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Maldives – Wikipedia From the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation search Island country in Indian Ocean southwest of India and Sri Lanka Not be confused with Malvinas Coordinates N E xfeff Republic Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa Flag Emblem Anthem Qaumii salaam National Salute Location OceanCapitalMal Official languagesDhivehiRecognised languages EnglishEthnic groups Maldivians Religion Islam mandated by law Demonym s MaldivianGovernmentUnitary presidential republic President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Vice Faisal Naseem Speaker Majlis Nasheed Chief Justice Ahmed Muthasim Adnan LegislaturePeople’s MajlisIndependence from United Kingdom July Current constitution August Area Total km sq mi th Population estimate census Density GDP PPP billion nd Per capita nominal Gini medium CIA HDI high stCurrencyMaldivian rufiyaa MVR Time zoneUTC Date formatdd mm yyyyMains electricity V HzDriving sideleftCalling code ISO codeMVInternet TLD mv Excluding foreign nationals m l d i v US a z listen romanized Raajje officially is small archipelagic island South Asia situated Arabian Sea It lies about kilometres Asian continent’s mainland The chain atolls stretches Ihavandhippolhu Atoll north Addu south Equator Comprising territory spanning roughly square one world’s most geographically dispersed sovereign states as well smallest land area population around inhabitants Mal capital populated city traditionally called King’s where ancient royal dynasties ruled for its central location archipelago located on Chagos-Laccadive Ridge vast submarine mountain range this also forms terrestrial ecoregion together Chagos Archipelago Lakshadweep With an average ground-level elevation metres ft above sea level it lowest-lying even highest natural point being lowest world at In century reached Maldivian which was consolidated sultanate developing strong commercial cultural ties Africa mid- th-century region came under increasing influence European colonial powers becoming British protectorate Independence established elected People’s ensuing decades have seen political instability efforts democratic reform environmental challenges posed climate change became founding member Association Regional Cooperation SAARC Nations Commonwealth Organisation Islamic Non-Aligned Movement World Bank classifies having upper-middle income economy Fishing has historically been dominant economic activity remains largest sector far followed rapidly growing tourism industry rate Human Development Index per-capita significantly higher than other nations until withdrawing organisation October protest allegations human-rights abuses failing democracy rejoined February after showing evidence functioning processes popular support Contents Toponymy History Ancient history settlement Buddhist period Colonial Twenty-first Geography Climate rise Environment Marine ecosystem Government Law Foreign relations Military rights Administrative divisions Economy Tourism Visitors Demographics Languages locality Culture Transportation Education See References Further reading External links edit This section multiple issues Please help improve or discuss these talk page Learn how when remove template messages needs additional citations verification article adding reliable sources Unsourced material may challenged removed September message relies too much references primary secondary tertiary possibly contains original research verifying claims made inline Statements consisting only should Names According legends first settlers were people known Dheyvis Dheeva Maari rd BC during visit emissaries sent Emperor Asoka Mahal During c referred Diva Kudha Laccadive part then Khanbar scholar polymath al-Biruni name derive Sanskrit garland dv pa Maala Divaina Necklace Islands Sinhala are Dhivehin word Dheeb Deeb archaic related means Dhives islanders e Lankan chronicle Mahawamsa refers Mahiladiva Women Pali probably mistranslation same meaning Jan Hogendorn Grossman Professor Economics theorises that derives islands Tamil Garland can translated Malai Theevu Malayalam Maladweepu citation needed Kannada Maaledweepa None names mentioned any literature but classical texts dating back Vedic mention Hundred Thousand Lakshadweepa generic would include not Laccadives Aminidivi Minicoy non-primary source Some medieval travellers such Ibn Battuta Dibiyat Arabic mahal palace must Berber traveller interpreted local through Muslim North Perso-Arabic words introduced vocabulary currently inscribed scroll Maldive state emblem Persian Dibajat Dutch Maldivische Eilanden pronounced divis il n while anglicised later Garcia da Orta writes conversational book published follows I tell you heard said natives do call Maldiva Nalediva Malabar language nale four diva So signifies we corrupting Main Early Age old nation over years according southern Kit b fi r M dhu al-q dimah On Ruins Meedhoo written Allama Shihabuddine Shihab al-Din They Kalibanga time their arrival unknown before Asoka’s kingdom Shihabuddine’s story tallies remarkably recorded copperplate documents Loamaafaanu Maapanansa copper plates Kings Solar Dynasty lost quite early A notice Ammianus Marcellinus AD speaks gifts Roman emperor Julian deputation Divi very similar Dheyvi who told copperplates ancients scripts carved coral artifacts traditions different ethnicities did leave archaeological Their buildings built wood palm fronds perishable materials quickly decayed salt wind tropical Moreover chiefs headmen reside elaborate stone palaces nor religion require construction large temples compounds Comparative studies oral linguistic confirm shores neighboring subcontinent including Giraavaru folklore establishment kingly rule underlying layer Dravidian culture survives society clear Tamil-Malayalam substratum appears place kinship terms poetry dance religious beliefs Malabari seafaring led Malayali seafarers articles Buddhism Isdhoo L f nu oldest copper-plate discovered date AH Ev la form Divehi akuru reign Siri Fennaadheettha Mahaa Radun Dhinei Kalaminja Despite just briefly books -year-long foundational importance both developed flourished today architecture ruling institutions customs manners originated spread Ashoka’s expansion promoted writings artistic achievements highly sculpture originate Nearly all stupas monasteries found display characteristic iconography Hindu Mandala shaped oriented cardinal points main gate facing east Local historian Hassan Maniku counted many sites provisional list he Period List sultans Arabs traders partly explain why last king Dhovemi converted year Adopting title Sultan Muhammad ibn Abdullah initiated series six lasted elective formal sultan up Land Lord twelve-thousand style Highness Somali Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari Aw Barkhadle credited conversion Battutah mosque inscription ‘The Ahmad Shanurazah accepted hand ‘ scholars suggested possibility misreading bias towards African Maghrebi narrative Shaykh instead East origins account Even visited governor Abd Aziz Al Mogadishawi Scholars posited another scenario might native Barbera significant trading port northwestern coast Somalia Barbara Barbaroi Berbers ancestors Somalis Arab Greek geographers respectively Batuta Mogadishu mentions Bakr Shaikh Omar bin al-Kawneyn famous establishing Walashma dynasty Horn After his Dogor now town responsible spreading Hukuru Miskiy converting Blessed Father Others Tabriz reference Iranian origin dates text His venerated tomb stands grounds Medhu Ziyaaraiy across street Friday Mosque Built Following concept there Jahiliya ignorance used introduction end considered cornerstone country’s Nonetheless reality directly experienced nine months sometime between serving chief judge marrying into family For embroiled politics left strict judgments laissez-faire began chafe rulers particular dismayed women going no clothing waist violation Middle Eastern standards modesty locals taking complained Compared areas happened relatively late had populations Coast since Bin Q sim swathes Sindh remained perhaps southwesternmost prime administration Urdu Maliki school jurisprudence hinting direct contacts core begun take trade routes important link those landfall Basra sailing Southeast Trade involved mainly cowrie shells widely currency throughout parts coir fiber Bengal Sultanate legal tender principal partners cowry shell network essential product fibre dried coconut husk resistant saltwater stitched rigged dhows plied exported China Yemen Gulf Portuguese presence order Constantino Braganza Viceroy illustration C dice Casanatense depicting workers map Pierre Mortier Netherlands detail garrison Viador Viyazoru overseer factory post they administered colony Goa attempts impose Christianity provoked revolt Thakurufaanu al-A’u am two brothers fifteen drove out event commemorated Day replaced power Ceylon hegemony affairs without involving themselves matters governed centuries-old expelled included protected status agreement external defence retaining home continued regulated traditional exchange annual tribute akin protectorates Zanzibar Trucial States drawing fortress Antonio Bocarro Sultan’s taken Minister chagrin Governor-General deal ineffectual Consequently Britain encouraged development constitutional monarchy Constitution proclaimed However new arrangements favoured neither aging wily rather young crop British-educated reformists As result angry mobs instigated against publicly torn crown suspended First declared short-lived presidency Amin Didi While minister nationalized fish export president remembered reformer education system promoter women’s Conservatives eventually ousted government riot food shortages beaten mob died nearby An RAF Short Sunderland moored lagoon WWII Beginning largely influenced military restoration perpetuated past Two obtained permission reestablish wartime Gan airfield southernmost employing hundreds however Nasir review secessionist movement three benefited economically group cut formed independent Suvadive Afif Hithadhoo One scrapped gunboats police Abdulla went exile Meanwhile allowed continue use Hitaddu facilities thirty-year payment purpose Maldives’ base closed larger withdrawal permanently-stationed forces ‘East Suez’ When increasingly unable hold losing colonies indigenous wanted freedom signed behalf Rannabandeyri Kilegefan Prime Sir Michael Walker Ambassador-designate formally ended authority thus achieved ceremony High Commissioner’s Residence Colombo Fareed himself King upon independence November vote parliament decide whether become Of members voted favour March national referendum held question ending -year-old little real cosmetic required few alterations structures beginning resort Kurumba welcomed guests accurate December showed living Political infighting Nasir’s faction figures arrest Zaki remote atoll Economic decline closure collapse market faltering fled Singapore millions dollars treasury Maumoon Abdul Gayoom -year role winning consecutive elections opposition election ushering stability view Maumoon’s priority develop poorer increased contact spurred controversial some critics saying autocrat quelled dissent limiting freedoms favouritism coup supporters business interests tried topple success met attempt mercenary force PLOTE seized airport caused flee house intervention troops airlifted restored headed Muhammadu Lutfee businessman night Air Force parachute battalion Agra flew them paratroopers landed Hulhul secured within hours brief operation labelled Operation Cactus Navy st summit City following earthquake devastated tsunami Only reported escaped flooding fifty-seven faced serious damage critical infrastructure fourteen totally evacuated destroyed further twenty-one forced close because total estimated more million foreigners reportedly destructive impact waves low-lying mitigated fact continental shelf mass could gain height tallest feet movements emerged then-ruling Rayyithunge Party MPP demanded dissident journalist activist founded Democratic MDP pressured allowing gradual reforms approved occurred won second round huge debt previous downturn overspending overprinting unemployment corruption drug unreliable Taxation goods imposed import duties reduced services Social welfare benefits given aged older single parents special unrest grew campaigns protecting controversially resigned office number army mutinied Nasheed’s vice Mohammed Waheed sworn arrested convicted terrorism sentenced trial flawed UN Working Group Arbitrary Detention immediate release contested Former votes Supreme Court annulled despite positive assessment international observers re-run Yameen half-brother former assumed engagement policy connecting anti-Western rhetoric survived assassination Adeeb public offences instituted broader crackdown emergency ahead planned anti-government rally people’s accelerated removal freed courts Male conviction charges overruled placed travel ban prosecutor appealed money laundering case tugboat seek asylum understood Guard escorted International Maritime Boundary Line IMBL transferred ship officials took him custody Maalhosmadulu space Northern Southern picture consists grouped double stretch along length miles west dry making countries latitudes S longitudes composed live reefs sand bars atop ridge long rises abruptly depths runs near barricade open passages permit safe side territorial waters administrative purposes organised belongs Laamu Hahdhummathi westernmost connected roads reef collectively Link Road road maximum ground levels exists several More per cent less metre risk submerged due rising UN’s panel warned current rates sea-level enough make uninhabitable beach Bathala monsoon Am K ppen classification affected landmass Because temperature constantly hot often humid causes differential heating water These factors set off rush moisture-rich air resulting seasons dominate weather season associated winter northeastern rainy brings winds storms shift northeast moist occurs April May contribute formation reaches June lasts patterns always conform rainfall averages centimetres monsoonal greater equatorial currents degree Celsius low data Month Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average F Daily mean inches precipitation days relative humidity Mean monthly sunshine Source Meteorological Organization NOAA sun Intergovernmental Panel Change’s report predicted upper limit will republic’s inhabited need abandoned researchers University Southampton third endangered percentage outspoken issue If carbon emissions climbing my seven He mitigation action American television shows Show Late David Letterman hosted underwater cabinet meeting raise awareness threats Concerns expressed predecessor announced plans look purchasing Australia concerns global warming inundated purchase fund generated explained intentions We want refugees tents By update eliminate offset greenhouse gas At Talks us swearing fossil fuels right thing our self-interest Pioneering unpredictable price oil capitalise green future enhance moral standing giving stage three-year study Plymouth tides move sediment create Tuvalu Kiribati sink Environmental bad waste disposal theft Although kept pristine litter good exist Most trash resorts simply dumped Thilafushi Ministry Energy Protection Agency EPA information Wildlife soft Oriental sweetlips Plectorhinchus vittatus Meeru habitats deep shallow ecosystems fringing mangroves wetlands There species forming alone houses turtle whale dolphin mollusc echinoderms crustacean copepods amphipods crab shrimp Among marine families represented pufferfish fusiliers jackfish lionfish oriental sharks groupers eels snappers bannerfish batfish humphead wrasse spotted eagle rays scorpionfish lobsters nudibranches angelfish butterflyfish squirrelfish soldierfish glassfish surgeonfish unicornfish triggerfish Napoleon barracuda variety vary planktonic organisms Sponges gained five displayed anti-tumor anti-cancer properties sea-temperature El Ni o phenomenon bleaching killing two-thirds nation’s effort induce regrowth scientists electrified cones anywhere below surface provide substrate larval attachment witnessed corals regenerating Corals eject pink-orange eggs sperm growth times faster untreated Scientist Azeez Hakim stated never thought die granted animals forever gave wake-up things act barrier floods tsunamis Seaweeds grow skeletons dead Again severe incident Up transplants temperatures all-time degrees Recent scientific suggest faunistic composition greatly neighbour especially benthic fauna Differences fishing pressure poaching cause Politics Square extensive head heads executive branch appoints Parliament leads armed separation Members unicameral serve five-year determined republican amended assented then-President January ratified effect immediately replacing repealing includes judiciary run commission commissions oversee fight reduces vested strengthens All Commander-in-Chief Progressive PPM-Y ‘s tensions parties subsequent termed assault Rights addressing Judiciary enforcement judges subject deciding silent consider Shari’ah official practice forbidden says based principles contrary principle applied Non-Muslims prohibited citizens requirement adhere prohibition worship religions Article Universal Declaration Covenant Civil recently party addressed reservation adhering claiming application shall prejudice penal modern comprehensive incorporate major tenets Same-sex illegal Secretary State Mike Pompeo hosts Shahid Since progress monitor Commission express interest membership relates identity preservation desire closer France actor IOC joined gaining human abuse enjoys Seychelles Mauritius Comoros Cabinet decided apply rejoin readmission occurring Defence Fire amp Rescue Service boats combined security defending sovereignty task attending internal protection Exclusive Zone EEZ maintenance peace MNDF component branches Corps Special Forces Engineers water-bound lie Almost covered remaining scattered Therefore assigned maintaining surveillance providing intruders immense tasks logistical viewpoints treaty Prohibition Nuclear Weapons plays vital carrying functions To timely patrol stationed various Headquarters respond maritime distress calls conduct rescue operations manner pollution control exercises conducted regularly basis familiarisation handling hazardous situations contentious Freedom House Partly Free process headway stalled Bureau Democracy Labor practices problems lack unequal treatment Each marked thaana letter identify Natural light blue Full twenty-six isolated divided cities Fuvahmulah Kulhudhuffushi Council addition every division identified letters Haa Alif Thiladhunmati Uthuruburi Thiladhunmathi Latin corresponds geographical adopted convenience certain quoted example Baa Funadhoo Kaafu Gaafu-Alifu whenever inconvenient website code-letter puzzlement misunderstandings among Many come think Under circumstances hard know correct harbour Graphical depiction Maldives’s exports color-coded categories Historically provided enormous quantities ages ‘Money Isles’ Monetaria moneta centuries amounts cowries western slave symbol Monetary Authority poorest dependent fisheries rope ambergris Maavaharu coco de mer Tavakkaashi successful programme lifting quotas opportunities private play infant Agriculture manufacturing lesser roles constrained limited availability cultivable shortage domestic labour Diving mosques Filitheyo tall trees fresh lagoons tourists entirely agriculture accounts receipts Over tax revenue comes tourism-related taxes fostered overall created indirect employment generation industries tourist opened Bandos Resort Village transformed Landaa emergence moving dependence half biggest earner contributor offered beds annually visitors heritage listed UNESCO tentative Visa visa pre-arrival regardless valid passport proof onward self-sufficient arrive Velana Airport adjacent served flights Doha Dubai Istanbul airports South-East charters Europe serves flight Milan week Airways offers mechanised inter-island dhoni stripped sails products occupation gives mechanisation boat milestone canning plant installed Felivaru joint venture Japanese firm Fisheries Advisory Board mandate advising guidelines Manpower programmes incorporated curriculum Fish aggregating devices navigational aids strategic opening exclusive zone enhanced contributed engaged workforce second-largest est ethnic historic comprising today’s Union share speak principally Indo-Aryan traces Austronesian genes almost completely absorbed once heavy erosion social stratification rigid rank varied wealth virtue Instead complex caste merely distinction noble fulhu common elite concentrated doubled peaked although declined Life expectancy birth stood rose Infant mortality adult literacy Combined enrolment projected Housing Census resident approximately believed undercounted expatriate undocumented Chinese Nepalese Lankans Indians 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