Capital: Male
Location: Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
Government: Republic of Maldives
Currency: rufiyaa (MVR)
Area: 298 sq km
Population: 390,669 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
Religion: Sunni Muslim (official)
TimeZone: UTC+5
Tel Code: +960
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