Maldives

 Maldives - Quick facts


Maldives is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean with a tropical climate, its islands are scattered cross a region of approximately 750 kilometers (470 miles).
  • Maldives has a chain of 26 atolls
  • More than 1100 small islands on each of these atolls
  • Territory of almost 90,000 square kilometers
  • Land area combined in all the island reaches almost 298 square kilometers
  • Average elevation from the water line reaches up to 1.5 meters
  • The highest known point reaches only 2.4 meters
  • Tropical climate mostly sunny throughout the year with two seasons namely Iruvai and Hulhangu 
  • The average high temperature is 31.5 degrees Celsius and the average low temperature is 26.4 degrees Celsius
  • Maldives is a presidential constitutional republic
  • Islamic Shari'ah
  • Driving side is left
  • Calling code +960 or 00960
  • ISO 3166 code MV
  • International Top-Level Domain  -  .mv
  • Time zone UTC +5
  • language - Dhivehi 
  • Second language - English
  • Ethnic group Maldivian 
  • Capital City - Male'