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Maldives
| Location |
Indian Ocean, SW of S tip of India |
| Latitude and longitude |
3 15 N, 73 00 E |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Republic of Maldives" |
| Population |
318,000 |
| Census notes |
est. 2003 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
300 |
| Capital |
Male |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution
of the Maldives, from the President’s Office, Republic of the
Maldives (PDF 470K) |
Other legal documents online
|
| Laws
and Regulations of the Maldives, unofficial translations of
selected laws, from the Maldives Business Guide |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Country
profile: Maldives, from the BBC News |
| Fishery
Country Profile—The Republic of Maldives, from the Food and
Agriculture Organization |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Legal
Profiles: Maldives, from the Islamic family law study by the
Emory University School of Law |
| Maldives,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
|
Maldives,
from the World Bank Group |
| Maldives,
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1994) |
| The
Maldives, Country at a Glance, from the Maldives Tourism Promotion Board |
| The
President's Office, Republic of the Maldives |
| The
Republic of the Maldives, from the Permanent Mission of the
Republic of the Maldives to the United Nations |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Maldives |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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