Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Asia
Region
South Asia
Area
298 km²
Country Bounds
N: 7.09159, S: -0.692694, W: 72.6932, E: 73.6373
Landlocked
No
Terrain
flat coral atolls, with white sandy beachessits atop the submarine volcanic Chagos-Laccadive Ridge
Climate
tropicalhot, humiddry, northeast monsoon (November to March)rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
Administrative & Political
Essential political and administrative details.
Capital
Male
Government Type
Republic
Established
1965
Driving Side
Left
Time zone
UTC +5 hours
Population & Society
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
515,696
Population Density
1,718.99 people/km²
Nationality
Noun: Maldivian(s) Adjective: Maldivian
Distribution
about a third of the population lives in the centrally located capital city of Male and almost a tenth in southern Addu City; the remainder of the populace is spread over the 200 or so populated islands of the archipelago