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Asia > Maldives > Geography

MALDIVIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places
about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 300 sq km [203rd of 236]
    (per capita) 0.957 sq km per 1,000 people ... [193rd of 201]
Area > Total 300 sq km [214th of 248]
    (per capita) 1.034 sq km per 1,000 people ... [187th of 193]
Area > Water 0 [190th of 237]
    (per capita) 0 [181st of 225]
Capital city with population Male - 62,973
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
Coastline 644 km [104th of 249]
    (per capita) 1,745.111 km per 1 million people [46th of 230]
Elevation extremes > Highest point
unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Indian Ocean 0 m
Forested Land 3.3% [172nd of 193]
Geographic coordinates 3 15 N, 73 00 E
Geography > Note
1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean
Land area > sq. km 300 km² ... [197th of 206]
    (per capita) 0.911 km² per 1,000 people ... [198th of 206]
Land use > Arable land 13.33 % [86th of 241]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Maldives, Republic of Maldives, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, Dhivehi Raajje, maldives republic

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