Where is Maldives?

The Republic of Maldives is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean, about 600 kilometers south of India and 750 kilometers southwest of Sri Lanka. There are 26 groups of natural atolls and 1 192 coral islands distributed in the sea area of 90,000 square kilometers.

Land area 1 15300 square kilometers (including territorial sea area), land area of 298 square kilometers and population of 557,000 (as of August 2022). Male, the capital, is divided into 2 1 administrative regions. Tourism and shipping are the main economic pillars of Maldives. Maldives has a single economic structure, poor resources, heavy dependence on imports and weak economic foundation.

geographical environment

Maldives is located in the Indian Ocean, between 72 degrees 33 minutes east longitude and 73 degrees 46 minutes east longitude, and between 7 degrees 6 minutes north latitude and 0 degrees 42 minutes south latitude. It consists of 26 groups of natural atolls, including 1 192 coral islands, including 187 residential islands and 164 tourist islands, with narrow and flat terrain.

There are 9 islands with a land area of over 1 km2. Fuamraku Island, the largest island, is located 267 kilometers south of Malé, the capital of Maldives, with an area of 13 square kilometers. Hulu Male Island covers an area of more than 5 square kilometers. Maldives is 550 kilometers away from Chagos Archipelago in Britain in the south, 600 kilometers away from Indian Lakhdaf, Nikoi and Amindivi Island in the north, and 669 kilometers away from Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Maldives