Is the Maldives large in land area?

The Maldives has a small land area, with a land area of only 90,000 square kilometers.

The Maldives is actually not a large land area. Because this is originally an island, it is a famous tourist attraction.

It is very small, only 298 square kilometers, which is not as big as the urban area of a county-level city in China.

Geographical location of Maldives:

The Maldives is located at 4 degrees north latitude and 73 degrees east longitude, more than 3,500 kilometers from the southwest tip of China, about 600 kilometers south of India and about 750 kilometers southwest of Sri Lanka. It is 820 kilometers long from north to south and 130 kilometers wide from east to west. The direct flight time from China is about 9 hours, and the direct flights mainly include Sichuan Airlines, Mega, Sri Lanka (via Colombo), inaugural flight, etc.

The main connecting flights are Hong Kong Dragonair, Singapore Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airlines, etc.

Maldives Islands:

There are more than 1,200 small coral islands, consisting of 26 groups of natural atolls and 1,192 coral islands, constituting 20 atolls, distributed in a sea area of 90,000 square kilometers, of which 200 are inhabited islands.

Map of Maldives.

The Maldives has a total area of 10,000 square kilometers (including territorial waters) and a land area of 298 square kilometers.

The Maldives is an archipelagic country in the Indian Ocean. It is about 600 km from the south of India and about 750 km from the southwest of Sri Lanka. It is 820 kilometers long from north to south and 130 kilometers wide from east to west.

The total land area is 90,000 square kilometers (including territorial sea area), and the land area is 298 square kilometers.

Maldives natural environment

The Maldives consists of 26 groups of natural atolls and 1,192 coral islands spread over 90,000 square kilometres of sea, of which about 187 islands are inhabited.

The average area of the island is 1-2 square kilometers, the terrain is low, and the average altitude is meters. Located near the equator, it has obvious tropical climate characteristics and has no four seasons. The annual precipitation is 2143 mm, and the average annual temperature is 28.

The average daily maximum temperature is 31°C and the minimum temperature is 26°C.

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Not a developed country.

The Maldives belongs to Asia, and as of May 2019, there are currently only three countries in Asia: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Israel. The average annual income of Maldivians is higher than that of China, but the difference is not very large.

The Maldives is dominated by tourism and shipping. Before 2011, it was listed as a least developed country in the world. After years of hard work, Malaysia has made certain achievements in economic development, becoming the country with the highest per capita GDP in South Asia, and the level of infrastructure and connectivity has been greatly improved.

01 The Maldives itself is an independent island country, so there is no such thing as belonging to any one country. Located in South Asia, the Maldives is an island country in the Indian Ocean and the largest coral island country in the world, with its capital in Malé and an area of 300 square kilometers (not counting the territorial sea), making it the smallest country in Celery.

The Republic of Maldives (formerly known as the Maldives Islands), abbreviated as "Maldives", is an archipelagic country in the Indian Ocean. It is an independent island nation, so there is no such thing as belonging to any country. Maldives is located in South Asia, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, and is also the largest coral island country in the world, the capital is in Malé, with an area of 300 square kilometers (not counting territorial waters), which is the smallest country in Asia.

The Maldives was first mentioned in the writings of the second-century Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer Ptolemy, who referred to the Maldives as a place of 1,378 small islands to the west of Sri Lanka. Since then, many navigators have repeatedly referred to the Maldives: Pappus Alexandria at the end of the 14th century mentions the island of Taprobane and 1,370 neighboring islands.

The Theban Scholasticus, who sailed to the shores of Malabar in India, mentions "a thousand small islands and their treacherous conditions: for the magnet coast there would cause the tin ship to run aground and sink".

Suleiman, a Persian merchant who once crossed the Indian Ocean, wrote: "There are nearly 1,900 islands in this ocean called Herkend, and the ruler is a woman with untold wealth". He also followed Zheng He's expedition to East Africa in 1433, and he confirmed in his coastal surveys that merchant ships had come to the Maldives to purchase rope here.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese were very familiar with these islands, calling them "mountains lying underwater" (quicksand), and documenting their climate, geography and customs.

Summary. The Republic of the Republic of Aldives (formerly known as the Maldives Islands, changed to its current name in April 1969) is an island nation in the Indian Ocean located in South Asia. It consists of more than 1,200 small coral islands, of which 202 are inhabited.

With an area of 300 square kilometers, it is the smallest country in Asia.

Maldives area and population.

Hello dear, the area and population of the Maldives are answered as follows, with a total area of 90,000 square kilometers (including territorial sea area) and a land area of 298 square kilometers. It has a population of 440,000, all of whom are ethnic Maldives. The national and official languages are Dhivehi, which is the common English of the upper classes.

Islam is the state religion and belongs to the Sunni sect.

The Republic of the Republic of Aldives (formerly known as the Maldives Islands, changed to its current name in April 1969) is an island nation in the Indian Ocean located in South Asia. It consists of more than 1,200 small coral islands, of which 202 are inhabited. With an area of 300 square kilometers, it is the smallest country in Asia.

The total area of territorial waters is 90,000 square kilometers.

Located in South Asia, the Republic of Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, consisting of more than 1,200 small coral islands, 202 of which are inhabited. It is 675 km away from Sri Lanka in the northeast and about 113 km from the Indian island of Minikooi in the north.

The Maldives is the second smallest country in Asia and the largest coral island country in the world. Extending 650 kilometers from north to south, the terrain is long and narrow, low and flat, and the average altitude is meters. The Equatorial Strait and the Strait of One and a Half Degrees in the south are the main routes for maritime communication.

The whole country belongs to the tropical rain forest climate, hot and humid, and there are no four seasons. The average annual temperature is 28, and the average annual precipitation is 1900 mm.