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Capital Maldives : |
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Maldives :
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| Climate Maldives :
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) .
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| Life expectancy Maldives :
| 63.68 years .
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| Fertility rate Maldives :
| 5.14 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Maldives :
| republic .
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| Population Maldives :
| 339,330 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Maldives :
| 300 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Maldives :
| 28,700 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Maldives :
| 41,900 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Maldives :
| 960.
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| Sex ratio total Maldives :
| 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Maldives ratio under 15 :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Maldives ratio 15 64 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Maldives ratio 65 :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Maldives :
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| HIV Maldives :
| 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Maldives :
| NA |
| Literacy Maldives :
| 97,20% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Maldives :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Maldives :
| NA |
| Inflation Maldives :
| 1% (2002 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Maldives :
| NEGL% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Maldives :
| 15,000 (2002) |
| Location Maldives :
| Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India |
| Geographic Coordinates Maldives :
| 3 15 N, 73 00 E |
| Religion Maldives :
| Sunni Muslim |
| Administrative region Maldives :
| 19 atolls (atholhu, singular and plural) and 1 other first-order administrative division*; Alifu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaafu Dhaalu, Gnaviyani, Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Maale*, Meemu, Noonu, Raa, Seenu, Shaviyani, Thaa, Vaavu |
| Terrain Maldives :
| flat, with white sandy beaches |
| Elevation extremes lowest Maldives :
| Indian Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Maldives :
| unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m |
| Natural resources Maldives :
| fish |
| Land use arable land Maldives :
| 13,33% |
| Land use permanentcrops Maldives :
| 16,67% |
| Irrigated land Maldives :
| NA sq km |
| Natural hazards Maldives :
| low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise |
| Environment current issues Maldives :
| depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching |
| Geography note Maldives :
| 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 |
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