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Maldives,[8] officially the
Republic of the Maldives[nb 1] and also
referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island
nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls, oriented
north-south, that lie between Minicoy
Island (the southernmost part of Lakshadweep,
India) and the Chagos Archipelago. The chains stand in the Laccadive
Sea, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka
and 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-west of India.
For the majority of its history, the Maldives has been an
independent polity, despite three instances during which it was ruled by
outside forces. In the mid-15th century, for fifteen years, the Maldives was
dominated by the Portuguese Empire. In the mid-17th century, the Dutch
Empire (Malabar) dominated Maldives for four months. Finally, in the late
19th century, on the brink of war, the Maldives became a British protectorate
from 1887 until 1965. The Dutch referred to the islands as the
"Maldivische Eilanden" (pronounced [mɑlˈdivisə ˈɛi̯lɑndə(n)]),[citation needed] while the British anglicised
the local name for the islands first to the "Maldive Islands" and
later to the "Maldives". The islands gained independence from the British in
1965 and became a republic in 1968 ruled by a president and an authoritarian
government.
The Maldives archipelago is located on top of the Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive Ridge, a
vast submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean. Maldives also form a terrestrial ecoregion together with the
Chagos and the Lakshadweep.[9] The Maldives
atolls encompass a territory spread over roughly
90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), making the country one of
the world's most geographically dispersed. Its population of 328,536 (2012)
inhabits 192 of its 1,192 islands.[10] In 2006,
Maldives' capital and largest city Malé, located at
the southern edge of North Malé Atoll, had a population of 103,693.[11][12] Malé is one
of the Maldives' administrative
divisions and, traditionally, it was the "King's Island" where
the ancient Maldive royal dynasties were enthroned.
The Maldives is the
smallest Asian
country in both population and land area. With an average ground level of
1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, it is the planet's
lowest country.[13]
It is also the country with the lowest natural highest point in
the world, at 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in).[13]
Forecasts of Maldives' inundation is a great concern for the
Maldivian people.Read more :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives
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