Country Chooser Country InformationMaldives Standards
Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:A, D, G, J, K, L,
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
Area:
total: 300 sq km
land: 300 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate:
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
Terrain:
flat, with white sandy beaches
Economy
GDP: $1.25 billion (2002 est.)
GDP growth rate: -5.5% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $3,900 (2002 est.)
Inflation rate: 5.6% (2005 est.)
Currency: rufiyaa (MVR)
Exchange rates:
rufiyaa per US dollar - 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003), 12.8 (2002), 12.24 (2001)
People
Population: 359,008 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 2.78% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Sunni Muslim
Languages:
Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
Government
Capital:
name: Male
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
26 July 1965 (from UK)
Note: Information on Maldives was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Maldives, please visit one of the links below.
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