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Raajjeyge Jumhooriyya</i></div> </th> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td class="maptable" colspan="3" align="center" style="padding:0.5em 0;"> <table align="center" style="width:100%;background:none;"> <tr> <td align="center" style="width:58%; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maldives.svg" class="image" title="Flag of Maldives"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/125px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" width="125" height="83" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/188px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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></td> <td align="center" style="width:auto;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg" class="image" title="Emblem of Maldives"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg.png" width="85" height="96" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg/128px-Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg/170px-Coat_of_arms_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="600"/></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Maldives" title="Flag of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Flag</a></td> <td align="center" style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Maldives" title="Emblem of Maldives">Emblem</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="anthem" colspan="3" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;"><b>Anthem: </b><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaumii_salaam" title="Gaumii salaam">Qaumii salaam</a></i><br/> <small style="font-size:85%;"><i>National Salute</i></small><br/> <center> <div class="mediaContainer" style="position:relative;display:block;width:220px"><audio id="mwe_player_0" style="width:220px" poster="//bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.25wmf21/resources/assets/file-type-icons/fileicon-ogg.png" controls="" preload="none" class="kskin" data-durationhint="68.0489569161" data-startoffset="0" data-mwtitle="Gaumii_salaam.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Gaumii_salaam.ogg" type="audio/ogg; 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/250px-Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" width="250" height="250" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/375px-Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/500px-Maldives_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="541"/></a></div> </div> <div style="padding:0.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:85%;">Location of Maldives in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b>Capital</b><br/> and largest city</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a><br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Maldives&params=4_10_N_73_30_E_type:country"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°10′N</span> <span class="longitude">73°30′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">4.167°N 73.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">4.167; 73.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap;">Official languages</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Maldivian (Dhivehi)</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups" title="Ethnic groups" class="mw-redirect">Ethnic groups</a></b> (2011)</td> <td>≈100% <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivians" title="Maldivians">Maldivians</a><sup>a</sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maloney.2C_Clarence_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maloney.2C_Clarence-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-r1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Religion</th> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Maldives" title="Islam in Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Islam</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_people" title="Maldivian people" class="mw-redirect">Maldivian</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Maldives" title="Politics of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Government</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_republic" title="Constitutional republic" class="mw-redirect">constitutional republic</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">President</a></td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_Yameen" title="Abdulla Yameen">Abdulla Yameen</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Maldives" title="Vice President of the Maldives">Vice President</a></td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Jameel_Ahmed" title="Mohamed Jameel Ahmed">Mohamed Jameel Ahmed</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%E2%80%99s_Majlis#The_Speaker" title="People’s Majlis" class="mw-redirect">Speaker</a></td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdulla_Maseeh_Mohamed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed (page does not exist)">Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a></td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Saeed_(Maldives)" title="Abdullah Saeed (Maldives)" class="mw-redirect">Abdullah Saeed<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"></sup></a><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Legislature</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Majlis" title="People's Majlis">People's <i>Majlis</i></a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="3"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">Independence</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">from the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>26 July 1965 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Maldives" title="Constitution of the Maldives">Current constitution</a></span></td> <td>7 August 2008 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="3"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Maldives" title="Geography of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Area</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Total</td> <td>298 km<sup><small>2</small></sup> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">206th</a>)<br/> 115 sq mi</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Water (%)</td> <td>≈99</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="3"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Maldives" title="Demographics of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Population</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">July 2013 estimate</td> <td>393,500<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population" title="List of countries by population" class="mw-redirect">175th</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">2014 census</td> <td>341,356<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Density</td> <td>1,102.5/km<sup><small>2</small></sup> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density">11th</a>)<br/> 2,855.4/sq mi</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a></b> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</td> <td>2011 estimate</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Total</td> <td>$2.841 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">162nd</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Per capita</td> <td>$8,731<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">89th</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a></b> (nominal)</td> <td>2011 estimate</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Total</td> <td>$1.944 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Per capita</td> <td>$5,973<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a></b> (1998)</td> <td>62.7<sup id="cite_ref-gini-index_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gini-index-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="color:red">very high</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a></b> (2013)</td> <td><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"/></span> 0.698<sup id="cite_ref-HDI_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDI-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="color:orange">medium</span></span> <b>·</b> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">103rd</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;">Currency</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_rufiyaa" title="Maldivian rufiyaa">Maldivian rufiyaa</a> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">MVR</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Time zone</th> <td>MVT <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+5)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Date format</th> <td>dd/mm/yy</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Drives on the</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic" title="Right- and left-hand traffic">left</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Calling code</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B960" title="+960" class="mw-redirect">+960</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MV" title="ISO 3166-2:MV">MV</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.mv" title=".mv">.mv</a></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:85%;"> <td align="right"><span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><sup>a.</sup></span></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left:0;">Excluding foreign nationals.</td> </tr> </table> <p><b>Maldives</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> officially the <b>Republic of Maldives</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>nb 1<span>]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island nation</a> in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>–<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> area, consisting of a double <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">chain</a> of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Atolls of the Maldives">twenty-six atolls</a>, oriented north-south, that lie between <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliku_Atoll" title="Maliku Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Minicoy Island</a> (the southernmost part of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>) and the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a>. The chains stand in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a>, and the capital, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a>, is about 600 kilometres (370 mi) south-west of India and 750 kilometres (470 mi) south-west of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.</p> <p>From the mid-sixteenth century, the Maldives was dominated by <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">colonial powers</a>: Portugal, the Netherlands and Britain. The islands gained <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Republic_of_the_Maldives" title="Second Republic of the Maldives" class="mw-redirect">independence</a> from the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> in 1965, and in 1968 became a republic ruled by a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">president</a> and an <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarian</a> government.</p> <p>The archipelago is located atop the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive_Ridge" title="Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive Ridge" class="mw-redirect">Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive Ridge</a>, a vast submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean, which also forms a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_ecoregion" title="Terrestrial ecoregion" class="mw-redirect">terrestrial ecoregion</a> together with the Chagos and the Lakshadweep.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup> Their atolls encompass a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_(country_subdivision)" title="Territory (country subdivision)">territory</a> spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), making the country one of the world's most geographically dispersed. Its population of 328,536 (2012) inhabits 192 of its 1,192 islands.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2006 the capital and largest city <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a>, located at the southern edge of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9_Atoll" title="Malé Atoll">North Malé Atoll</a>, had a population of 103,693.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> Malé is one of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Maldives" title="Administrative divisions of the Maldives">the Maldives' administrative divisions</a> and, traditionally, it was the "King's Island" where the ancient royal dynasties were enthroned. It is the smallest <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Asia" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia">Asian country</a> in both population and land area. With an average ground level elevation of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, it is the planet's lowest country.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-18"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> It is also the country with the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_highest_point" title="List of countries by highest point">lowest natural highest point</a> in the world, at 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in).<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-18"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> Future inundation of the Maldives due to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise" title="Current sea level rise">rising sea levels</a> is of great concern to its people, motivating the government to pledge becoming a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_neutral" title="Carbon neutral" class="mw-redirect">carbon-neutral</a> country by 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-copenhagen_accord_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copenhagen_accord-19"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Ancient_history_and_settlement"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ancient history and settlement</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Buddhist_period"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Buddhist period</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Islamic_Period"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Islamic Period</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#British_protectorate.2C_1887.E2.80.931965"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">British protectorate, 1887–1965</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#21st_century"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">21st century</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Protected_areas_of_Maldives"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Protected areas of Maldives</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Environmental_issues"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental issues</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Marine_ecosystem"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Marine ecosystem</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Government"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Government</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Law"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Law</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Human_rights"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Human rights</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Foreign_relations"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Foreign relations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Military"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Military</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Tourism"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Tourism</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Administrative_divisions"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Administrative divisions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Tourism_2"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Tourism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Fishing_industry"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fishing industry</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Languages"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Languages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Largest_cities"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Largest cities</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#Transportation"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Transportation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Etymology">Etymology</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Maldives" title="Names of Maldives">Names of Maldives</a></div> <p>The name <i>Maldives</i> may derive from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <i>mālā</i> (garland) and <i>dvīpa</i> (island),<sup id="cite_ref-Hogendorn_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hogendorn-20"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup> or <span dir="ltr" lang="si">මාල දිවයින</span> <i>Maala Divaina</i> ("Necklace Islands") in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language" class="mw-redirect">Sinhala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ParanavitanaPrematilleka1978_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParanavitanaPrematilleka1978-21"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup> The Maldivian people were called <i>Dhivehin</i>. The word <i>Dheeb/Deeb</i> (archaic <i>Dhivehi</i>, related to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <span dir="ltr" lang="sa">द्वीप</span> <i>dvīpa</i>) means "island", and <i>Dhives</i> (<i>Dhivehin</i>) means "islanders" (i.e., Maldivians).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>The ancient <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> chronicle <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahawamsa" title="Mahawamsa" class="mw-redirect">Mahawamsa</a></i> refers to an island called <i>Mahiladiva</i> ("Island of Women", महिलादिभ) in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a>, which is probably a mistranslation of the same Sanskrit word meaning "<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garland" title="Garland">garland</a>".</p> <p>Jan S Hogendorn, Grossman Professor of Economics, theorises that the name <i>Maldives</i> derives from the Sanskrit <i>mālādvīpa</i> (<span dir="ltr" lang="sa">मालाद्वीप</span>), meaning "garland of islands".<sup id="cite_ref-Hogendorn_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hogendorn-20"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup> In Tamil, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as <i>MalaiTheevu</i> (<span dir="ltr" lang="ta">மாலைத்தீவு</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup> In Malayalam, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as <i>Maladweepu</i> (<span dir="ltr" lang="ml">മാലദ്വീപ്</span>). In Kannada, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as <i>Maaledweepa</i> (<span dir="ltr" lang="kn">ಮಾಲೆದ್ವೀಪ</span>). None of these names is mentioned in any literature, but classical Sanskrit texts dating back to the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_period" title="Vedic period">Vedic period</a> mention the "Hundred Thousand Islands" (<i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweepa" title="Lakshadweepa" class="mw-redirect">Lakshadweepa</a></i>), a generic name which would include not only the Maldives, but also the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccadives" title="Laccadives" class="mw-redirect">Laccadives</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminidivi" title="Aminidivi">Aminidivi</a> Islands, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicoy" title="Minicoy">Minicoy</a> and the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos island</a> groups.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Some medieval travellers such as <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Batuta" title="Ibn Batuta" class="mw-redirect">Ibn Batuta</a> called the islands <i>Mahal Dibiyat</i> (<span dir="rtl" lang="ar">محل دبيأت</span>) from the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> word <i>Mahal</i> ("palace"), which must be how the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_people" title="Berber people" class="mw-redirect">Berber</a> traveller interpreted the local name, having been through Muslim North India, where <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perso-Arabic" title="Perso-Arabic" class="mw-redirect">Perso-Arabic</a> words were introduced to the local vocabulary.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup> This is the name currently inscribed on the scroll in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Maldives" title="Emblem of Maldives">Maldive state emblem</a>. The classical Persian/Arabic name for Maldives is <i>Dibajat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup> The Dutch referred to the islands as the "Maldivische Eilanden" (<small>pronounced</small> <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Dutch_and_Afrikaans" title="Help:IPA for Dutch and Afrikaans">[mɑlˈdivisə ˈɛi̯lɑndə(n)]</a></span>), while the British <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicisation" title="Anglicisation">anglicised</a> the local name for the islands first to the "Maldive Islands" and later to the "Maldives".</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Maldives" title="History of the Maldives">History of the Maldives</a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ancient_history_and_settlement">Ancient history and settlement</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ancient history and settlement">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Comparative studies of Maldivian oral, linguistic and cultural traditions and customs indicate that the first settlers were <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_people" title="Dravidian people" class="mw-redirect">Dravidian people</a><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-27"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam_period" title="Sangam period">Sangam period</a> (300 BC–AD 300), most probably fishermen from the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_coast" title="Malabar coast" class="mw-redirect">southwest coasts</a> of what is now the south of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Subcontinent" title="Indian Subcontinent" class="mw-redirect">Indian Subcontinent</a> and the western shores of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. One such community is the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraavaru_people" title="Giraavaru people">Giraavaru people</a> descended from ancient <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_people" title="Tamil people">Tamils</a>. They are mentioned in ancient legends and local folklore about the establishment of the capital and kingly rule in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a>.</p> <p>A strong underlying layer of Dravidian population and culture survives in Maldivian society, with a clear Dravidian-Malayalam substratum in the language, which also appears in place names, kinship terms, poetry, dance, and religious beliefs. Malabari seafaring culture led to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayali" title="Malayali">Malayali</a> settling of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccadives" title="Laccadives" class="mw-redirect">Laccadives</a>, and the Maldives were evidently viewed as an extension of that archipelago. Some argue (from the presence of Jat, Gujjar Titles and Gotra names) that <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhis" title="Sindhis" class="mw-redirect">Sindhis</a> also accounted for an early layer of migration. Seafaring from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debal" title="Debal">Debal</a> began during the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_valley_civilisation" title="Indus valley civilisation" class="mw-redirect">Indus valley civilisation</a>. The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jataka" title="Jataka" class="mw-redirect">Jatakas</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a> show abundant evidence of this maritime trade; the use of similar traditional boat building techniques in Northwestern South Asia and the Maldives, and the presence of silver punch mark coins from both regions, gives additional weight to this. There are minor signs of Southeast Asian settlers, probably some adrift from the main group of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesian</a> reed boat migrants that settled <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maloney.2C_Clarence_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maloney.2C_Clarence-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The earliest written history of the Maldives is marked by the arrival of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_people" title="Sinhala people" class="mw-redirect">Sinhalese</a> people, who were descended from the exiled <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadha" title="Magadha">Magadha</a> Prince <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijaya_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Vijaya of Sri Lanka" class="mw-redirect">Vijaya</a> from the ancient city known as <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhapura" title="Sinhapura">Sinhapura</a>. He and his party of several hundred landed in Sri Lanka, and some in the Maldives circa 543 to 483 BC. According to the <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavansa" title="Mahavansa" class="mw-redirect">Mahavansa</a></i>, one of the ships that sailed with Prince Vijaya, who went to Sri Lanka around 500 BC, went adrift and arrived at an island called <i>Mahiladvipika</i>, which is the Maldives. It is also said that at that time, the people from Mahiladvipika used to travel to Sri Lanka. Their settlement in Sri Lanka and the Maldives marks a significant change in demographics and the development of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan language</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_language" title="Dhivehi language" class="mw-redirect">Dhivehi</a>, which is most similar in grammar, phonology, and structure to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_Language" title="Sinhala Language" class="mw-redirect">Sinhala</a>, and especially to the more ancient <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elu_Prakrit" title="Elu Prakrit" class="mw-redirect">Elu Prakrit</a>, which has less <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a>.</p> <p>Alternatively, it is believed that <i>Vijaya</i> and his clan came from western India – a claim supported by linguistic and cultural features, and specific descriptions in the epics themselves, e.g. that <i>Vijaya</i> visited <i>Bharukaccha</i> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharuch" title="Bharuch">Bharuch</a> in Gujarat) in his ship on the voyage down south.<sup id="cite_ref-Maloney.2C_Clarence_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maloney.2C_Clarence-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philostorgius" title="Philostorgius">Philostorgius</a>, a Greek historian of Late Antiquity, wrote of a hostage among the Romans, from the island called <i>Diva</i>, which is presumed to be the Maldives, who was baptised Theophilus. Theophilus was sent in the 350s to convert the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himyarites" title="Himyarites" class="mw-redirect">Himyarites</a> to Christianity, and went to his homeland from Arabia; he returned to Arabia, visited <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axum" title="Axum">Axum</a>, and settled in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Buddhist_period">Buddhist period</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Buddhist period">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gan_L03s1.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gan_L03s1.jpg/220px-Gan_L03s1.jpg" width="220" height="131" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gan_L03s1.jpg/330px-Gan_L03s1.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gan_L03s1.jpg/440px-Gan_L03s1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1770" data-file-height="1055"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gan_L03s1.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> The Buddhist Stupa (the best preserved, the largest and the last of the Buddhist temples that were destroyed) at <i>Kuruhinna</i> in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan Island (Haddhunmathi Atoll)</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>Buddhism came to the Maldives at the time of Emperor <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a>'s expansion, and became the dominant religion of the people of the Maldives until the 12th century AD. The ancient Maldivian Kings promoted <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, and the first Maldive writings and artistic achievements, in the form of highly developed sculpture and architecture, are from that period. Before embracing Buddhism as their way of life, Maldivians had practised an ancient form of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">ritualistic</a> traditions known as <i>Śrauta</i>, in the form of venerating the <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a></i> (the ancient ruling caste were of <i>Aadheetta</i> or <i>Suryavanshi</i> origins).</p> <p>The first archaeological study of the remains of early cultures in the Maldives began with the work of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Charles_Purvis_Bell" title="Harry Charles Purvis Bell">H.C.P. Bell</a>, a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> commissioner of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon_Civil_Service" title="Ceylon Civil Service">Ceylon Civil Service</a>. Bell was first ordered to the islands in late 1879<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup> he returned twice to the Maldives to investigate ancient ruins. He studied the ancient mounds, called <i>havitta</i> or <i>ustubu</i> (these names are derived from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">chaitiya</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupa</a>) (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_language" title="Dhivehi language" class="mw-redirect">Dhivehi</a>: <span lang="dv">ހަވިއްތަ</span>) by the Maldivians, which are found on many of the atolls. Although Bell asserted that the ancient Maldivians had followed <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism" title="Theravada Buddhism" class="mw-redirect">Theravada Buddhism</a>, many local Buddhist archaeological remains now in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a> Museum in fact also display elements of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahayana</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana" title="Vajrayana">Vajrayana</a> iconography.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loamaafaanu.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Loamaafaanu.jpg/220px-Loamaafaanu.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Loamaafaanu.jpg/330px-Loamaafaanu.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Loamaafaanu.jpg/440px-Loamaafaanu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1432" data-file-height="1075"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loamaafaanu.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Isdhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Isdhoo</a> Lōmāfānu is the oldest <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 AD 1194 (590 AH) in the Evēla form of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_Writing_Systems" title="Dhivehi Writing Systems" class="mw-redirect">Divehi akuru</a>, during the reign of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhinei_of_the_Maldives" title="Dhinei of the Maldives">Siri Fennaadheettha Mahaa Radun (Dhinei Kalaminja)</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>In the early 11th century, the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicoy_Island" title="Minicoy Island" class="mw-redirect">Minicoy</a> and Thiladhunmathi, and possibly other northern Atolls, were conquered by the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Cholas" title="Medieval Cholas">medieval Chola</a> Tamil emperor <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Raja_Chola_I" title="Raja Raja Chola I">Raja Raja Chola I</a>, thus becoming a part of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_dynasty" title="Chola dynasty">Chola Empire</a>.</p> <p>According to a legend from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_folklore" title="Maldivian folklore">Maldivian folklore</a>, in the early 12th century AD, a medieval prince named <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koimala_of_the_Maldives" title="Koimala of the Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Koimala</a>, a nobleman of the Lion Race from Sri Lanka, sailed to Rasgetheemu island (literally "Town of the Royal House", or figuratively "King's Town") in the North Maalhosmadulu Atoll, and from there to Malé, and established a kingdom. By then, the <i>Aadeetta</i> (Sun) Dynasty (the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryavansha" title="Suryavansha">Suryavanshi</a> ruling cast) had for some time ceased to rule in Malé, possibly because of invasions by the Cholas of Southern India in the 10th century. Koimala Kalou (Lord Koimala), who reigned as King Maanaabarana, was a king of the <i>Homa</i> (Lunar) Dynasty (the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandravanshi" title="Chandravanshi" class="mw-redirect">Chandravanshi</a> ruling cast), which some historians call the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Theemuge" title="House of Theemuge">House of Theemuge</a>. The <i>Homa</i> (Lunar) dynasty sovereigns intermarried with the <i>Aaditta</i> (Sun) Dynasty. This is why the formal titles of Maldive kings until 1968 contained references to "<i>kula sudha ira</i>", which means "descended from the Moon and the Sun". No official record exists of the Aadeetta dynasty's reign. Since Koimala's reign, the Maldive throne was also known as the <i>Singaasana</i> (Lion Throne).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup> Before then, and in some situations since, it was also known as the <i>Saridhaaleys</i> (Ivory Throne).<sup id="cite_ref-koimala_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koimala-31"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup> Some historians credit Koimala with freeing the Maldives from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_empire" title="Chola empire" class="mw-redirect">Chola</a> rule.</p> <p>Several foreign travellers, mainly Arabs, had written about a kingdom of the Maldives ruled over by a queen. This kingdom pre-dated Koimala's reign. <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Idrisi" title="Muhammad al-Idrisi">al-Idrisi</a>, referring to earlier writers, mentions the name of one of the queens, Damahaar, who was a member of the <i>Aadeetta</i> (Sun) dynasty.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Islamic_Period">Islamic Period</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Islamic Period">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yousuftabrizi.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Yousuftabrizi.jpg/220px-Yousuftabrizi.jpg" width="220" height="88" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Yousuftabrizi.jpg/330px-Yousuftabrizi.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Yousuftabrizi.jpg/440px-Yousuftabrizi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="220"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yousuftabrizi.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> A Plaque in Juma Mosque, Malé, Maldives, on which <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Tabrizi" title="Yusuf Tabrizi">Yusuf Tabrizi</a>'s name is written. Yusuf Tabrizi was an Iranian who is said to have converted Maldives in 12th century AD to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>The conversion to Islam is mentioned in the edicts written in copper plates from the end of the 12th century AD.</p> <p>The famous Moroccan traveller <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Batutta" title="Ibn Batutta" class="mw-redirect">Ibn Batutta</a>, who visited the Maldives in the 14th century, wrote how a Moroccan, one <i>Abu Barakat the Berber</i>, was believed to have been responsible for spreading Islam in the islands. Even though this report has been contested in later sources, it does explain some crucial aspects of Maldivian culture. For instance, historically Arabic has been the prime language of administration there, instead of the Persian and Urdu languages used in the nearby Muslim states. Another link to North Africa was the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliki" title="Maliki">Maliki</a> school of jurisprudence, used throughout most of North-Africa, which was the official one in the Maldives until the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Some scholars have suggested the possibility of Ibn Battuta misreading Maldive texts, and have posited another scenario where this Abu Barakat might have been a native of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a>, a significant trading port on the north western coast of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span>[</span>32<span>]</span></a></sup> This scenario would also help explain the usage of the Arabic language and the predominance of the Maliki school on the islands.</p> <p>Another interpretation, held by some of the islanders, is that Abu Barakat was an Iranian from Tabriz. In the Arabic script the words al-Barbari and al-Tabrizi are very much alike, owing to the fact that 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). The first reference to an Iranian origin dates to an 18th-century Persian text.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span>[</span>33<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Maldives was the first landfall for traders from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basrah" title="Basrah" class="mw-redirect">Basrah</a>, sailing to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> or Southeast Asia. In the Maldives, ships could take on fresh water, fruit and the delicious, basket-smoked red flesh of the black <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonito" title="Bonito">bonito</a></i>, a delicacy exported to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>, China and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>. The people of the archipelago were described as gentle, civilised and hospitable. They produced <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a> utensils as well as fine cotton textiles, exported in the form of sarongs and turban lengths. These local industries must have depended on imported raw materials.</p> <p>The other essential product of the Maldives was <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coir" title="Coir">coir</a></i>, the fibre of the dried <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husk" title="Husk">husk</a>. Cured in pits, beaten, spun and then twisted into <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordage" title="Cordage" class="mw-redirect">cordage</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">ropes</a>, coir's salient quality is its resistance to saltwater. It stitched together and rigged the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">dhows</a> that plied the Indian Ocean. Maldivian coir was exported to Sindh, China, Yemen, and the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>.</p> <p>"It is stronger than <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp">hemp</a>", wrote <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a>, "and is used to sew together the planks of Sindhi and Yemeni dhows, for this sea abounds in reefs, and if the planks were fastened with iron nails, they would break into pieces when the vessel hit a rock. The coir gives the boat greater elasticity, so that it doesn't break up."</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="British_protectorate.2C_1887.E2.80.931965">British protectorate, 1887–1965</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: British protectorate, 1887–1965">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>On 16 December 1887, the Sultan of the Maldives signed a contract with the British <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Ceylon" title="Governor of Ceylon">Governor of Ceylon</a> turning the Maldives into a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_protectorate" title="British protectorate" class="mw-redirect">British protected state</a>, thus giving up the islands' <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereignty</a> in matters of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy" title="Foreign policy">foreign policy</a>, but retaining internal self-government. The British government promised military protection and non-interference in local administration in exchange for an annual <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute" title="Tribute">tribute</a>, so that the islands were akin to an Indian <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a>.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:282px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East,_1941-1945_CF620.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg/280px-Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg" width="280" height="190" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg/420px-Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg/560px-Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East%2C_1941-1945_CF620.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="544"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East,_1941-1945_CF620.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> An <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF" title="RAF" class="mw-redirect">RAF</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">Short Sunderland</a> moored in the lagoon at Addu Atoll, during WWII</div> </div> </div> <p>In 1953, there was an abortive attempt to form a republic, but the sultanate survived. In 1957 the British established an air base in the strategic southernmost atoll of Addu, paying £2000 a year, employing hundreds of locals. Nineteen years later, the British government (Labour's Harold Wilson) gave up the base, as it was too expensive to maintain.<sup id="cite_ref-gan.philliptsmall.me.uk_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gan.philliptsmall.me.uk-35"><span>[</span>34<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 1959, objecting to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Nasir" title="Ibrahim Nasir">Ibrahim Nasir</a>'s centralism, the inhabitants of the three southernmost atolls protested against the government. They formed the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Suvadive_Republic" title="United Suvadive Republic">United Suvadive Republic</a> and elected <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Afeef" title="Abdullah Afeef">Abdullah Afeef</a> as president and chose <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hithadhoo_(Seenu_Atoll)" title="Hithadhoo (Seenu Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Hithadhoo</a> as capital of this republic.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span>[</span>35<span>]</span></a></sup> However, political infighting during the '70s between Nasir's faction and other political figures led to the 1975 arrest and exile of elected prime minister <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Zaki_(politician)" title="Ahmed Zaki (politician)">Ahmed Zaki</a> to a remote <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a>. Economic decline followed the closure of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> in 1978, with millions of dollars from the treasury.</p> <p><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 in view of Gayoom's priority to develop the poorer islands. Tourism flourished and increased foreign contact spurred development. However, Gayoom's rule was controversial, with some critics saying Gayoom was an autocrat who quelled dissent by limiting freedoms and political favouritism.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_sinking_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_sinking-37"><span>[</span>36<span>]</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 1988 coup attempt involved a roughly 80-person mercenary force of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE Tamil militant group</a> who seized the airport and caused Gayoom to flee from house to house until the intervention of 1600 <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian troops</a> airlifted into <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a> restored order. The November 1988 coup was headed by Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee, a small-businessman. On the night of 3 November 1988, the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> airlifted a parachute battalion group from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a> and flew them over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) to the Maldives. The Indian <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratroopers" title="Paratroopers" class="mw-redirect">paratroopers</a> landed at <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulule" title="Hulule" class="mw-redirect">Hulule</a> and secured the airfield and restored the government rule at Malé within hours. The brief, bloodless operation, labelled <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cactus" title="Operation Cactus" class="mw-redirect">Operation Cactus</a></i>, also involved the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="21st_century">21st century</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 21st century">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_(cropped).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_%28cropped%29.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1741" data-file-height="1307"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mal%C3%A9_after_tsunami_(cropped).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> People in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a> removing sand bags from a nearby construction site, to be used as a barrier to protect their homes from the flood, shortly after being hit by the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> generated by the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake" class="mw-redirect">2004 Indian Ocean earthquake</a></div> </div> </div> <p>On 26 December 2004, following the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake" class="mw-redirect">2004 Indian Ocean earthquake</a>, the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 tsunami. Only nine islands were reported to have escaped any flooding,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span>[</span>37<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span>[</span>38<span>]</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 serious damage. The total damage was estimated at more than US$400 million, or some 62% of the GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span>[</span>39<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span>[</span>40<span>]</span></a></sup> 102 Maldivians and 6 foreigners reportedly died in the tsunami.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_sinking_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_sinking-37"><span>[</span>36<span>]</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-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span>[</span>41<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>During the later part of Gayoom's rule, independent political movements emerged in Maldives, which challenged the then-ruling <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_Rayyithunge_Party" title="Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party">Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party</a> (Maldivian People's Party) and demanded democratic reform. These movements brought about significant change in political structure. In 2008 a new constitution was approved and the first direct presidential elections occurred, which were won by <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Waheed_Hassan" title="Mohammed Waheed Hassan">Mohammed Waheed Hassan</a> (as Vice-President) in the second round. The 2009 parliamentary election saw the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_Democratic_Party" title="Maldivian Democratic Party">Maldivian Democratic Party</a> of President Nasheed receive the most votes with 30.81%, gaining 26 seats, however the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party with 24.62% of the vote received the most seats (28).</p> <p>The government of President Mohamed Nasheed faced many challenges, including the huge debts left by the previous government, the economic downturn following the 2004 tsunami, overspending (by means of overprinting of local currency rufiyaa) during his regime, unemployment, corruption, and increasing drug use.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span>[</span>42<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (April 2013)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>Taxation on goods was imposed for the first time in the country, and import duties were reduced in many goods and services. Social welfare benefits were given to those above 65 years of age, single parents, and those with special needs. On 10 November 2008, Nasheed announced an intent to create a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_wealth_fund" title="Sovereign wealth fund">sovereign wealth fund</a> with money earned from tourism that could be used to purchase land elsewhere for the Maldives people to relocate should rising sea levels due to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> inundate the country. The government reportedly considered locations in Sri Lanka and India due to cultural and climate similarities, and as far away as Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_sinking_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_sinking-37"><span>[</span>36<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 23 December 2011, the opposition held a mass symposium with as many as 20,000 people in the name of protecting Islam, which they believed Nasheed's government was unable to maintain in the country. The mass event became the foundation of a campaign that brought about social unrest within the capital city. On 16 January 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span>[</span>43<span>]</span></a></sup> the Maldives military, on orders from the interior ministry, un-constitutionally arrested Judge <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_Mohamed" title="Abdulla Mohamed">Abdulla Mohamed</a>, the chief justice of the Maldives Criminal Court, on charges he was blocking the prosecution of corruption and human rights cases against allies of former President Gayoom. On 7 February, Nasheed ordered the police and army to subdue the anti-government protesters and allegedly told them to use force against the public. Police came out to protest against the government instead.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span>[</span>44<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>President Mohamed Nasheed resigned on 7 February 2012 by letter, and followed that with a televised public address informing Maldivians of his resignation. Later Nasheed told foreign media that he was deposed by a military coup led by President Waheed. There have been disputes over exactly what happened that day. Nasheed's vice president, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, was sworn in as President in accordance with the Constitution at the Peoples majlis in front of the Chief Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span>[</span>45<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 23 February 2012, the Commonwealth suspended the Maldives from its democracy and human rights <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/watchdog" class="extiw" title="wikt:watchdog">watchdog</a> while the ousting was being investigated, and backed Nasheed's call for elections before the end of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span>[</span>46<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Though in March 2012 the new regime promised new elections; in April the state minister of foreign affairs announced that elections would not be held in the near future.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span>[</span>47<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 8 October, Nasheed was arrested after failing to appear in court to face charges that he ordered the illegal arrest of a judge while in office. However, his supporters claim that this detention was politically motivated in order to prevent him from campaigning for the 2013 presidential elections.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span>[</span>48<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Geography">Geography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_Maldives" title="Geography of the Maldives">Geography of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Atolls of the Maldives">Atolls of the Maldives</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_Maldives" title="List of islands of the Maldives">List of islands of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malosmadulu_Atolls,_Maldives.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg/170px-Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg" width="170" height="302" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg/255px-Malosmadulu_Atolls%2C_Maldives.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malosmadulu_Atolls,_Maldives.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Malhosmadulhu Atoll seen from space. "Fasdutere" and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Maalhosmadulhu_Atoll" title="Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll</a> can be seen in this picture.</div> </div> </div> <p>Maldives consists of 1,192 <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a> islands grouped in a double chain of 26 <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a>, along the north-south direction, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), making this one of the world's most dispersed countries. It lies between latitudes <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_parallel_south" title="1st parallel south">1°S</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_parallel_north" title="8th parallel north">8°N</a>, and longitudes <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_meridian_east" title="72nd meridian east">72°</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_meridian_east" title="74th meridian east">74°E</a>. The atolls are composed of live <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reefs</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_bar" title="Sand bar" class="mw-redirect">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. 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 Maldives. For administrative purposes the Maldivian government organised these atolls into twenty one <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Maldives" title="Administrative divisions of the Maldives">administrative divisions</a>. The largest island of Maldives is <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan</a>, which belongs to Laamu Atoll or Hahdhummathi Maldives. In <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_Atoll" title="Addu Atoll">Addu Atoll</a> the westernmost islands are connected by roads over the reef (collectively called <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seenu_Atoll#Addu_Link_Road" title="Seenu Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Link Road</a>) and the total length of the road is 14 km (9 mi).</p> <p>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-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span>[</span>49<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Protected_areas_of_Maldives">Protected areas of Maldives</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Protected areas of Maldives">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Protected areas of Maldives are administrated by <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment_and_Energy" title="Ministry of Environment and Energy" class="mw-redirect">Ministry of Environment and Energy</a> and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Maldives. There are <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Protected_Areas_of_Maldives" title="List of Protected Areas of Maldives">31 protected areas</a> in Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-Maldives_Protected_Areas_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maldives_Protected_Areas-51"><span>[</span>50<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Climate">Climate</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg/220px-Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg" width="220" height="168" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg/330px-Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg/440px-Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="768"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_in_the_Maldives.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Sunset in the Maldives</div> </div> </div> <p>The Maldives has a tropical-monsoon climate, which is affected by the large landmass of South Asia to the north. 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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a>. Two seasons dominate Maldives' weather: the dry season associated with the winter northeastern monsoon and the rainy season which brings strong winds and storms.</p> <p>The shift from the moist southwest monsoon to the dry northeast monsoon occurs during April and May. During this period, the northeast winds contribute to the formation of the northeast monsoon, which reaches Maldives in the beginning of June and lasts until the end of August. However, the weather patterns of 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-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span>[</span>51<span>]</span></a></sup><br style="clear:both;"/></p> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:90%; text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height: 1.1em; margin:auto;"> <tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a></th> </tr> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="January">Jan</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="February">Feb</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="March">Mar</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="April">Apr</abbr></th> <th>May</th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="June">Jun</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="July">Jul</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="August">Aug</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="September">Sep</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="October">Oct</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="November">Nov</abbr></th> <th><abbr class="abbr" title="December">Dec</abbr></th> <th style="border-left-width:medium">Year</th> </tr> <tr> <th height="16">Record high °C (°F)</th> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">32<br/> (90)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">32<br/> (90)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">33<br/> (91)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">35<br/> (95)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">35<br/> (95)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">34<br/> (93)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">32<br/> (90)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">32<br/> (90)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">32<br/> (90)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">33<br/> (91)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">33<br/> (91)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">32<br/> (90)</td> <td style="background:#FF9900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">35<br/> (95)</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16"><abbr class="abbr" title="Average high temperature during the day (average maximum daytime temperature)">Average high</abbr> °C (°F)</th> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.0<br/> (86)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.4<br/> (86.7)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">31.2<br/> (88.2)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">31.5<br/> (88.7)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">31.0<br/> (87.8)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.5<br/> (86.9)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.4<br/> (86.7)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.2<br/> (86.4)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.0<br/> (86)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.0<br/> (86)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.1<br/> (86.2)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">30.9<br/> (87.6)</td> <td style="background:#FFBB33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">30.52<br/> (86.93)</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16"><abbr class="abbr" title="Average low temperature at night (average minimum night-time temperature)">Average low</abbr> °C (°F)</th> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.4<br/> (81.3)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.6<br/> (81.7)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.8<br/> (82)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.4<br/> (81.3)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">28.2<br/> (82.8)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.8<br/> (82)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.6<br/> (81.7)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.5<br/> (81.5)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.1<br/> (80.8)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.2<br/> (81)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.3<br/> (81.1)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">27.1<br/> (80.8)</td> <td style="background:#FFCC33;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">27.5<br/> (81.5)</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16">Record low °C (°F)</th> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">26<br/> (79)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">26<br/> (79)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">26<br/> (79)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">26<br/> (79)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">26<br/> (79)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">25<br/> (77)</td> <td style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">25<br/> (77)</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">Precipitation</a> mm (inches)</th> <td style="background:#8EFF8E;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">75.2<br/> (2.961)</td> <td style="background:#ADFFAD;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">49.7<br/> (1.957)</td> <td style="background:#92FF92;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">72.8<br/> (2.866)</td> <td style="background:#34FF34;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">131.6<br/> (5.181)</td> <td style="background:#00BC00;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">215.7<br/> (8.492)</td> <td style="background:#00F500;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">171.9<br/> (6.768)</td> <td style="background:#23FF23;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">147.2<br/> (5.795)</td> <td style="background:#00E600;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">187.7<br/> (7.39)</td> <td style="background:#008800;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">242.8<br/> (9.559)</td> <td style="background:#00B300;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">222.0<br/> (8.74)</td> <td style="background:#00C800;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">201.0<br/> (7.913)</td> <td style="background:#00A400;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">231.7<br/> (9.122)</td> <td style="background:#08FF08;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">1,949.3<br/> (76.744)</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16"><span style="font-size:90%"><abbr class="abbr" title="Average">Avg.</abbr> precipitation days <span style="font-size:80%" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span></span></th> <td style="background:#C6C6FF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">4.6</td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">3.5</td> <td style="background:#B3B3FF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">6.1</td> <td style="background:#8A8AFF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">9.1</td> <td style="background:#4E4EFF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">14.3</td> <td style="background:#5A5AFF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">12.9</td> <td style="background:#6C6CFF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">11.9</td> <td style="background:#6161FF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">12.8</td> <td style="background:#3535FF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">15.8</td> <td style="background:#4A4AFF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">14.6</td> <td style="background:#5555FF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">13.3</td> <td style="background:#6D6DFF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">11.8</td> <td style="background:#7676FF;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">130.7</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16"> % <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity" title="Humidity">humidity</a></th> <td style="background:#0000D3;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">78.0</td> <td style="background:#0000D7;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">77.0</td> <td style="background:#0000D7;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">76.9</td> <td style="background:#0000D3;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">78.1</td> <td style="background:#0000C8;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">80.8</td> <td style="background:#0000C9;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">80.7</td> <td style="background:#0000CF;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">79.1</td> <td style="background:#0000CA;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">80.5</td> <td style="background:#0000C8;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">81.0</td> <td style="background:#0000C5;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">81.7</td> <td style="background:#0000C3;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">82.2</td> <td style="background:#0000C8;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">80.9</td> <td style="background:#0000CD;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">79.7</td> </tr> <tr> <th height="16"><span style="font-size:90%">Mean monthly <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a></span></th> <td style="background:#E2E200;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">248.0</td> <td style="background:#EBEB04;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">259.9</td> <td style="background:#E9E900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">279.0</td> <td style="background:#E4E400;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">246.0</td> <td style="background:#DDDD00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">223.2</td> <td style="background:#D9D900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">201.0</td> <td style="background:#DDDD00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">226.3</td> <td style="background:#DADA00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">210.8</td> <td style="background:#D9D900;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">201.0</td> <td style="background:#DFDF00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">235.6</td> <td style="background:#DFDF00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">225.0</td> <td style="background:#DCDC00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center;">220.1</td> <td style="background:#DFDF00;color:#000000;font-size:85%;text-align:center; border-left-width:medium">2,778.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%"><i>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Male/435550.htm">http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Male/435550.htm</a></i></td> </tr> </table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_issues">Environmental issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Environmental issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives-beach.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Maldives-beach.jpg/220px-Maldives-beach.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Maldives-beach.jpg/330px-Maldives-beach.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Maldives-beach.jpg/440px-Maldives-beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives-beach.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> The white sandy beaches of Maldives</div> </div> </div> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_President" title="The Island President">The Island President</a></div> <p>According to former <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">Maldivian president</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a>, the Maldives are ranked the third most endangered nation due to flooding from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span>[</span>52<span>]</span></a></sup> In March and April 2012, Nasheed stated: "If carbon emissions were to stop today, the planet would not see a difference for 60 to 70 years," Nasheed said. "If carbon emissions continue at the rate they are climbing today, my country will be underwater in seven years." He called for more <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">climate change mitigation</a> action while on the American television shows <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a> <sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span>[</span>53<span>]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span>[</span>54<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 sea level rises 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-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span>[</span>55<span>]</span></a></sup> At least one study appears to show that the sea level in the Maldives dropped 20–30 centimetres (8–12 in) throughout the 1970s and '80s, although later studies failed to back this up.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In November 2008, President Mohamed Nasheed announced plans to look into purchasing new land in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a></sup> The President has explained his intentions: "We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_refugee" title="Climate refugee" class="mw-redirect">climate refugees</a> living in tents for decades".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span>[</span>58<span>]</span></a></sup> On 22 April 2008, then President <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom">Maumoon Abdul Gayoom</a> pleaded for a cut in global <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gas</a> emissions, warning that rising sea levels could submerge the island nation of Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span>[</span>59<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span>[</span>60<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>By 2020, Maldives plans to eliminate or offset all of its greenhouse gas emissions. At the 2009 International Climate Talks, President Mohamed Nasheed explained that:</p> <blockquote> <p>For us swearing off fossil fuels is not only the right thing to do, it is in our economic self-interest... Pioneering countries will free themselves from the unpredictable price of foreign oil; they will capitalize 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-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span>[</span>61<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </blockquote> <p>Other environmental issues include bad waste disposal and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_theft" title="Beach theft">beach theft</a>. Although the Maldives are kept relatively pristine and little litter can be found on the islands, no good waste disposal sites exist. Most trash from Male and other resorts is simply dumped at <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilafushi" title="Thilafushi">Thilafushi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span>[</span>62<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Marine_ecosystem">Marine ecosystem</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Marine ecosystem">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote">Further information: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Maldives" title="Wildlife of Maldives">Wildlife of Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips,_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg/220px-Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg" width="220" height="293" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg/330px-Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg/440px-Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips%2C_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives_Oriental_sweetlips,_Plectorhinchus_vittatus.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Sweetlips" title="Oriental Sweetlips" class="mw-redirect">Oriental Sweetlips</a> (<i>Plectorhinchus vittatus</i>) at <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeru_Island" title="Meeru Island">Meeru Island</a>, North Male Atoll</div> </div> </div> <p>Maldivian waters are home to several ecosystems, but are most noted for their variety of colourful <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_reefs" title="Coral reefs" class="mw-redirect">coral reefs</a>, home to 1100 <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of fish, 5 species of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtles</a>, 21 species of whales and dolphins, 187 species of corals, 400 species of molluscs, and 83 species of echinoderms. Many crustacean species are there as well: 120 copepod, 15 amphipod as well as over 145 crab and 48 shrimp species.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span>[</span>63<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Among the many marine families represented are <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufferfish" title="Pufferfish" class="mw-redirect">Pufferfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesionidae" title="Caesionidae">Fusiliers</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carangidae" title="Carangidae">Jackfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionfish" title="Lionfish" class="mw-redirect">Lionfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Sweetlips" title="Oriental Sweetlips" class="mw-redirect">Oriental Sweetlips</a>, reef sharks, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper" title="Grouper">Groupers</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel" title="Eel">Eels</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutjanidae" title="Lutjanidae">Snappers</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannerfish" title="Bannerfish" class="mw-redirect">Bannerfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batfish_(disambiguation)" title="Batfish (disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect">Batfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphead_Wrasse" title="Humphead Wrasse" class="mw-redirect">Humphead Wrasse</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_Eagle_Ray" title="Spotted Eagle Ray" class="mw-redirect">Spotted Eagle Rays</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpionfish" title="Scorpionfish" class="mw-redirect">Scorpionfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster" title="Lobster">Lobsters</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudibranches" title="Nudibranches" class="mw-redirect">Nudibranches</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomacanthidae" title="Pomacanthidae">Angelfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflyfish" title="Butterflyfish">Butterflyfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrelfish" title="Squirrelfish" class="mw-redirect">Squirrelfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldierfish" title="Soldierfish" class="mw-redirect">Soldierfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_glassfish" title="Asiatic glassfish" class="mw-redirect">Glassfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeonfish" title="Surgeonfish" class="mw-redirect">Surgeonfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_fish_(disambiguation)" title="Unicorn fish (disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect">Unicornfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggerfish" title="Triggerfish">Triggerfish</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_wrasse" title="Napoleon wrasse" class="mw-redirect">Napoleon wrasses</a>, and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda" title="Barracuda">Barracudas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scuba_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scuba-65"><span>[</span>64<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>These coral reefs are home to a variety of marine ecosystems that vary from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planktonic" title="Planktonic" class="mw-redirect">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_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coral_reefs-66"><span>[</span>65<span>]</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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o-Southern_Oscillation" title="El Niño-Southern Oscillation" class="mw-redirect">El Niño phenomenon</a> event caused <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">coral bleaching</a>, killing 2/3 of the nation's coral reefs.<sup id="cite_ref-Wheatley_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wheatley-67"><span>[</span>66<span>]</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 ordinary corals.<sup id="cite_ref-Wheatley_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wheatley-67"><span>[</span>66<span>]</span></a></sup> Scientist Azeez Hakim stated:</p> <blockquote> <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, they also act as a natural barrier against the tropical storms, floods and tsunamis. Seaweeds grow on the skeletons of dead coral.<sup id="cite_ref-scuba_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scuba-65"><span>[</span>64<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </blockquote> <p>The corals reefs are like the rainforest for marine life.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span>[</span>67<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Government">Government</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Maldives" title="Politics of the Maldives">Politics of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg/220px-Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg/330px-Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg/440px-Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="468"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muliaage_presidential_residence_of_maldives.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muliaage" title="Muliaage">Muliaa'ge</a>: the Presidential Palace of Malé, Maldives</div> </div> </div> <p>Maldives is a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential</a> republic, with the President as <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a>. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the cabinet which is approved by the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majlis_of_the_Maldives" title="Majlis of the Maldives" class="mw-redirect">People's Majlis (Parliament)</a>. Following the introduction of a new constitution in 2008, direct elections for the President take place every five years, with a limit of two terms in office for any individual. The current President is <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_Yameen" title="Abdulla Yameen">Abdulla Yameen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hassan_sworn_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hassan_sworn-69"><span>[</span>68<span>]</span></a></sup> Members of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> Majlis serve five-year terms, with the total number of members determined by atoll populations. At the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_parliamentary_election,_2009" title="Maldivian parliamentary election, 2009">2009 election</a>, 77 members were elected. The People's Majlis, located in Male, houses members from all over the country.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The republican constitution came into force in 1968, and was amended in 1970, 1972, and 1975. On 27 November 1997 it was replaced by another Constitution assented to by the President <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom">Gayoom</a>. This Constitution came into force on 1 January 1998. All stated that the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">president</a> was the Head of State, Head of Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">Armed Forces</a> and the Police of the Maldives. A third <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Maldives" title="Constitution of the Maldives">Constitution</a> was ratified on 7 August 2008, which separated the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a> from the head of state.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Law">Law</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Law">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_in_the_Maldives" title="Judiciary in the Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Judiciary in the Maldives</a></div> <p>According to the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Maldives" title="Constitution of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Shari'ah</a>." Article 15 of the Act Number 1/81 (Penal Code) gives provision for <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudud" title="Hudud">hudud</a> punishments.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span>[</span>69<span>]</span></a></sup> Article 156 of the constitution states that law includes the norms and provisions of sharia.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span>[</span>70<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Islam is the official religion of the Maldives and open practice of any other religion is forbidden and liable to prosecution. Article 2 of the revised constitution says that the republic "is based on the principles of Islam." Article nine says that "a non-Muslim may not become a citizen"; Article ten says that "no law contrary to any principle of Islam can be applied". Article nineteen states that "citizens are free to participate in or carry out any activity that is not expressly prohibited by sharia [Islamic law] or by the law."</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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 Maldives has recently become party<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span>[</span>71<span>]</span></a></sup> and was addressed in 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 the Maldives."<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span>[</span>72<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Maldives" title="Supreme Court of the Maldives">Supreme Court</a> of Maldives is headed by a Chief Justice, who is the head of judiciary. As of 2008 the President had appointed 5 judges, who were approved by the Parliament. The interim court will sit until a new permanent Supreme Court is nominated under the constitution. Underneath the Supreme Court sit a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court" title="High Court">High Court</a> and a <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_court" title="Trial court">Trial court</a>. The constitution requires an odd number of judges in the High Court of Maldives, leading to the current three appointed <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge" title="Judge">justices</a>. Verdicts must be reached by a majority, but must also include a minority report.</p> <p>Magistrate courts are located in the administrative divisions of the atolls of the Maldives, with a Magistrate Court in each inhabited island. At the moment, there are 194 Magistrate Courts in the country.</p> <p>An appointed <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor_General" title="Prosecutor General" class="mw-redirect">Prosecutor General</a> (PG) is responsible for initiating court proceedings on behalf of the government, overseeing how investigations are being conducted and having a say in criminal prosecutions, duties previously held by the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General" title="Attorney General" class="mw-redirect">Attorney General</a>. The PG has the power to order investigations, monitor detentions, lodge appeals and review existing cases. The PG is appointed by the President and has to be approved by the Parliament.</p> <p>The Maldives, in cooperation with the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Programme</a> (UNDP), wrote the world's first Islamic criminal code. As of 2008 the code awaited action by the parliament.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Human_rights">Human rights</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Human rights">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Maldives" title="Human rights in the Maldives">Human rights in the Maldives</a></div> <p>In February 2013, the judiciary sentenced a fifteen-year-old girl to 100 lashes and house arrest for 8 months in Vilimale's orphanage for engaging in premarital sex. The international media caught the story when her fornication case came alongside her rape case. Charges were brought against her in 2012 after police investigated accusations that her stepfather had raped her and killed their baby. He is still to face trial. Prosecutors stated her conviction did not relate to the rape case; she was sentenced for fornication, "which is a different matter."<sup id="cite_ref-Lang_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lang-74"><span>[</span>73<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span>[</span>74<span>]</span></a></sup> The government said it did not agree with the punishment and that it would look into changing the law.<sup id="cite_ref-Lang_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lang-74"><span>[</span>73<span>]</span></a></sup> The case generated a global petition which may damage the Maldivian tourism industry.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span>[</span>75<span>]</span></a></sup> Homosexuality and nudism are illegal in the country.</p> <p>The Maldives ranks high on the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion#Contemporary_situation_of_religious_freedom_in_the_world" title="Freedom of religion">list of governments that restrict religious freedom</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Foreign relations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 had not applied for membership. Maldive's 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. The Maldives is a founding member of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a>, SAARC. The young Republic joined the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> in 1982, some 17 years after gaining independence from Great Britain. The Maldives enjoys close ties with Commonwealth members <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>. The Maldives and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> are also both members of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Military">Military</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Military">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_National_Defence_Force" title="Maldives National Defence Force">Maldives National Defence Force</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg/220px-Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg/330px-Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg/440px-Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives-vaixells_de_bombers.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Fire & Rescue Service boats</div> </div> </div> <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 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the maintenance of peace and security. The MNDF component branches are the Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Special Forces, Service Corps and the Corps of Engineers.</p> <p>As a water-bound nation much of the security concerns lie 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 Maldives' waters and providing protection against foreign intruders poaching in the EEZ and territorial waters, are immense tasks from both logistical and economic view points; hence for carrying out these functions it is the Coast Guard that plays a vital role. To provide timely security its patrol boats are stationed at various MNDF Regional Headquarters; the Coast Guard is also assigned to respond to the maritime distress calls and to conduct search and rescue operations in a timely manner. Maritime pollution control exercises are conducted regularly on an annual basis for familiarization and handling of such hazardous situations.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tourism">Tourism</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tourism">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Tourism is among the country's main sources of income.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Maldives" title="Administrative divisions of the Maldives">Administrative divisions of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atolls_of_the_maldives.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Atolls_of_the_maldives.png/220px-Atolls_of_the_maldives.png" width="220" height="409" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Atolls_of_the_maldives.png/330px-Atolls_of_the_maldives.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atolls_of_the_maldives.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Each administrative atoll is marked, along with the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaana" title="Thaana">thaana</a> letter used to identify the atoll. Natural atolls are labelled in light blue. <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Atolls_of_the_maldives.png" class="internal" title="Atolls of the maldives.png">Full view of the map</a></div> </div> </div> <p>The Maldives has twenty-six natural <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 (twenty administrative atolls and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a> city).<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span>[</span>76<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Each atoll is administered by an <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atoll_Chief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atoll Chief (page does not exist)">Atoll Chief</a> (<i>Atholhu Veriyaa</i>) appointed by the President. The Ministry of Atoll Administration and its Northern and Southern Regional Offices, Atoll Offices and Island Offices are collectively responsible to the President for Atolls Administration. The administrative head of each island is the Island <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">Chief</a> (Katheeb), appointed by the President. The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Island_Chief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Island Chief (page does not exist)">Island Chief</a>'s immediate superior is the Atoll Chief.</p> <p>The Maldives has 7 provinces each consisting of the following administrative divisions (the capital Malé is its own administrative division):</p> <ol> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathi-Uthuru_Province" title="Mathi-Uthuru Province" class="mw-redirect">Mathi-Uthuru Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Alif_Atoll" title="Haa Alif Atoll">Haa Alif Atoll</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Haa Dhaalu Atoll">Haa Dhaalu Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaviyani_Atoll" title="Shaviyani Atoll">Shaviyani Atoll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uthuru_Province" title="Uthuru Province" class="mw-redirect">Uthuru Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noonu_Atoll" title="Noonu Atoll">Noonu Atoll</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raa_Atoll" title="Raa Atoll">Raa Atoll</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa_Atoll" title="Baa Atoll">Baa Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani Atoll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medhu-Uthuru_Province" title="Medhu-Uthuru Province" class="mw-redirect">Medhu-Uthuru Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaafu_Atoll" title="Kaafu Atoll">Kaafu Atoll</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alifu_Alifu_Atoll" title="Alifu Alifu Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Alifu Alifu Atoll</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alifu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Alifu Dhaalu Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Alifu Dhaalu Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaavu_Atoll" title="Vaavu Atoll">Vaavu Atoll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medhu_Province" title="Medhu Province" class="mw-redirect">Medhu Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemu_Atoll" title="Meemu Atoll">Meemu Atoll</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faafu_Atoll" title="Faafu Atoll">Faafu Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Dhaalu Atoll">Dhaalu Atoll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medhu-Dhekunu_Province" title="Medhu-Dhekunu Province" class="mw-redirect">Medhu-Dhekunu Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaa_Atoll" title="Thaa Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Thaa Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laamu_Atoll" title="Laamu Atoll">Laamu Atoll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathi-Dhekunu_Province" title="Mathi-Dhekunu Province" class="mw-redirect">Mathi-Dhekunu Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Alifu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Alifu Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Gaafu Alifu Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll">Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhekunu_Province" title="Dhekunu Province" class="mw-redirect">Dhekunu Province</a>; consists of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaviyani_Atoll" title="Gnaviyani Atoll">Gnaviyani Atoll</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a>.</li> </ol> <p>In addition to a name, every administrative division is identified by the Maldivian code letters, such as "<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Alif" title="Haa Alif" class="mw-redirect">Haa Alif</a>" for <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-78"><span>[</span>77<span>]</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_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-78"><span>[</span>77<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Maldives" title="Economy of the Maldives">Economy of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives_treemap.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Maldives_treemap.png/220px-Maldives_treemap.png" width="220" height="172" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Maldives_treemap.png/330px-Maldives_treemap.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Maldives_treemap.png/440px-Maldives_treemap.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="864"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maldives_treemap.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Graphical depiction of Maldives's product exports in 28 color-coded categories.</div> </div> </div> <p>In ancient times the Maldives were renowned for <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowry_shell" title="Cowry shell" class="mw-redirect">cowry shells</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coir" title="Coir">coir</a> rope, dried <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna" title="Tuna">tuna</a> fish (Maldive Fish), <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris" title="Ambergris">ambergris</a> (Maavaharu), and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_de_mer" title="Coco de mer" class="mw-redirect">coco de mer</a> (Tavakkaashi). Local and foreign trading ships used to load these products in Sri Lanka and transport them to other harbours in the Indian Ocean.</p> <p>Historically Maldives provided enormous quantities of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowry" title="Cowry">cowry</a> shells, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_money" title="History of money">an international currency of the early ages</a>. From the 2nd century AD the islands were known as the 'Money Isles' by the Arabs.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span>[</span>78<span>]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive_Islands" title="Maldive Islands">Maldivian</a> cowries were introduced into Africa by western nations during the period of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_trade" title="Slave trade" class="mw-redirect">slave trade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span>[</span>79<span>]</span></a></sup> The cowry is now the symbol of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_Monetary_Authority" title="Maldives Monetary Authority">Maldives Monetary Authority</a>.</p> <p>The Maldivian government began an <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_reform" title="Economic reform" class="mw-redirect">economic reform</a> program in 1989, initially by lifting import quotas and opening some exports to the private sector. Subsequently, it has liberalised regulations to allow more foreign investment. Real GDP growth averaged over 7.5% per year for more than a decade. Today, the Maldives' largest industry is tourism, accounting for 28% of GDP and more than 60% of the Maldives' foreign exchange receipts. Fishing is the second leading sector.</p> <p>The Maldivian economy is to a large degree based on tourism. In late December 2004, the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake" class="mw-redirect">major tsunami</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_on_the_Maldives" title="Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives">left more than 100 dead</a>, 12,000 displaced, and property damage exceeding $400 million. As a result of the tsunami, the GDP contracted by about 3.6% in 2005. A rebound in tourism, post-tsunami reconstruction, and development of new resorts helped the economy recover quickly and showed an 18% increase on 2006. 2013 estimates show Maldivians enjoy the highest GDP (PPP) per capita $11,900 (2013 est) among south Asian countries.</p> <p>Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play a lesser role in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labour. Tourism gave a major boost to the country's fledgling traditional <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage_industries" title="Cottage industries" class="mw-redirect">cottage industries</a> such as mat weaving, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquer" title="Lacquer">lacquer</a> work, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicraft" title="Handicraft">handicraft</a>, and coir rope making. New industries that have since emerged include printing, production of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride" title="Polyvinyl chloride">PVC</a> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_(material)" title="Pipe (material)" class="mw-redirect">pipes</a>, brick making, marine engine repairs, bottling of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerated_water" title="Aerated water">aerated water</a>, and garment production.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tourism_2">Tourism</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Tourism">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Filitheyo_bar.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Filitheyo_bar.jpg/220px-Filitheyo_bar.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Filitheyo_bar.jpg/330px-Filitheyo_bar.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Filitheyo_bar.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Filitheyo island beach with tall palm trees and blue lagoons</div> </div> </div> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Maldives" title="Tourism in the Maldives">Tourism in the Maldives</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_in_the_Maldives" title="Diving in the Maldives">Diving in the Maldives</a></div> <p>The Maldives remained largely unknown to tourists until the early 1970s. Only 185 islands are home to its 300,000 inhabitants. The other islands are used entirely for economic purposes, of which tourism and agriculture are the most dominant. Tourism 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. The development of tourism fostered the overall growth of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span>[</span>80<span>]</span></a></sup> which transformed the Maldives economy.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG/220px-Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG" width="220" height="161" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG/330px-Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Landaa_Giraavaru_vue_du_ciel.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resort_island" title="Resort island" class="mw-redirect">resort island</a> of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landaa_Giraavaru" title="Landaa Giraavaru">Landaa Giraavaru</a> (Baa atoll).</div> </div> </div> <p>According to the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Tourism_(Maldives)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Tourism (Maldives) (page does not exist)">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, 89 resorts in the Maldives offered over 17,000 beds and hosted over 600,000 tourists annually.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span>[</span>81<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The number of resorts increased from 2 to 92 between 1972 and 2007. As of 2007, over 8,380,000 tourists had visited Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span>[</span>82<span>]</span></a></sup> Visitors to Maldives do not need to apply for a visa pre-arrival, regardless of their country of origin, provided they have a valid passport, proof of onward travel, and the money to be self-sufficient while in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-doi_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doi-84"><span>[</span>83<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Most visitors arrive at <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9_International_Airport" title="Malé International Airport" class="mw-redirect">Malé International Airport</a>, on <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulhul%C3%A9" title="Hulhulé" class="mw-redirect">Hulhulé</a> Island, adjacent to the capital Malé. The airport is served by flights to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, Sri Lanka, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha" title="Doha">Doha</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>, Singapore, Istanbul, and major airports in South-East Asia, as well as charters from Europe. <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_International_Airport" title="Gan International Airport">Gan Airport</a>, on the southern atoll of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu</a>, also serves an international flight to <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> several times a week. British Airways offer direct flights to the Maldives around 2–3 times per week.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Fishing_industry">Fishing industry</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Fishing industry">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_Maldives" title="Fishing industry in the Maldives">Fishing industry in the Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg/220px-Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg" width="220" height="157" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg/330px-Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doni_aux_Maldives_cropped.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> A mechanised traditional inter island dhoni stripped of its sails</div> </div> </div> <p>For many centuries the Maldivian economy was entirely dependent on fishing and other <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanisation" title="Mechanisation" class="mw-redirect">mechanisation</a> of the traditional fishing boat called <i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoni" title="Dhoni">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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felivaru" title="Felivaru" class="mw-redirect">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 programs began in the early 1980s, and fisheries education was incorporated into the school curriculum. <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_Economic_Zone" title="Exclusive Economic Zone" class="mw-redirect">Exclusive Economic Zone</a> (EEZ) of the Maldives for fisheries has further enhanced the growth of the fisheries sector.</p> <p>As of 2010, fisheries contributed over 15% of the country's GDP and engaged about 30% of the country's work force. Fisheries were also the second-largest foreign exchange earner after <a href="#Tourism">tourism</a>.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Demographics">Demographics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Maldives" title="Demographics of the Maldives">Demographics of the Maldives</a></div> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"> <div style="width:52px"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" width="50" height="39" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="204"/></a></div> </td> <td class="mbox-text"><span class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>. <span class="hide-when-compact">Please help <a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing/1">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <small><i>(April 2012)</i></small></span></td> </tr> </table> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male-total.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/220px-Male-total.jpg" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/330px-Male-total.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male-total.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a>, the capital of the Maldives</div> </div> </div> <p>The Maldivian ethnic identity is a blend of the cultures reflecting the peoples who settled on the islands, reinforced by religion and language. The earliest settlers were probably from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_India" title="Southern India" class="mw-redirect">southern India</a> and Sri Lanka. They are linguistically and ethnically related to the people in the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>. They are ethnically known as <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_people" title="Dhivehi people" class="mw-redirect">Dhivehis</a>.</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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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> <p>The population doubled by 1978, and the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">population growth</a> rate peaked at 3.4% in 1985. At the 2006 census, the population had reached 298,968,<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span>[</span>84<span>]</span></a></sup> although the census in 2000 showed that the population growth rate had declined to 1.9%. Life expectancy at birth 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 enrollment reached the high 90s. The population was projected to have reached 317,280 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span>[</span>85<span>]</span></a></sup> Within an area of 298 km<sup>2</sup> this gives a population density of 1,065/km<sup>2</sup>. To get this in a wider context, an average population density of 53/km<sup>2</sup> was found for the <b>"</b>World (land only, excluding <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>)<b>"</b> in Wikipedia's <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density">List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density</a> based on data from July 5, 2014.</p> <p>As of April 2008, more than 70,000 foreign employees, along with 33,000 illegal immigrants, comprised more than one third of the Maldivian population.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="reliable source needed for the whole sentence (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Religion">Religion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_Maldives" title="Islam in the Maldives">Islam in the Maldives</a>, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Maldives" title="Buddhism in the Maldives">Buddhism in the Maldives</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_the_Maldives" title="Freedom of religion in the Maldives">Freedom of religion in the Maldives</a></div> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg/220px-Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg/330px-Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg/440px-Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="669"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mosque_of_Hulhumal%C3%A9.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Mosque in <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulhumal%C3%A9" title="Hulhumalé">Hulhumalé</a></div> </div> </div> <p>After the long Buddhist<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span>[</span>86<span>]</span></a></sup> period of Maldivian history, Muslim traders introduced <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni" title="Sunni" class="mw-redirect">Sunni</a> Islam. Maldivians converted to Islam by the mid-12th century. The islands has had a long history of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi" title="Sufi" class="mw-redirect">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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">Saints</a>. They can be seen today next to some old mosques and are considered today as <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_heritage" title="Cultural heritage">cultural heritage</a>. Other aspects of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassawuf" title="Tassawuf" class="mw-redirect">tassawuf</a>, such as ritualised <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhikr" title="Dhikr">dhikr</a> ceremonies called Maulūdu (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a>)—the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a> of which included recitations and certain supplications in a melodical tone—existed until very recent times. These Maulūdu festivals were held in ornate tents specially built for the occasion. At present Sunni Islam is the official religion of the entire population, as adherence to it is required for citizenship.</p> <p>According to Moroccan traveller <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a>, the person responsible for this conversion was a Sunni Muslim visitor named <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abu_al_Barakat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abu al Barakat (page does not exist)">Abu al Barakat</a> sailing from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>. He is also referred to as <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tabrizugefaanu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tabrizugefaanu (page does not exist)">Tabrizugefaanu</a>. His venerated tomb now stands on the grounds of the Friday Mosque, or <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukuru_miskiy" title="Hukuru miskiy" class="mw-redirect">Hukuru miskiy</a>, in Malé. Built in 1656, this is the country's oldest mosque.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Languages">Languages</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Languages">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The official and common language is <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_language" title="Dhivehi language" class="mw-redirect">Dhivehi</a>, an <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_language" title="Indo-Aryan language" class="mw-redirect">Indo-Aryan language</a> having some similarities with <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elu" title="Elu">Elu</a>, the ancient <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language" class="mw-redirect">Sinhalese</a> language. The first known script used to write Dhivehi is <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eveyla_akuru" title="Eveyla akuru" class="mw-redirect">Eveyla akuru</a> script which is found in historical recording of kings (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raadhavalhi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raadhavalhi (page does not exist)">raadhavalhi</a>). Later a script called <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhives_akuru" title="Dhives akuru" class="mw-redirect">Dhives akuru</a> was used for a long period. The present-day script is called <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaana" title="Thaana">Thaana</a> and is written from right to left. Thaana is said to have been introduced by the reign of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Thakurufaanu" title="Mohamed Thakurufaanu" class="mw-redirect">Mohamed Thakurufaanu</a>. English is used widely in commerce and increasingly in government schools.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Largest_cities">Largest cities</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Largest cities">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table class="navbox"> <tr> <th colspan="10" class="navbox-title"> <div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini" style="float: left;height:2.6em;"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Largest_cities_of_the_Maldives" title="Template:Largest cities of the Maldives"><span title="View this template" style="">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Largest_cities_of_the_Maldives" 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male-total.jpg" class="image" title="Malé"><img alt="Malé" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/120px-Male-total.jpg" width="120" height="80" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/180px-Male-total.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Male-total.jpg/240px-Male-total.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg" class="image" title="Addu City"><img alt="Addu City" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg/120px-Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg" width="120" height="82" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg/180px-Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg/240px-Addu_Convention_Centre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="653"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">62,567</td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_harbor_Nattu.jpg" class="image" title="Fuvahmulah"><img alt="Fuvahmulah" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/New_harbor_Nattu.jpg/120px-New_harbor_Nattu.jpg" width="120" height="90" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/New_harbor_Nattu.jpg/180px-New_harbor_Nattu.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ISS011-E-8500.jpg" class="image" title="Kulhudhuffushi"><img alt="Kulhudhuffushi" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/ISS011-E-8500.jpg/120px-ISS011-E-8500.jpg" width="120" height="95" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/ISS011-E-8500.jpg/180px-ISS011-E-8500.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/ISS011-E-8500.jpg/240px-ISS011-E-8500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="264"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulhudhuffushi" title="Kulhudhuffushi">Kulhudhuffushi</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu City</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_Atoll" title="Addu Atoll">Addu Atoll</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">31,999</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvahmulah</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaviyani_Atoll" title="Gnaviyani Atoll">Gnaviyani Atoll</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,857</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulhudhuffushi" title="Kulhudhuffushi">Kulhudhuffushi</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Haa Dhaalu Atoll">Haa Dhaalu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,974</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Thinadhoo (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll">Gaafu Dhaalu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,108</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naifaru" title="Naifaru">Naifaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,133</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinnavaru" title="Hinnavaru">Hinnavaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,676</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laamu_Atoll" title="Laamu Atoll">Laamu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,385</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhuvaafaru" title="Dhuvaafaru">Dhuvaafaru</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raa_Atoll" title="Raa Atoll">Raa</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,368</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background:#f0f0f0;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhidhdhoo" title="Dhidhdhoo" class="mw-redirect">Dhidhdhoo</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Alifu_Atoll" title="Haa Alifu Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Haa Alifu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,848</td> </tr> </table> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_(2012).png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_%282012%29.png/220px-Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_%282012%29.png" width="220" height="133" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_%282012%29.png/330px-Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_%282012%29.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_%282012%29.png/440px-Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_%282012%29.png 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="435"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Largest_cities_or_towns_of_Maldives_(2012).png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Largest cities or towns of Maldives (2012)</div> </div> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Culture">Culture</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Maldives" title="Culture of the Maldives">Culture of the Maldives</a></div> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Maldives" title="Music of the Maldives">Music of the Maldives</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_Folklore" title="Maldivian Folklore" class="mw-redirect">Maldivian Folklore</a></div> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"> <tr> <td 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <small><i>(October 2011)</i></small></span></td> </tr> </table> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dhivehiscript.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Dhivehiscript.svg/220px-Dhivehiscript.svg.png" width="220" height="137" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Dhivehiscript.svg/330px-Dhivehiscript.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Dhivehiscript.svg/440px-Dhivehiscript.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="58" data-file-height="36"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dhivehiscript.svg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Thaana script</div> </div> </div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG/220px-Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG/330px-Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG/440px-Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mal%C3%A9_Mosque.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Centre_(Maldives)" title="Islamic Centre (Maldives)">Islamic Centre</a>, housing the mosque <i>Masjid-al-Sultan <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Thakurufaanu-al-A%27z%27am" title="Mohammed Thakurufaanu-al-A'z'am" class="mw-redirect">Mohammed Thakurufaanu-al-A'z'am</a></i></div> </div> </div> <p>Since the 12th century AD there were also influences from <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia" title="Arabia" class="mw-redirect">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. This was due to the long trading history between the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_east" title="Far east" class="mw-redirect">far east</a> and the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_east" title="Middle east" class="mw-redirect">middle east</a>. <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_people" title="Somali people" class="mw-redirect">Somali</a> travellers discovered the island for gold in the 13th century, before the Portuguese. Their brief stay later ended in a bloody conflict known by the Somalis as "Dagaal Diig Badaaney" in 1424.</p> <p>However, unlike the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka and most of the Arabs, Africans and Europeans whose influence can be seen in borrow-words, material culture, and the diversity of Maldivian phenotype, Maldivians do not have the highly embedded patriarchal codes of honor, purity, corporate marriage, and sedentary private property that are typical of places where agriculture is the key form of subsistence and social relations have been built, historically, around tribute taking.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></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 hypothesized, 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-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span>[</span>87<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Transportation">Transportation</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Transportation">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Nasir_International_Airport" title="Ibrahim Nasir International Airport">Ibrahim Nasir International Airport</a> is the principal gateway to the Maldives. International travel is available on a number of major airlines. Two Maldives based airlines also operate international flights. Privately owned <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEGA_Maldives_Airlines" title="MEGA Maldives Airlines" class="mw-redirect">MEGA Maldives Airlines</a> has Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft and operates frequent services to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Government owned <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Aviation_Services" title="Island Aviation Services" class="mw-redirect">Island Aviation Services</a> (branded as Maldivian) operates to nearly all of Maldives domestic airports with several Dash-8 aircraft and one A320 with international service to Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh.</p> <p>In Maldives there are three main ways to move around: by domestic flight, by <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplane</a> or by boat.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span>[</span>88<span>]</span></a></sup> For several years there were two seaplanes companies operating: TMA, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Maldivian_Airways" title="Trans Maldivian Airways">Trans Maldivian Airways</a>, and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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, flyMe, which operates using ATRs to domestic airports, principally Maamagili and some others. The typical Maldivian boat is called <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoni" title="Dhoni">dhoni</a>. Depending on the distance of the destination island to the airport, resorts organise domestic flight plus boat transfers, seaplane flights directly to the resort island jetty, or speedboat trips for their guests. There are also locally run ferries by large dhoni boats. Speedboats and seaplanes tend to be more expensive, while travel by dhoni, although longer, is relatively cheaper.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_National_University" title="Maldives National University">Maldives National University</a> was inaugurated on February 15, 2011. Previously known as the Maldives College of Higher Education, it was established on January 1 1999, as part of a restructuring and rationalization of all government-run post-secondary education in Maldives. It is the only public degree-granting institution on the nation and offers a range of degrees, diplomas, and certificates, with particular emphasis on engineering, health science, education, tourism, and management.<sup id="cite_ref-mnu.e_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mnu.e-90"><span>[</span>89<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Maldives" title="Outline of Maldives">Outline of Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Maldives-related_articles" title="Index of Maldives-related articles" class="mw-redirect">Index of Maldives-related articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_island_countries" title="List of island countries">List of island countries</a></li> </ul> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks noprint navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:auto 0.5em"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terrestrial_globe.svg" class="image"><img alt="Terrestrial globe.svg" 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/24px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" width="24" height="16" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/36px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/48px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480"/></a></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Maldives" title="Portal:Maldives">Maldives portal</a></span></li> <li style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:auto 0.5em"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg" class="image"><img alt="Icône Ile.svg" 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section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_language" title="Dhivehi language" class="mw-redirect">Dhivehi</a>: <span lang="dv">ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ</span> <i>Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya</i></span></li> </ol> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maldives&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist references-column-width" style="-moz-column-width: 30em; -webkit-column-width: 30em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">Levinson, David (1947). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/http://books.google.mv/books?id=uwi-rv3VV6cC&q=maldives"><i>Ethnic groups worldwide: a ready reference handbook</i></a>. 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Bell</a>, <i>The Maldive Islands, An account of the Physical Features, History, Inhabitants, Productions and Trade</i>. Colombo 1883, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8120612221" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 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 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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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>Djan Sauerborn. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/http://www.apsa.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SSA-4.pdf">"The Archipelago State in Disarray: Internal & External Battle for the Maldives"</a>, Spotlight South Asia, Heidelberg, 2012, ISSN 2195-2787</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Romero-Frias" title="Xavier Romero-Frias" class="mw-redirect">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> </ul> <h2><span 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maldives" title="History of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">History</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent;;background:transparent;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_(Maldives)" title="National Museum (Maldives)">Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_folklore" title="Maldivian folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Maldives" title="Buddhism in the Maldives">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koimala" title="Koimala">Koimala</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maldivian_royal_families" title="Category:Maldivian royal families">Dynasties</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_the_Maldives" title="List of sultans of the Maldives">Sultans</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_constitutional_referendum,_1952" title="Maldivian constitutional referendum, 1952">1952 republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_constitutional_referendum,_1968" title="Maldivian constitutional referendum, 1968">1968 republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Maldives_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1988 Maldives coup d'état">1988 coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Maldives_civil_unrest" title="2003 Maldives civil unrest">2003 civil unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(Maldives)" title="Black Friday (Maldives)">Black Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_on_the_Maldives" title="Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives">2004 tsunami</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Maldives_civil_unrest" title="2005 Maldives civil unrest">2005 civil unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_presidential_election,_2008" title="Maldivian presidential election, 2008">Multi-party democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis" title="2011–12 Maldives political crisis">2011–12 political crisis</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td class="navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:0%;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px"> <div> <div class="floatright"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_Maldives" title="Emblem of Maldives"><img 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities,_towns_and_villages_in_the_Maldives" title="List of cities, towns and villages in the Maldives">Towns and villages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Maldives" title="Wildlife of Maldives">Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_wildlife_of_Baa_Atoll" title="Marine wildlife of Baa Atoll">Baa atoll UNESCO biosphere reserve</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Maldives" title="Politics of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Politics</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Maldives" title="Economy of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Economy</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_aid_to_Maldives" title="Economic aid to Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Economic aid</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_Maldives" title="Fishing industry in the Maldives">Fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industries_in_Maldives" title="Industries in Maldives">Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_rufiyaa" title="Maldivian rufiyaa">Rufiyaa <small style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_Stock_Exchange" title="Maldives Stock Exchange">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_Maldives" title="Telecommunications in the Maldives">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Maldives" title="Tourism in Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Maldives" title="Transport in Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Transport</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Maldives" title="List of airports in Maldives" class="mw-redirect">airports</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_Maldives" title="Islam in the Maldives">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_language" title="Dhivehi language" class="mw-redirect">Language</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_writing_systems" title="Dhivehi writing systems" class="mw-redirect">scripts</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Maldives" title="Music of Maldives" class="mw-redirect">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sport_in_the_Maldives" title="Category:Sport in the Maldives">Sports</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="padding:0.25em;"> <div> <div style="margin-top:0;line-height:1.4em;margin-bottom:-0.2em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Maldives" title="Outline of Maldives">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Maldives-related_articles" title="Index of Maldives-related articles" class="mw-redirect">Index</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="margin-top:-0.2em;line-height:1.4em;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Maldives" title="Book:Maldives">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maldives" title="Category:Maldives">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Maldives" title="Portal:Maldives">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maldives" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Maldives">WikiProject</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%">Articles related to the Maldives</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;padding:0px;font-size:113%;"> <div style="padding:0px;"> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gnome-globe.svg" class="image"><img alt="Gnome-globe.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gnome-globe.svg/25px-Gnome-globe.svg.png" width="25" height="25" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gnome-globe.svg/38px-Gnome-globe.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gnome-globe.svg/50px-Gnome-globe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></a><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> </span> Geographic locale</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;padding:0px;font-size:113%;"> <div style="padding:0px;"> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Islands_of_the_Maldives" title="Template:Islands of the Maldives"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Islands_of_the_Maldives" title="Template talk:Islands of the Maldives"><span title="Discuss this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Islands_of_the_Maldives&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_maldives#Island" title="Administrative divisions of the maldives" class="mw-redirect">Island-level constituencies</a> of the <strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Alif_Atoll" title="Haa Alif Atoll">Haa Alif</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarah" title="Baarah">Baarah</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhiddhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Dhiddhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Dhiddhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filladhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Filladhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)">Filladhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarafushi_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Hoarafushi (Haa Alif Atoll)">Hoarafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihavandhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Ihavandhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)">Ihavandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelaa_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Kelaa (Haa Alif Atoll)">Kelaa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarandhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Maarandhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)">Maarandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulhadhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Mulhadhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)">Mulhadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muraidhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Muraidhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)">Muraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakandhoo_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Thakandhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)">Thakandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuraakunu_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Thuraakunu (Haa Alif Atoll)">Thuraakunu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uligamu_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Uligamu (Haa Alif Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Uligamu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utheemu_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Utheemu (Haa Alif Atoll)">Utheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashafaru_(Haa_Alif_Atoll)" title="Vashafaru (Haa Alif Atoll)">Vashafaru</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Haa Dhaalu Atoll">Haa Dhaalu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finey_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Finey (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Finey</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanimaadhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Hanimaadhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Hanimaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirimaradhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Hirimaradhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Hirimaradhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulhudhuffushi" title="Kulhudhuffushi">Kulhudhuffushi</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumundhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Kumundhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Kumundhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurinbi_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Kurinbi (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Kurinbi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makunudhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Makunudhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Makunudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naivaadhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Naivaadhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Naivaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellaidhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Nellaidhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Nellaidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neykurendhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Neykurendhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Neykurendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolhivaram_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Nolhivaram (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Nolhivaram</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolhivaranfaru" title="Nolhivaranfaru">Nolhivaranfaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaikaradhoo_(Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Vaikaradhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)">Vaikaradhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaviyani_Atoll" title="Shaviyani Atoll">Shaviyani</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bileffahi_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Bileffahi (Shaviyani Atoll)">Bileffahi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feevah_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Feevah (Shaviyani Atoll)">Feevah</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feydhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Feydhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Feydhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foakaidhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Foakaidhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Foakaidhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funadhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Funadhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Funadhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goidhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Goidhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Goidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanditheemu_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Kanditheemu (Shaviyani Atoll)">Kanditheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komandoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Komandoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Komandoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhaimagu_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Lhaimagu (Shaviyani Atoll)">Lhaimagu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaungoodhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Maaungoodhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Maaungoodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroshi_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Maroshi (Shaviyani Atoll)">Maroshi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milandhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Milandhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Milandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narudhoo_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Narudhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)">Narudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noomaraa_(Shaviyani_Atoll)" title="Noomaraa (Shaviyani Atoll)">Noomaraa</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noonu_Atoll" title="Noonu Atoll">Noonu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foddhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Foddhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Foddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henbandhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Henbandhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Henbandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holhudhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Holhudhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Holhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendhikolhudhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Kendhikolhudhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Kendhikolhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudafaree_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Kudafaree (Noonu Atoll)">Kudafaree</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Landhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Landhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhohi_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Lhohi (Noonu Atoll)">Lhohi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maafaru_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Maafaru (Noonu Atoll)">Maafaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalhendhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Maalhendhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Maalhendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magoodhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Magoodhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Magoodhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manadhoo" title="Manadhoo">Manadhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miladhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Miladhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Miladhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velidhoo_(Noonu_Atoll)" title="Velidhoo (Noonu Atoll)">Velidhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raa_Atoll" title="Raa Atoll">Raa</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alifushi" title="Alifushi">Alifushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolhitheemu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Angolhitheemu (Raa Atoll)">Angolhitheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhuvaafaru" title="Dhuvaafaru">Dhuvaafaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Fainu (Raa Atoll)">Fainu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulhudhuffaaru_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Hulhudhuffaaru (Raa Atoll)">Hulhudhuffaaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inguraidhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Inguraidhoo (Raa Atoll)">Inguraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innamaadhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Innamaadhoo (Raa Atoll)">Innamaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinolhas_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Kinolhas (Raa Atoll)">Kinolhas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maakurathu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Maakurathu (Raa Atoll)">Maakurathu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maduvvaree_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Maduvvaree (Raa Atoll)">Maduvvaree</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meedhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Meedhoo (Raa Atoll)">Meedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasgetheemu_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Rasgetheemu (Raa Atoll)">Rashgetheemu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmaadhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Rasmaadhoo (Raa Atoll)">Rasmaadhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungoofaaru" title="Ungoofaaru">Ungoofaaru</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaadhoo_(Raa_Atoll)" title="Vaadhoo (Raa Atoll)">Vaadhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa_Atoll" title="Baa Atoll">Baa</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharavandhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Dharavandhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Dharavandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhonfanu_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Dhonfanu (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Dhonfanu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eydhafushi" title="Eydhafushi">Eydhafushi</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehendhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Fehendhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Fehendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulhadhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Fulhadhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Fulhadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goidhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Goidhoo (Baa Atoll)">Goidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hithaadhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Hithaadhoo (Baa Atoll)">Hithaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Kamadhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Kamadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Kendhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Kendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihaadhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Kihaadhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Kihaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudarikilu_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Kudarikilu (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Kudarikilu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalhos_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Maalhos (Baa Atoll)">Maalhos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulhaadhoo_(Baa_Atoll)" title="Thulhaadhoo (Baa Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Thulhaadhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinnavaru" title="Hinnavaru">Hinnavaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurendhoo_(Lhaviyani_Atoll)" title="Kurendhoo (Lhaviyani Atoll)">Kurendhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naifaru" title="Naifaru">Naifaru</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olhuvelifushi_(Lhaviyani_Atoll)" title="Olhuvelifushi (Lhaviyani Atoll)">Olhuvelifushi</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaafu_Atoll" title="Kaafu Atoll">Kaafu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhiffushi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Dhiffushi (Kaafu Atoll)">Dhiffushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafaru_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)">Gaafaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulhi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Gulhi (Kaafu Atoll)">Gulhi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guraidhoo_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Guraidhoo (Kaafu Atoll)">Guraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmafushi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Himmafushi (Kaafu Atoll)">Himmafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huraa_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Huraa (Kaafu Atoll)">Huraa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaashidhoo_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Kaashidhoo (Kaafu Atoll)">Kaashidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maafushi_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Maafushi (Kaafu Atoll)">Maafushi</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulusdhoo_(Kaafu_Atoll)" title="Thulusdhoo (Kaafu Atoll)">Thulusdhoo</a></b></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alif_Alif_Atoll" title="Alif Alif Atoll">Alif Alif</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodufulhadhoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Bodufulhadhoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Bodufulhadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feridhoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Feridhoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Feridhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himandhoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Himandhoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Himandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalhos_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Maalhos (Alif Alif Atoll)">Maalhos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathiveri_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Mathiveri (Alif Alif Atoll)">Mathiveri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasdhoo" title="Rasdhoo">Rasdhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoddoo_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Thoddoo (Alif Alif Atoll)">Thoddoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulhas_(Alif_Alif_Atoll)" title="Ukulhas (Alif Alif Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Ukulhas</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alif_Dhaal_Atoll" title="Alif Dhaal Atoll">Alif Dhaalu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhangethi_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Dhangethi (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Dhangethi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhiddhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Dhiddhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Dhiddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhigurah_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Dhigurah (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Dhigurah</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenfushi_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Fenfushi (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Fenfushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggnaameedhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Haggnaameedhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Hangnaameedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunburudhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Kunburudhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Kunburudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maamingili_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Maamingili (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Maamingili</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahibadhoo" title="Mahibadhoo">Mahibadhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Mandhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Mandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omadhoo_(Alif_Dhaal_Atoll)" title="Omadhoo (Alif Dhaal Atoll)">Omadhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaavu_Atoll" title="Vaavu Atoll">Vaavu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidhoo" title="Felidhoo">Felidhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulidhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Fulidhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Fulidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyodhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Keyodhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Keyodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakeedhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Rakeedhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Rakeedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Vaavu_Atoll)" title="Thinadhoo (Vaavu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemu_Atoll" title="Meemu Atoll">Meemu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhiggaru_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Dhiggaru (Meemu Atoll)">Dhiggaru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhufushi_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Kolhufushi (Meemu Atoll)">Kolhufushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maduvvaree_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Maduvvaree (Meemu Atoll)">Maduvvaree</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulah" title="Mulah">Mulah</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muli,_Meemu_Atoll" title="Muli, Meemu Atoll">Muli</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naalaafushi_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Naalaafushi (Meemu Atoll)">Naalaafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimmandhoo_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Raimmandhoo (Meemu Atoll)">Raimmandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veyvah_(Meemu_Atoll)" title="Veyvah (Meemu Atoll)">Veyvah</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faafu_Atoll" title="Faafu Atoll">Faafu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bileddhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Bileddhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Bileddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharanboodhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Dharanboodhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Dharanboodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeali_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Feeali (Faafu Atoll)">Feeali</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magoodhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Magoodhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Magoodhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilandhoo_(Faafu_Atoll)" title="Nilandhoo (Faafu Atoll)">Nilandhoo</a></b></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Dhaalu Atoll">Dhaalu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandidhoo_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Bandidhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)">Bandidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulhudheli_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Hulhudheli (Dhaalu Atoll)">Hulhudheli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudahuvadhoo" title="Kudahuvadhoo">Kudahuvadhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaenboodhoo" title="Maaenboodhoo">Maaenboodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meedhoo_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Meedhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)">Meedhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinbudhoo_(Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Rinbudhoo (Dhaalu Atoll)">Rinbudhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaa_Atoll" title="Thaa Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Thaa</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burunee_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Burunee (Thaa Atoll)">Burunee</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhiyamingili_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Dhiyamingili (Thaa Atoll)">Dhiyamingili</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaadhiffushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Gaadhiffushi (Thaa Atoll)">Gaadhiffushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guraidhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Guraidhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Guraidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirilandhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Hirilandhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Hirilandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandoodhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Kandoodhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Kandoodhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinbidhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Kinbidhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Kinbidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madifushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Madifushi (Thaa Atoll)">Madifushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omadhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Omadhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Omadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimarafushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Thimarafushi (Thaa Atoll)">Thimarafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandhoo_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Vandhoo (Thaa Atoll)">Vandhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veymandoo" title="Veymandoo">Veymandoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilufushi_(Thaa_Atoll)" title="Vilufushi (Thaa Atoll)">Vilufushi</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laamu_Atoll" title="Laamu Atoll">Laamu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbidhoo" title="Dhanbidhoo">Dhanbidhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonadhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Fonadhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Fonadhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaadhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gaadhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Gaadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Gan (Laamu Atoll)">Gan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hithadhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Hithadhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Hithadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Isdhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Isdhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaidhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Kalaidhoo (Laamu Atoll)" class="mw-redirect">Kalaidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunahandhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Kunahandhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Kunahandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maabaidhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Maabaidhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Maabaidhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maamendhoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Maamendhoo (Laamu Atoll)">Maamendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maavah_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Maavah (Laamu Atoll)">Maavah</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundoo_(Laamu_Atoll)" title="Mundoo (Laamu Atoll)">Mundoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Alif_Atoll" title="Gaafu Alif Atoll">Gaafu Alif</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaandhoo" title="Dhaandhoo">Dhaandhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhevvadhoo" title="Dhevvadhoo">Dhevvadhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemanafushi" title="Gemanafushi">Gemanafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanduhulhudhoo" title="Kanduhulhudhoo">Kanduhulhudhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolamaafushi" title="Kolamaafushi">Kolamaafushi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondey" title="Kondey">Kondey</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maamendhoo_(Gaafu_Alif_Atoll)" title="Maamendhoo (Gaafu Alif Atoll)">Maamendhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilandhoo_(Gaafu_Alif_Atoll)" title="Nilandhoo (Gaafu Alif Atoll)">Nilandhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villingili_(Gaafu_Alif_Atoll)" title="Villingili (Gaafu Alif Atoll)">Vilingili</a></b></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll">Gaafu Dhaalu</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fares-Maathodaa" title="Fares-Maathodaa">Fares-Maathodaa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiyoaree" title="Fiyoaree">Fiyoaree</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaddhoo" title="Gaddhoo">Gaddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoandeddhoo" title="Hoandeddhoo">Hoandeddhoo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madaveli" title="Madaveli">Madaveli</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadellaa" title="Nadellaa">Nadellaa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathafandhoo" title="Rathafandhoo">Rathafandhoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinadhoo_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Thinadhoo (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)">Thinadhoo</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaadhoo_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll)" title="Vaadhoo (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)">Vaadhoo</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaviyani_Atoll" title="Gnaviyani Atoll">Gnaviyani</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><b><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuvahmulah" title="Fuvahmulah">Fuvammulah</a></b> ( <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhadimagu" title="Dhadimagu">Dhadimagu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhiguvaandu" title="Dhiguvaandu">Dhiguvaandu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoondigan" title="Dhoondigan">Dhoondigan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funaadu" title="Funaadu">Funaadu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoadhadu" title="Hoadhadu">Hoadhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maadhadu" title="Maadhadu">Maadhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalegan" title="Maalegan">Maalegan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskiymagu" title="Miskiymagu">Miskiymagu</a> )</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"> <div>The capitals of each atoll are in <b>bold</b>. This list excludes first-level administrative divisions, <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a> and <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addu_City" title="Addu City">Addu</a> cities.</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Atolls_of_the_Maldives" title="Template:Atolls of the Maldives"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Atolls_of_the_Maldives" 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Alif_Atoll" title="Haa Alif Atoll">Haa Alif</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haa_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Haa Dhaalu Atoll">Haa Dhaalu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaviyani_Atoll" title="Shaviyani Atoll">Shaviyani</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noonu_Atoll" title="Noonu Atoll">Noonu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raa_Atoll" title="Raa Atoll">Raa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa_Atoll" title="Baa Atoll">Baa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhaviyani_Atoll" title="Lhaviyani Atoll">Lhaviyani</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaafu_Atoll" title="Kaafu Atoll">Kaafu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alif_Alif_Atoll" title="Alif Alif Atoll">Alif Alif</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alif_Dhaal_Atoll" title="Alif Dhaal Atoll">Alif Dhaal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaavu_Atoll" title="Vaavu Atoll">Vaavu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemu_Atoll" title="Meemu Atoll">Meemu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faafu_Atoll" title="Faafu Atoll">Faafu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Dhaalu Atoll">Dhaalu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaa_Atoll" title="Thaa Atoll" class="mw-redirect">Thaa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laamu_Atoll" title="Laamu Atoll">Laamu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Alif_Atoll" title="Gaafu Alif Atoll">Gaafu Alif</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll" title="Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll">Gaafu Dhaalu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaviyani_Atoll" title="Gnaviyani Atoll">Gnaviyani</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td class="navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:0%;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px"> <div><span class="flagicon"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives"><img alt="Maldives" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/90px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" width="90" height="60" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/135px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/180px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" 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bordering the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> <ul> <li><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a></i></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues" title="Rodrigues">Rodrigues</a></i> <small style="font-size:85%;">(Mauritius)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a></i> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">Unrecognized</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></i>, <small style="font-size:85%;">Tanzania</small></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td class="navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:0%;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px"> <div><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indianocean.PNG" class="image" title="Map of the Indian Ocean"><img alt="Map of the Indian Ocean" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Indianocean.PNG/100px-Indianocean.PNG" width="100" height="100" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Indianocean.PNG/150px-Indianocean.PNG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Indianocean.PNG/200px-Indianocean.PNG 2x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="330"/></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">Timor-Leste</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Other</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><i><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a></i> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a></li> <li><a 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" width="23" height="13" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a 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title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td class="navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:0%;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;padding: 0 0.5em;"> <div><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asia_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="image"><img alt="Asia (orthographic projection).svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/100px-Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" width="100" 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title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> 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title="Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front_(Misuari_faction)" title="Moro National Liberation Front (Misuari faction)" class="mw-redirect">Moro National Liberation Front</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">International<br/> organizations</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></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> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SAARC_summits" title="List of SAARC summits">Past summits</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_SAARC_summit" title="17th SAARC summit">Addu 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_SAARC_summit" title="18th SAARC summit">Kathmandu 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_SAARC_summit" title="19th SAARC summit">Islamabad 2016</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Members</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" 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srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/18px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" width="18" height="22" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/27px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/36px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885"/>   </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Observers</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" width="23" height="13" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://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><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma" title="Burma">Burma</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:World_Trade_Organization" title="Template:World Trade 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key events</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Issues</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_World_Trade_Organization" title="Criticism of the World Trade Organization">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round" title="Doha Development Round">Doha Development Round</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_issues" title="Singapore issues">Singapore issues</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quota_Elimination" title="Quota Elimination">Quota Elimination</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Clause" title="Peace 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Procurement">Government Procurement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Agreement" title="Information Technology Agreement">Information Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrakech_Agreement" title="Marrakech Agreement" class="mw-redirect">Marrakech Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Declaration" title="Doha Declaration">Doha Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_Package" title="Bali Package">Bali Package</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerial_Conference" title="Ministerial Conference">Ministerial<br/> Conferences</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1996" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1996">1st (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1998" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1998">2nd (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999">3rd (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2001" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2001">4th (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2003" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003">5th (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005">6th (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2009" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2009">7th (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2011" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2011">8th (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2013" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013">9th (2013)</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">People</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Lamy" title="Pascal Lamy">Pascal Lamy</a> (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director-General_of_the_World_Trade_Organization" title="Director-General of the World Trade Organization">Director-General</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Azev%C3%AAdo" title="Roberto Azevêdo">Roberto Azevêdo</a> (Elected Director-General)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supachai_Panitchpakdi" title="Supachai Panitchpakdi">Supachai Panitchpakdi</a> (Former Director-General)</li> <li>Deputy Directors-General: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jara" title="Alejandro Jara">Alejandro Jara</a></li> <li>Valentine Rugwabiza</li> <li>Harsha Singh</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Yerxa" title="Rufus Yerxa">Rufus Yerxa</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Members</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Algeria" title="Economy of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Angola" title="Economy of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Economy of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Argentina" title="Economy of Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Armenia" title="Economy of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Australia" title="Economy of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bahrain" title="Economy of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh" title="Economy of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Barbados" title="Economy of Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Belize" title="Economy of Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Benin" title="Economy of Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bolivia" title="Economy of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Botswana" title="Economy of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Brazil" title="Economy of Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Brunei" title="Economy of Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Economy of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Burma" title="Economy of Burma">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Burundi" title="Economy of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cambodia" title="Economy of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cameroon" title="Economy of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada" title="Economy of Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cape_Verde" title="Economy of Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Economy of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Chad" title="Economy of Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Chile" title="Economy of Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China" title="Economy of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Colombia" title="Economy of Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Economy of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Costa_Rica" title="Economy of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" title="Economy of Côte d'Ivoire" class="mw-redirect">Côte d'Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cuba" title="Economy of Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Djibouti" title="Economy of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Dominica" title="Economy of Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Economy of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Ecuador" title="Economy of Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Egypt" title="Economy of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_El_Salvador" title="Economy of El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union" title="Economy of the European Union">European Union</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Fiji" title="Economy of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Gabon" title="Economy of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Gambia" title="Economy of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Economy of Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Ghana" title="Economy of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Grenada" title="Economy of Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Guatemala" title="Economy of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Guinea" title="Economy of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Economy of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Guyana" title="Economy of Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Haiti" title="Economy of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Honduras" title="Economy of Honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Hong_Kong" title="Economy of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>²</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland" title="Economy of Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_India" title="Economy of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Indonesia" title="Economy of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel" title="Economy of Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Jamaica" title="Economy of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Japan" title="Economy of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Jordan" title="Economy of Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Kenya" title="Economy of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea#Economy" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Kuwait" title="Economy of Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Economy of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Lesotho" title="Economy of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Liechtenstein" title="Economy of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Macau" title="Economy of Macau">Macau</a>²</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia" title="Economy of the Republic of Macedonia">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Madagascar" title="Economy of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Malawi" title="Economy of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Malaysia" title="Economy of Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Maldives" title="Economy of the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mali" title="Economy of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mauritania" title="Economy of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mauritius" title="Economy of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mexico" title="Economy of Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Moldova" title="Economy of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mongolia" title="Economy of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Montenegro" title="Economy of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Morocco" title="Economy of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mozambique" title="Economy of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Namibia" title="Economy of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nepal" title="Economy of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_New_Zealand" title="Economy of New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nicaragua" title="Economy of Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Niger" title="Economy of Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nigeria" title="Economy of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Norway" title="Economy of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Oman" title="Economy of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Pakistan" title="Economy of Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Panama" title="Economy of Panama">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Economy of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Paraguay" title="Economy of Paraguay">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Peru" title="Economy of Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines" title="Economy of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Qatar" title="Economy of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia" title="Economy of Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Rwanda" title="Economy of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Saint_Lucia" title="Economy of Saint Lucia">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Samoa" title="Economy of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Economy of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Senegal" title="Economy of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Economy of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Singapore" title="Economy of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Solomon_Islands" title="Economy of the Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Africa" title="Economy of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Economy of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Suriname" title="Economy of Suriname">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Swaziland" title="Economy of Swaziland">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Switzerland" title="Economy of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan" title="Economy of Taiwan">Taiwan</a>³</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Tanzania" title="Economy of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Thailand" title="Economy of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Togo" title="Economy of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Tonga" title="Economy of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Economy of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Tunisia" title="Economy of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Turkey" title="Economy of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Uganda" title="Economy of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Ukraine" title="Economy of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Economy of the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Uruguay" title="Economy of Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Venezuela" title="Economy of Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam" title="Economy of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Zambia" title="Economy of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Zimbabwe" title="Economy of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li> </ul> <hr/> <p><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%">1. All twenty-eight member states of the <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> are also members of the WTO in their own right:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Austria" title="Economy of Austria">Austria</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Belgium" title="Economy of Belgium">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bulgaria" title="Economy of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Croatia" title="Economy of Croatia">Croatia</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cyprus" title="Economy of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Economy of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Denmark" title="Economy of Denmark">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Estonia" title="Economy of Estonia">Estonia</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Finland" title="Economy of Finland">Finland</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_France" title="Economy of France">France</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Germany" title="Economy of Germany">Germany</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Greece" title="Economy of Greece">Greece</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Hungary" title="Economy of Hungary">Hungary</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Italy" title="Economy of Italy">Italy</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Latvia" title="Economy of Latvia">Latvia</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Lithuania" title="Economy of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Luxembourg" title="Economy of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Malta" title="Economy of Malta">Malta</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Netherlands" title="Economy of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Poland" title="Economy of Poland">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Portugal" title="Economy of Portugal">Portugal</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Romania" title="Economy of Romania">Romania</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Slovakia" title="Economy of Slovakia">Slovakia</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Slovenia" title="Economy of Slovenia">Slovenia</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Spain" title="Economy of Spain">Spain</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Sweden" title="Economy of Sweden">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economy of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-align:left; font-size:85%">2. <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_administrative_region_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China" class="mw-redirect">Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China</a>, participates as "Hong Kong, China" and "Macao China". 3. Officially the Republic of China, participates as "<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu</a>"</span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Commonwealth" title="Template:The Commonwealth"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:The_Commonwealth" title="Template talk:The Commonwealth"><span 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> <small>(<i>suspended</i>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland" title="Swaziland">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependencies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">Australia</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">New Zealand</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">United Kingdom</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"> <div>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="India and the Non-Aligned Movement">India and the Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yugoslavia_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement (page does not exist)">Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egypt_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement (page does not exist)">Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Structure</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Organizations</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAM_News_Network" title="NAM News Network">NAM News Network</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Principles</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Principles_of_Peaceful_Coexistence" title="Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence">Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Summits</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Foreign_Ministers_Conference" title="Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference">Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">People</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito#Non-Alignment" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser#Adoption_of_neutralism" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser">Gamal Abdel Nasser</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houari_Boumediene#Foreign_policy" title="Houari Boumediene">Houari Boumediene</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro#Foreign_wars_and_NAM_Presidency:_1975.E2.80.931979" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela#Foreign_affairs" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi#Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Mohamed Morsi">Mohamed Morsi</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks plainlist collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Portuguese_overseas_empire" title="Template:Portuguese overseas empire"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Portuguese_overseas_empire" title="Template talk:Portuguese overseas empire"><span title="Discuss this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <table class="multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>15th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1415–1640</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1458–1550</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Alcácer Ceguer <span style="font-size:90%;">(El Qsar es Seghir)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1471–1550</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilah" title="Asilah">Arzila <span style="font-size:90%;">(Asilah)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1471–1662</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier" title="Tangier">Tangier</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1485–1550</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan <span style="font-size:90%;">(El Jadida)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1487–16th century</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouadane" title="Ouadane">Ouadane</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1488–1541</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safi,_Morocco" title="Safi, Morocco">Safim <span style="font-size:90%;">(Safi)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1489</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graciosa_fortress" title="Graciosa fortress">Graciosa</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>16th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1505–1541</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir">Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué <span style="font-size:90%;">(Agadir)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1506–1525</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essaouira" title="Essaouira">Mogador <span style="font-size:90%;">(Essaouira)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1506–1525</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souira_Guedima" title="Souira Guedima">Aguz <span style="font-size:90%;">(Souira Guedima)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1506–1769</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan <span style="font-size:90%;">(El Jadida)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1513–1541</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azamor <span style="font-size:90%;">(Azemmour)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdya" title="Mehdya">São João da Mamora <span style="font-size:90%;">(Mehdya)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1577–1589</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilah" title="Asilah">Arzila <span style="font-size:90%;">(Asilah)</span></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="navbox-image" rowspan="13" style="width:0%;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px"> <div><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png" class="image" title="Anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999)"><img alt="Anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999)" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png/300px-Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png" width="300" height="132" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png/450px-Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320075724im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png/600px-Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="625"/></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style=";background:transparent;text-align:left;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%">Sub-Saharan Africa</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <table class="multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>15th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1455–1633</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguin" title="Arguin">Anguim</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1462–1975</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Cape_Verde" title="Portuguese Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1470–1975</td> <td><span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_Island" title="São Tomé Island">São Tomé</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1471–1975</td> <td><span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Príncipe">Príncipe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1474–1778</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annob%C3%B3n_Province" title="Annobón Province">Annobón</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1478–1778</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioko" title="Bioko">Fernando Poo <span style="font-size:90%;">(Bioko)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1482–1637</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina <span style="font-size:90%;">(São Jorge da Mina)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1482–1642</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Gold_Coast" title="Portuguese Gold Coast">Portuguese Gold Coast</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1508–1547<sup><small>2</small></sup></td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1498–1540</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_Islands" title="Mascarene Islands">Mascarene Islands</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>16th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1500–1630</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malindi" title="Malindi">Malindi</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1501–1975</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Mozambique" title="Portuguese Mozambique">Portuguese Mozambique</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1502–1659</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1503–1698</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1505–1512</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilwa_Kisiwani" title="Kilwa Kisiwani">Quíloa <span style="font-size:90%;">(Kilwa)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1506–1511</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra" title="Socotra">Socotra</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1557–1578</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1575–1975</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Angola" title="Portuguese Angola">Portuguese Angola</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1588–1974</td> <td><span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacheu" title="Cacheu">Cacheu</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></span></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1593–1698</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombassa <span style="font-size:90%;">(Mombasa)</span></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>17th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1645–1888</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziguinchor" title="Ziguinchor">Ziguinchor</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1680–1961</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_de_Ajud%C3%A1" title="São João Baptista de Ajudá" class="mw-redirect">São João Baptista de Ajudá</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1687–1974</td> <td><span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></span></td> </tr> </table> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>18th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1728–1729</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombassa <span style="font-size:90%;">(Mombasa)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1753–1975</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td> </tr> </table> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>19th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1879–1974</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1885–1975</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinda_Province" title="Cabinda Province">Portuguese Congo</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="plainlist" style="padding:0.5em 0 0.75em 0.25em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.2em;"> <ul> <li><sup><small>1</small></sup> Part of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> from 1753.</li> <li><sup><small>2</small></sup> Or 1600.</li> <li><sup><small>3</small></sup> A factory (<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anosy_Region" title="Anosy Region">Anosy Region</a>) and small temporary coastal bases.</li> <li><sup><small>4</small></sup> Part of <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a> from 1879.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style=";background:transparent;text-align:left;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%">Southwest Asia</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <table class="multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>16th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1506–1615</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Gamru <span style="font-size:90%;">(Bandar Abbas)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1507–1643</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohar" title="Sohar">Sohar</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515–1622</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormus" title="Ormus">Hormuz <span style="font-size:90%;">(Ormus)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515–1648</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qurayyat,_Oman" title="Qurayyat, Oman">Quriyat</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalhat" title="Qalhat">Qalhat</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515–1650</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat,_Oman" title="Muscat, Oman">Muscat</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515?–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barka,_Oman" title="Barka, Oman">Barka</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1515–1633?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_al-Khaimah" title="Ras al-Khaimah">Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah)</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1521–1602</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muharraq" title="Muharraq">Muharraq</a> • <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a>)</span></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1521–1529?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1521?–1551?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarout_Island" title="Tarout Island">Tarut Island</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1550–1551</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1588–1648</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttrah" title="Muttrah">Matrah</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>17th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1620–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khor_Fakkan" title="Khor Fakkan">Khor Fakkan</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1621?–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeb" title="Seeb">As Sib</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1621–1622</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm">Qeshm</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1623–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasab" title="Khasab">Khasab</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1623–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidiyah" title="Bidiyah">Libedia</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1624–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalba" title="Kalba">Kalba</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1624–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madha" title="Madha">Madha</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1624–1648</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibba_Al-Hisn" title="Dibba Al-Hisn">Dibba Al-Hisn</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1624?–?</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong,_Iran" title="Kong, Iran">Bandar-e Kong</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style=";background:transparent;text-align:left;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%">Indian subcontinent</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <table class="multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>15th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1498–1545</td> <td> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Laccadive Islands<br/> <span style="font-size:90%;">(Lakshadweep)</span></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>16th century</b></span><br/> <a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1500–1663</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Cochim <span style="font-size:90%;">(Kochi)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1501–1663</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Cannanore <span style="font-size:90%;">(Kannur)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;"> • 1502–1658<br/> <span style="padding-left:0.65em;"> </span>1659–1661</div> </td> <td> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Quilon<br/> <span style="font-size:90%;">(Coulão / Kollam)</span></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1502–1661</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallippuram,_Ernakulam" title="Pallippuram, Ernakulam">Pallipuram <span style="font-size:90%;">(Cochin de Cima)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1507–1657</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">Negapatam <span style="font-size:90%;">(Nagapatnam)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1510–1961</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;"> • 1512–1525<br/> <span style="padding-left:0.65em;"> </span>1750</div> </td> <td> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Calicut<br/> <span style="font-size:90%;">(Kozhikode)</span></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1518–1619</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulicat" title="Pulicat">Portuguese Paliacate outpost <span style="font-size:90%;">(Pulicat)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1521–1740</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaul" title="Chaul">Chaul</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> </td> <td>(Portuguese India)</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1523–1662</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1528–1666</td> <td> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_settlement_in_Chittagong" title="Portuguese settlement in Chittagong">Chittagong<br/> <span style="font-size:90%;">(Porto Grande De Bengala)</span></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1531–1571</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaul" title="Chaul">Chaul</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1531–1571</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beypore" title="Beypore">Chalé</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1534–1601</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsette_Island" title="Salsette Island">Salsette Island</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1534–1661</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay <span style="font-size:90%;">(Mumbai)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1535</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1535–1739</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasai-Virar" title="Vasai-Virar">Baçaím <span style="font-size:90%;">(Vasai-Virar)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1536–1662</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Cranganore <span style="font-size:90%;">(Kodungallur)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1540–1612</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1548–1658</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoothukudi" title="Thoothukudi">Tuticorin <span style="font-size:90%;">(Thoothukudi)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1559–1961</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1568–1659</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> </td> <td>(Portuguese India)</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1579–1632</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1598–1610</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam">Masulipatnam <span style="font-size:90%;">(Machilipatnam)</span></a></td> </tr> </table> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1518–1521</td> <td><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1518–1658</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Ceylon" title="Portuguese Ceylon">Portuguese Ceylon <span style="font-size:90%;">(Sri Lanka)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1558–1573</td> <td><strong class="selflink">Maldives</strong></td> </tr> </table> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>17th century</b></span><br/> Portuguese India</p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1687–1749</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a></td> </tr> </table> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>18th century</b></span><br/> Portuguese India</p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1779–1954</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style=";background:transparent;text-align:left;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%">East Asia and Oceania</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <table class="multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="width: 33.33%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>16th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1511–1641</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Malacca" title="Portuguese Malacca">Portuguese Malacca</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1512–1621</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maluku_Islands" title="Maluku Islands">Maluku</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1522–1575</td> <td><span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternate" title="Ternate">Ternate</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1576–1605</td> <td><span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambon_Island" title="Ambon Island">Ambon</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> • 1578–1650</td> <td><span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidore" title="Tidore">Tidore</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1512–1665</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makassar" title="Makassar">Makassar</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1537–1999</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Macau</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1571–1639</td> <td><a href="/web/20150320075724/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejima" title="Dejima">Decima <span style="font-size:90%;">(Dejima / Nagasaki)</span></a></td> </tr> </table> <p><span style="font-size:110%;"><b>17th century</b></span></p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td>1642–1975</td> <td><span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a 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lang="ga" hreflang="ga">Gaeilge</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny_Maldeevaghyn" title="Ny Maldeevaghyn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv">Gaelg</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivler" title="Maldivler – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag">Gagauz</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_Mhaladaibh" title="Na h-Eileanan Mhaladaibh – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd">Gàidhlig</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl">Galego</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A2-ng%C3%AC-thoi-f%C3%BB" title="Mâ-ngì-thoi-fû – Hakka" lang="hak" hreflang="hak">客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BD" title="Мальдивмудин Орн – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal">Хальмг</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%B0%EB%94%94%EB%B8%8C" title="몰디브 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko">한국어</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha">Hausa</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladiwa" title="Maladiwa – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw">Hawai`i</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Հայերեն</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">हिन्दी</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb">Hornjoserbsce</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr">Hrvatski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io">Ido</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldibas" title="Maldibas – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo">Ilokano</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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 – Bishnupuriya Manipuri" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy">বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie">Interlingue</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Ирон</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C3%ADveyjar" title="Maldíveyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is">Íslenska</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it">Italiano</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">עברית</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladewa" title="Maladewa – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv">Basa Jawa</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam">Kapampangan</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">ქართული</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediw%C3%AB" title="Malediwë – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb">Kaszëbsczi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Қазақша</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivys" title="Maldivys – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw">Kernowek</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malidivezi" title="Malidivezi – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw">Kinyarwanda</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw">Kiswahili</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Коми</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv" title="Maldiv – Haitian" lang="ht" hreflang="ht">Kreyòl ayisyen</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C3%AEv" title="Maldîv – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku">Kurdî</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Мальдивдер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky">Кыргызча</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Лезги</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulae_Maldivae" title="Insulae Maldivae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la">Latina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C4%ABvija" title="Maldīvija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv">Latviešu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiven" title="Maldiven – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldyvai" title="Maldyvai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt">Lietuvių</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij">Ligure</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maledive" title="Maledive – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li">Limburgs</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%C3%ADvi" title="Madívi – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln">Lingála</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo">Lumbaart</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mald%C3%ADv-szigetek" title="Maldív-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu">Magyar</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Македонски</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiva" title="Maldiva – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg">Malagasy</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">മലയാളം</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt">Malti</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">मराठी</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">მარგალური</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81" title="مالديف – Egyptian Spoken Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz">مصرى</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms">Bahasa Melayu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Min Dong Chinese" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo">Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Монгол</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Nāhuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah">Nāhuatl</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-na"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://na.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardib" title="Mardib – Nauru" lang="na" hreflang="na">Dorerin Naoero</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiven" title="Maldiven – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl">Nederlands</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ne.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 – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne">नेपाली</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">日本語</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Нохчийн</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maledive" title="Maledive – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr">Nordfriisk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiwes" title="Maldiwes – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih">Norfuk / Pitkern</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivene" title="Maldivene – Norwegian (bokmål)" lang="no" hreflang="no">Norsk bokmål</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivane" title="Maldivane – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn">Norsk nynorsk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov">Novial</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc">Occitan</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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 – Oriya" lang="or" hreflang="or">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaldivsi" title="Maaldivsi – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om">Oromoo</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv_Respublikasi" title="Maldiv Respublikasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz">Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">پنجابی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%BE" title="مالديپ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps">پښتو</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms">Piemontèis</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediven" title="Malediven – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds">Plattdüütsch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl">Polski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt">Português</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiv_Atawlar%C4%B1" title="Maldiv Atawları – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa">Qaraqalpaqsha</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivler" title="Maldivler – Crimean Turkish" lang="crh" hreflang="crh">Qırımtatarca</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldive" title="Maldive – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro">Română</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiwakuna" title="Maldiwakuna – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu">Runa Simi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Русский</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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 – Sakha" lang="sah" hreflang="sah">Саха тыла</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediivvat" title="Malediivvat – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se">Sámegiella</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">संस्कृतम्</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco">Scots</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivet" title="Maldivet – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq">Shqip</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn">Sicilianu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">සිංහල</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Simple English" lang="simple" hreflang="simple">Simple English</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%BE" title="مالديپ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd">سنڌي</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tihlenge_teMaldiva" title="Tihlenge teMaldiva – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss">SiSwati</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivy" title="Maldivy – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk">Slovenčina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl">Slovenščina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediwy" title="Malediwy – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl">Ślůnski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasiirada_Maldiif" title="Jasiirada Maldiif – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so">Soomaaliga</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A4" title="مالدیڤ – Sorani Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb">کوردی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Српски / srpski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivi" title="Maldivi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malad%C3%A9wa" title="Maladéwa – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su">Basa Sunda</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle" title="recommended article"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malediivit" title="Malediivit – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi">Suomi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiverna" title="Maldiverna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv">Svenska</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl">Tagalog</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">தமிழ்</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeldiwen" title="Imeldiwen – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab">Taqbaylit</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Татарча/tatarça</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">తెలుగు</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet">Tetun</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">ไทย</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Малдив – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg">Тоҷикӣ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivler" title="Maldivler – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr">Türkçe</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiwler" title="Maldiwler – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk">Türkmençe</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Удмурт</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">Українська</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="مالدیپ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur">اردو</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%89%DB%8B_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%89%D8%B1%D9%89" title="مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug">ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%27divan_Sared" title="Mal'divan Sared – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep">Vepsän kel’</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi">Tiếng Việt</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivu%C3%A4ns" title="Maldivuäns – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo">Volapük</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E5%9C%B0%E5%A4%AB" title="馬爾地夫 – Classical Chinese" lang="zh-classical" hreflang="zh-classical">文言</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivas" title="Maldivas – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war">Winaray</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldiif" title="Maldiif – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo">Wolof</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">吴语</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/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">ייִדיש</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80w%E1%BB%8Dn_Maldive" title="Àwọn Maldive – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo">Yorùbá</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320075724/https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E4%BB%A3%E5%A4%AB" title="馬爾代夫 – Cantonese" lang="zh-yue" hreflang="zh-yue">粵語</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq"><a 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