaddhoo">Gaddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoandeddhoo" title="Hoandeddhoo">Hoandeddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaveli" title="Madaveli">Madaveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadellaa" title="Nadellaa">Nadellaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathafandhoo" title="Rathafandhoo">Rathafandhoo</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thinadhoo (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaadhoo_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Vaadhoo (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)">Vaadhoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gnaviyani_Atoll" title="Gnaviyani Atoll">Gnaviyani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a></u> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhadimagu" title="Dhadimagu">Dhadimagu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhiguvaandu" title="Dhiguvaandu">Dhiguvaandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhoondigan" title="Dhoondigan">Dhoondigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funaadu" title="Funaadu">Funaadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoadhadu" title="Hoadhadu">Hoadhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maadhadu" title="Maadhadu">Maadhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalegan" title="Maalegan">Maalegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miskiymagu" title="Miskiymagu">Miskiymagu</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>The capitals of each atoll are in <u>underline</u>. 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title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indianocean.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Indian 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href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries">Commonwealth Secretariat – Member Countries</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Pakistan-OIC relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Suspended</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Countries<br />and territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Muslim<br />communities</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">International<br />organizations</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Declarations" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Declarations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abuja_Declaration_(1989)" title="Abuja Declaration (1989)">Abuja Declaration (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_Declaration_on_Human_Rights_in_Islam" title="Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam">Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OIC_Resolution_10/11" title="OIC Resolution 10/11">OIC Resolution 10/11</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OIC_Council_of_Foreign_Ministers_Resolution_10/37" title="OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Resolution 10/37">OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Resolution 10/37</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sessions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Extraordinary" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extraordinary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="First Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Second Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Third Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Fifth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Eighth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Arab%E2%80%93Islamic_extraordinary_summit" title="2023 Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit">Arab–Islamic (2023)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Economy of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by GDP (PPP)">GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_GDP_per_capita_(PPP)" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by GDP per capita (PPP)">GDP per capita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_exports" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by exports">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_imports" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by imports">Imports</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by population">Population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest cities in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries">Largest cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_member_states_of_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Education in the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> As the "Turkish Cypriot State".</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation_(SAARC)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Kathmandu 1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Islamabad 1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Malé 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Colombo 1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Dhaka 1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">New Delhi 1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Malé 1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Colombo 1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Kathmandu 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Islamabad 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Dhaka 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">New Delhi 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Colombo 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Thimphu 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_SAARC_summit" title="17th SAARC summit">Addu 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_SAARC_summit" title="18th SAARC summit">Kathmandu 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_SAARC_summit" title="19th SAARC summit">Islamabad 2016</a> <i>(Cancelled)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specialised agencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SAARC_Consortium_on_Open_and_Distance_Learning" title="SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning">SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAARC_Documentation_Centre" title="SAARC Documentation Centre">SAARC Documentation Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asia_Co-operative_Environment_Programme" title="South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme">South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_SAARC_Writers_and_Literature" title="Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature">Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAARC_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry" title="SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry">SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Federation_of_Accountants" title="South Asian Federation of Accountants">South Asian Federation of Accountants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAARC_COVID-19_Emergency_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund">SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related Articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005">6th (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2009" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2009">7th (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2011" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2011">8th (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2013" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013">9th (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2015" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2015">10th (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2017" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2017">11th (2017)</a></li> <li><a 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Yerxa">Rufus Yerxa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Afghanistan" title="Economy of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Algeria" title="Economy of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Angola" title="Economy of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Economy of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Argentina" title="Economy of Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Armenia" title="Economy of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Australia" title="Economy of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bahrain" title="Economy of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh" title="Economy of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Barbados" title="Economy of Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Belize" title="Economy of Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Benin" title="Economy of Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bolivia" title="Economy of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Botswana" title="Economy of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Brazil" title="Economy of Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Brunei" title="Economy of Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Economy of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Myanmar" title="Economy of Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Burundi" title="Economy of 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of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Qatar" title="Economy of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Russia" title="Economy of Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Rwanda" title="Economy of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Saint_Lucia" title="Economy of Saint Lucia">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Economy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Samoa" title="Economy of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Economy of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Senegal" title="Economy of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Seychelles" title="Economy of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Economy of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Singapore" title="Economy of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Solomon_Islands" title="Economy of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_South_Africa" title="Economy of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Economy of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Suriname" title="Economy of Suriname">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Switzerland" title="Economy of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tajikistan" title="Economy of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan" title="Economy of Taiwan">Taiwan</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tanzania" title="Economy of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Thailand" title="Economy of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Togo" title="Economy of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tonga" title="Economy of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Economy of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tunisia" title="Economy of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Turkey" title="Economy of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Uganda" title="Economy of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Ukraine" title="Economy of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Economy of the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economy of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a 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title="Sri Lanka and the Non-Aligned Movement">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Tanzania and the Non-Aligned Movement">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement">Yugoslavia</a> ‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bureau</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coordinating_Bureau_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement">Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement_Centre_for_South-South_Technical_Cooperation" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation">Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement#NAM_Centres" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement#NAM_Centres" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Center for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement_Youth_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization">NAM Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAM_News_Network" title="NAM News Network">NAM News Network</a> (<a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_News_Agencies_Pool" title="Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool">News Agencies Pool</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Josip_Broz_Tito%22_Art_Gallery_of_the_Nonaligned_Countries" title=""Josip Broz Tito" Art Gallery of the Nonaligned Countries">"Josip Broz Tito" Art Gallery of the Nonaligned Countries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_Principles_of_Peaceful_Coexistence" title="Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence">Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Template:Non-Aligned_Movement_Summits" title="Template:Non-Aligned Movement Summits">Summits</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandung_Conference" title="Bandung Conference">Bandung Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brioni_Meeting" title="Brioni Meeting">Brioni Meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="2nd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="4th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="5th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="6th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="8th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="10th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">16th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">19th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito#Non-Alignment" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukarno#Figurehead_president" title="Sukarno">Sukarno</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah" title="Kwame Nkrumah">Kwame Nkrumah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser#Adoption_of_neutralism" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser">Gamal Abdel Nasser</a> (<a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houari_Boumediene#Foreign_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Houari Boumediene">Houari Boumediene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro#Foreign_wars_and_NAM_Presidency:_1975–1979" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela#Foreign_affairs" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi#Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Mohamed Morsi">Mohamed Morsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" title="Nicolás Maduro">Nicolás Maduro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>‡ denotes a former member state of the Non-Aligned Movement</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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summit">Samarkand 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_SCO_summit" title="2024 SCO summit">Astana 2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_SCO_summit_(heads_of_government)" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 SCO summit (heads of government)">Islamabad 2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" title="Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation">Member states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observer states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dialogue partners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Maldives</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/12px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/19px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ASEAN" title="ASEAN">ASEAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">Commonwealth of Independent States</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Applicants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/23px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/35px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/45px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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