Visiting Maldives?

OFFICIALLY - the Republic of Maldives, is an island country consisting of a group of atolls stretching south of India's Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea of Indian Ocean. The twenty-six atolls of this island nation encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets. Two hundred and fifty islands of which are inhabited.

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The original inhabitants, in the 3rd century BC, were Buddhist. Islam was introduced in 1153. The island nation then came under the influence of the Portuguese (1558) and the Dutch (1654) seaborne empires. In 1887 it became a British protectorate. In 1965, the the country obtained independence from Britain, and in 1968 the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic.

Maldivian culture is derived from a number of sources, the most important of which are its proximity to the shores of Sri Lanka and southern India. The official and common language is Dhivehi, an Indo-European language having some similarities with Elu, the ancient Sinhalese language.

The Maldives is the smallest Asian country in terms of both population and area. It is the smallest predominantly Muslim nation in the world. With an average ground level of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, it is also the country with the lowest highest point in the world, at 2.3 metres (7 ft 7 in).

Nature has fragmented the island group into 1,190 tiny islands that occupy a mere one per cent of its 90,000 sq km territory. Only 185 islands are home to its 300,000 population, while the other islands are used entirely for economic purposes of which tourism and agriculture are the most dominant. Strewn across the equator in the Indian Ocean, the archipelago possesses an exceptionally unique geography as a small island country.

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