Maldives
Maldives map
Maldives administrative divisions
21 administrative atolls (atholhuthah, singular - atholhu)
- Addu (Addu City),
- Ariatholhu Dhekunuburi (South Ari Atoll),
- Ariatholhu Uthuruburi (North Ari Atoll),
- Faadhippolhu,
- Felidhuatholhu (Felidhu Atoll),
- Fuvammulah,
- Hahdhunmathi,
- Huvadhuatholhu Dhekunuburi (South Huvadhu Atoll),
- Huvadhuatholhu Uthuruburi (North Huvadhu Atoll),
- Kolhumadulu,
- Maale (Male),
- Maaleatholhu (Male Atoll),
- Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi (South Maalhosmadulu),
- Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi (North Maalhosmadulu),
- Miladhunmadulu Dhekunuburi (South Miladhunmadulu),
- Miladhunmadulu Uthuruburi (North Miladhunmadulu),
- Mulakatholhu (Mulaku Atoll),
- Nilandheatholhu Dhekunuburi (South Nilandhe Atoll),
- Nilandheatholhu Uthuruburi (North Nilandhe Atoll),
- Thiladhunmathee Dhekunuburi (South Thiladhunmathi),
- Thiladhunmathee Uthuruburi (North Thiladhunmathi)
Male, Maldives capital city
Maldives flag
What continent does Maldives fall under?
Most spoken language in Maldives, by order
Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
Here you'll find some words to help you speak Sinhala (Sinhalese)
| Hello | ආයුබෝවන් | āyubōvan |
|---|---|---|
| Excuse me | මට සමාවෙන්න | maṭa samāvenna |
| Please | කරුණාකර | karuṇākara |
| I need help | මට උපකාර අවශ්යයි | maṭa udav avaśyayi |
| Do you speak (...) ? | ඔයාට කතා කරන්න පුලුවන්ද (...) ? | oyāṭa katā karanna puluvanda (...) ? |
| my name is... | මගේ නම වන්නේ... | magē nama vannē... |
| Thanks | ස්තූතියි | stutiyi |
| You're welcome | ඔයාව සාදරයෙන් පිළිගන්නවා | oyāva sādarayen piḷigannavā |
| Yes | ඔව් | ov |
| No | නැත | næta |
| Goodbye! | ආයුබෝවන්! | āyubōvan! |
| Where is (...)? | කොහෙද (...)? | koheda (...)? |
| Taxi | කුලී රථ | ṭæksi |
| Train station | දුම්රිය ස්ථානය | dumriya sthānaya |
| Bus station | බස් ස්ටේසම | bas nævatuma |
| Car rent | කාර් කුලියට | kār kuliyaṭa |
| Motorcycle rental | යතුරුපැදි කුලියට ගැනීම | yaturupædi kuliyaṭa dīma |
| Bike rental | බයිසිකල් කුලියට ගැනීම | bayisikal kuliyaṭa dīma |
| Airport | ගුවන්තොටුපල | guvan toṭupaḷa |
| Where is the hotel (...)? | අවන්හල කොහෙද (...)? | hōṭalaya koheda (...)? |
| Where is the city center? | නගර මධ්යස්ථානය කොහෙද? | nagara madhyasthānaya koheda? |
| I will go… | මම යන්නම්… | mama yannam... |
| I don't understand | මට තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ | maṭa tērennē næhæ |
| Help | උදව් | udav |
| I'm very sorry | මට සමාවෙන්න | maṭa samāvenna |
| Can I use your wifi, please? | කරුණාකර මට ඔබේ වයිෆයි භාවිතා කළ හැකිද? | karuṇākara maṭa obē wifi bhāvitā kaḷa hækida? |
| Where can I buy a wifi card for my cell phone? | මගේ ජංගම දුරකථනය සඳහා මට වයිෆයි කාඩ්පතක් මිලදී ගත හැක්කේ කොතැනින්ද? | magē jaṁgama durakathanaya san̆dahā wifi kāḍpatak miladī gata hækkē kotæninda? |
| Thank you for your help, you were very helpful! | ඔබගේ උදව්වට ස්තූතියි, ඔබ ඉතා ප්රයෝජනවත් විය! | obagē udavvaṭa stūtiyi, oba itā prayōjanavat viya! |
| I want to live here | මට මෙහි ජීවත් වීමට අවශ්යයි, | maṭa mehi jīvat vīmaṭa avaśyayi, |
| What is best place to find a home to buy? | මිලදී ගැනීමට නිවසක් සොයා ගැනීමට හොඳම ස්ථානය කුමක්ද? | miladī gænīmaṭa nivasak soyā gænīmaṭa hon̆dama sthānayakumakda? |
| I love you | මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි | mama oyāṭa ādareyi |
| Want to date me? | මාව ආශ්රය කරන්න ඕනද? | mā saman̆ga ālaya kirīmaṭa avaśyada? |
| Will you marry me? | ඔබ මාව බඳිනව ද? | oba māva ban̆dinava da? |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) is spoken in Sri Lanka, Maldives
The Sinhala (Sinhalese) language code is si
Geographical position of Maldives in the world
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
How is Maldives climate?
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
What are Maldives neighbours?
India and Sri Lanka
What is Maldives most predominant religion?
Sunni Muslim (official)
What is Maldives ISO country code?
MV
and Maldives ISO3
MDV
Maldives country area
300 sq km
What is Maldives country population?
515,696
What is Maldives time zone?
UTC +05:00
What is internet country code(ccTLD) used to indicate the Maldives websites?
The websites ccTLD used in Maldives is .mv
Maldives calling code
Calling from a different country, everyone should use the prefix 960 before the Maldives phone number
Maldives Global Peace Index Rank
According to visionofhumanity.org, Maldives ranks at position of the Global Peace Index Rank, with a Global Peace Index Score of
The currency name used in Maldives is the Rufiyaa with the currency code MVR
What has been Maldives GPD per capita evolution in the last years?
Maldives GDP per capita, according to CIA, has been of $13,000 (2020 est.), $19,500
(2019 est.) and $18,800 (2018 est.) data are in 2017 US dollars.
Maldives GDP per capita
is in rank 116 compared to other countries in the world, with a value of $13,000 - data
from 2020
The monthly minimum wage in local currency in Maldives is 3.100,0 " Rf, MRf, MVR, .ރ" an approximate equivalence to 169,1 € (euros), values of 2010
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