| Republic of Maldivas Dhivehi Raajjeyge Rifooblika Timeline: Triangles and Crosses
República das Maldivas Maldivas OTL equivalent: Maldives | ||||||
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 Localization of Maldives.
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| Capital | Viador | |||||
| Other cities | Cidade do Ado Fuiamula São Sebastião |
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| Official languages | Dhivehi Portuguese |
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| Demonym | Maldivan | |||||
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | Abraão Miranda Solih | ||||
| - | Vice President | Fausto Neves | ||||
| - | Speaker of the Majares | Morais Nantes | ||||
| - | Chief Justice | Armando Mathias | ||||
| Legislature | People's Majares | |||||
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| - | Portuguese conquest | February 11, 660 BC | ||||
| - | Independence | July 15, 1974 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | August 7, 2008 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 300 km2 116 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | 2020 estimate | 379,270 | ||||
| Gini (2017) | 37.4 (medium) | |||||
| HDI (2018) | 0.740 (high) | |||||
| Currency | Maldivian escudo (MVE) |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 | |||||
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +960 | |||||
Maldivas (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, romanized: Dhivehi Raajje), officially the Republic of Maldivas, is a small archipelagic state in South Asia, situated in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. Comprising a territory spanning roughly 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi), Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states as well as the smallest Asian country by land area.
In the 12th century Islam reached the Maldivian Archipelago, which was consolidated as a sultanate, developing strong commercial and cultural ties with Asia and Africa. From the mid-16th-century the region came under the increasing influence of Portugal, after the islands were conquered, becoming a colony in 1558. The Portuguese colonization imposed Christianity as the mandatory religion in the archipelago, thus ending the Sultanate. Independence came in 1974, and a presidential republic was established with an elected People's Majares.
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