Country of the World MaldivesAbout the country Maldives, its location, size, population, leaders and rulers.NATIONS AND THEIR RULERS
MALDIVES
Size: 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km.).
Population: 130,000.
The Maldive Islands are a chain of more than 1,000 low-lying coral islands stretching for 600 mi., from a point 300 mi. west of the southern tip of India, south into the Indian Ocean. Slightly more than 200 islands are inhabited. Though the islands became a republic in 1968, after eight centuries as a sultanate, the oligarchy that dominated under the sultanate remains in power. Pres. Ibrahim Nasir has begun to encourage tourism to the Maldives, particularly to Bandos Island, which he owns. | ||
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