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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Maldives
| common_name = Maldives
| native_name = {{native name|dv|ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ|italics=off}} ''Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya''
| image_flag = Flag of Maldives.svg
| image_coat = Emblem of Maldives.svg
| symbol_type = Emblem
| national_anthem = ''{{lang|dv-Latn|[[Gaumii salaam|Qaumii salaam]]}}'' {{small|''National Salute''}} <center>[[File:Gaumii salaam.ogg|Gaumii salaam]]</center>
| image_map = Maldives (orthographic projection).svg
| map_caption = Location of Maldives in the Indian Ocean
| image_map2 = Maldives - Location Map (2013) - MDV - UNOCHA.svg
| capital = [[Malé]]
| largest_city = [[Malé]]
| official_languages = [[Maldivian language|Maldivian (Dhivehi)]]
| ethnic_groups = ≈100% [[Maldivians]]a<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwi-rv3VV6cC&q=maldives |title=Ethnic groups worldwide: a ready reference handbook |author=Levinson, David | year=1947 |publisher=Oryx Publishers |isbn=978-1-57356-019-1}}</ref>
| ethnic_groups_year = 2011
| demonym = Maldivian
| government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[constitutional republic]]
| leader_title1 = [[President of the Maldives|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Ibrahim Mohamed Solih]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of the Maldives|Vice President]]
| leader_name2 = [[Faisal Naseem]]
| leader_title3 = [[People's Majlis#List of speakers|Speaker]]
| leader_name3 = [[Mohamed Nasheed]]
| leader_title4 = [[Chief Justice]]
| leader_name4 =
| legislature = [[People's Majlis|People's ''Majlis'']]
| sovereignty_type = Independence
| established_event1 = from the United Kingdom
| established_date1 = 26 July 1965
| established_event2 = {{nowrap|[[Constitution of the Maldives|Current constitution]]}}
| established_date2 = 7 August 2008
| area_km2 = 298<ref name="CIA World Factbook">{{cite web|title=FIELD LISTING :: AREA|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2147.html|website=CIA World Factbook|publisher=CIA World Factbook|accessdate=27 January 2016|archive-date=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131115000/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2147.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| area_rank = 187th 
| area_sq_mi = 115 
| percent_water = 99%
| population_estimate = {{UN_Population|Maldives}}{{UN_Population|ref}}
| population_census = 341,356<ref>{{cite web|title=GeoHive – Maldives Population|work=GeoHive|url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/maldives.aspx|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225022653/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/maldives.aspx|archivedate=25 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = {{UN_Population|Year}}
| population_estimate_rank = 175th
| population_census_year = 2014
| population_density_km2 = 1,102.5
| population_density_sq_mi = 2,855.4 
| population_density_rank = 11th
| GDP_PPP = $7.396 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2016&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=35&pr1.y=9&c=556&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=Maldives|accessdate=23 April 2018 |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]]}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year = 2018
| GDP_PPP_rank = 162nd
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $20,228<ref name=imf2 /> 
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 69th
| GDP_nominal = $4.825 billion<ref name=imf2 />
| GDP_nominal_year = 2018
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $13,196<ref name=imf2 />
| Gini = 37.4 
| Gini_year = 2005–2013
| Gini_change = 
| Gini_ref = <ref name=gini-index>{{cite web |url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2015_statistical_annex.pdf |title=2015 Human Development Report Statistical Annex |date=2015 |accessdate=14 December 2015 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme | page=17}}</ref>
| Gini_rank =
| HDI = 0.706 
| HDI_year = 2014 
| HDI_change = increase
| HDI_ref =
| HDI_rank = 103rd
| currency = [[Maldivian rufiyaa]]
| currency_code = MVR
| time_zone = [[Time in the Maldives|Maldives Time]]
| utc_offset = +5
| utc_offset_DST =
| time_zone_DST =
| date_format = dd/mm/yy
| drives_on = [[Left- and right-hand traffic|left]]
| calling_code = [[+960]]
| cctld = [[.mv]]
| footnote_a = Excluding foreign nationals.
| country_code =
}}
The '''Maldives''' are a group of [[island]]s in the [[Indian Ocean]]. They are southwest of [[India]]. They are made up of the Maldive and Suadive [[archipelago]]s, with over 1,200 islands. These islands are a part of 26 [[atoll]]s. And they are divided to 20 administrative atolls. People live on about 200 of the islands. It has more than 1126 [[coral reef]]s. It is the flattest country in the [[world]]. The highest point in the Maldives is only {{convert|2|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} high above the level of the sea.

[[Malé]] is the capital, with a [[population]] of 150,000 people. Its official religion is [[Islam]].

==Climate==
[[File:Bathala (Maldives) 8.JPG|thumb|left|A beach of [[Bathala (island)|Bathala]] island]]

The Maldives has a [[tropical monsoon climate]] (Am) under the [[Köppen climate classification]], which is affected by the large landmass of South Asia to the north. Because the Maldives has the lowest elevation of any country in the world, the temperature is constantly hot and often humid. The presence of this landmass causes differential heating of land and water. These factors set off a rush of moisture-rich air from the Indian Ocean over South Asia, resulting in the southwest [[monsoon]]. Two seasons dominate Maldives' weather: the dry season associated with the winter northeastern monsoon and the rainy season which brings strong winds and storms.

The shift from the dry northeast monsoon to the moist southwest monsoon occurs during April and May. During this period, the southwest winds contribute to the formation of the southwest monsoon, which reaches Maldives in the beginning of June and lasts until the end of August. However, the weather patterns of Maldives do not always conform to the monsoon patterns of South Asia. The annual rainfall averages {{convert|254|cm}} in the north and {{convert|381|cm}} in the south.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maldives – Atlapedia Online|url=http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/maldives.htm}}</ref>

The monsoonal influence is greater in the north of the Maldives than in the south, more influenced by the [[Equatorial Counter Current|equatorial currents]].

The highest temperature ever recorded in Malé was 39.6 °C (103.3 °F) on 1 January 2000 and the lowest was 20.4 °C (68.7 °F) on 20 March 1989 and 21 January 2017.

{{Weather box|location = Malé (1981–2010) (Extremes 1981-present)
|collapsed =
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|width = auto
|Jan record high C= 39.6
|Feb record high C= 32.6
|Mar record high C= 35.0
|Apr record high C= 33.5
|May record high C= 34.2
|Jun record high C= 33.0
|Jul record high C= 33.0
|Aug record high C= 33.8
|Sep record high C= 32.5
|Oct record high C= 32.2
|Nov record high C= 36.0
|Dec record high C= 32.6
|year record high C=
|Jan high C = 30.3
|Feb high C = 30.7
|Mar high C = 31.4
|Apr high C = 31.6
|May high C = 31.2
|Jun high C = 30.6
|Jul high C = 30.5
|Aug high C = 30.4
|Sep high C = 30.2
|Oct high C = 30.2
|Nov high C = 30.1
|Dec high C = 30.1
|year high C =
|Jan mean C = 28.0
|Feb mean C = 28.3
|Mar mean C = 28.9
|Apr mean C = 29.2
|May mean C = 28.8
|Jun mean C = 28.3
|Jul mean C = 28.2
|Aug mean C = 28.0
|Sep mean C = 27.8
|Oct mean C = 27.8
|Nov mean C = 27.7
|Dec mean C = 27.8
|year mean C = 28.2
|Jan low C = 25.7
|Feb low C = 25.9
|Mar low C = 26.4
|Apr low C = 26.8
|May low C = 26.3
|Jun low C = 26.0
|Jul low C = 25.8
|Aug low C = 25.5
|Sep low C = 25.3
|Oct low C = 25.4
|Nov low C = 25.2
|Dec low C = 25.4
|year low C = 25.8
|Jan record low C= 20.4
|Feb record low C= 22.7
|Mar record low C= 20.4
|Apr record low C= 23.0
|May record low C= 22.4
|Jun record low C= 23.0
|Jul record low C= 23.0
|Aug record low C= 23.4
|Sep record low C= 23.0
|Oct record low C= 23.0
|Nov record low C= 23.0
|Dec record low C= 22.2
|year record low C=
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 114.2
|Feb rain mm = 38.1
|Mar rain mm = 73.9
|Apr rain mm = 122.5
|May rain mm = 218.9
|Jun rain mm = 167.3
|Jul rain mm = 149.9
|Aug rain mm = 175.5
|Sep rain mm = 199.0
|Oct rain mm = 194.2
|Nov rain mm = 231.1
|Dec rain mm = 216.8
|year rain mm = 1901.4
|Jan humidity = 78.0
|Feb humidity = 77.0
|Mar humidity = 76.9
|Apr humidity = 78.1
|May humidity = 80.8
|Jun humidity = 80.7
|Jul humidity = 79.1
|Aug humidity = 80.5
|Sep humidity = 81.0
|Oct humidity = 81.7
|Nov humidity = 82.2
|Dec humidity = 80.9
|year humidity = 79.7
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6
|Feb precipitation days = 3
|Mar precipitation days = 5
|Apr precipitation days = 9
|May precipitation days = 15
|Jun precipitation days = 13
|Jul precipitation days = 12
|Aug precipitation days = 13
|Sep precipitation days = 15
|Oct precipitation days = 15
|Nov precipitation days = 13
|Dec precipitation days = 12
|year precipitation days = 131
|Jan sun = 248.4
|Feb sun = 257.8
|Mar sun = 279.6
|Apr sun = 246.8
|May sun = 223.2
|Jun sun = 202.3
|Jul sun = 226.6
|Aug sun = 211.5
|Sep sun = 200.4
|Oct sun = 234.8
|Nov sun = 226.1
|Dec sun = 220.7
|year sun = 2778.2
|source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name="WMO">{{cite web|url=http://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=228|title= World Weather Information Service – Malé | accessdate=17 March 2016|publisher=WMO}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[NOAA|NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)]],<ref>{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_II/MV/43555.TXT | title = Malé Climate 1961–90 | accessdate =17 March 2016 | publisher = [[NOAA]]}}</ref> En.tutiempo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.tutiempo.net/climate/ws-435550.html|title=Climate Male - Climate data (435550)|first=Tutiempo Network|last=S.L|website=www.tutiempo.net}}</ref>
}}

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