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    Introduction


    The Maldives were long a sultanate, first under Dutch and then under British protection. They became a republic in 1968, three years after independence. Tourism and fishing are being developed on the archipelago.


    Location


    Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India


    Geographic coordinates


    3 15 N, 73 00 E


    Area


    total: 300 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 300 sq km


    Area - comparative


    about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC


    Land boundaries


    0 km


    Coastline


    644 km


    Maritime claims


    measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines exclusive economic zone: 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM territorial sea: 12 NM


    Climate


    tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)


    Terrain


    flat, with white sandy beaches


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m


    Natural resources


    fish


    Land use


    arable land: 3.33% permanent crops: 6.67% other: 90% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    NA


    Natural hazards


    low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise


    Environment - current issues


    depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean


    Population


    339,330 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Male


    Phone Code


    +960


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