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The Administrative Divisions of the Maldives refers to the various units of government that provide local government services in the Maldives.According to the Decentralization Act 2010, the administrative divisions of the Maldives would consist of atolls, islands, and cities; each administered by their own local council, under the basic terms of home rule.
Map of The Maldives Malé, Capital of the Maldives. Administratively, only cities in the Maldives are recognized as being different from other islands, and no official towns exist. The islands are categorized into administrative atolls divided based on geographical location, with each atoll having a capital island.
The Maldives has twenty-six natural atolls and few island groups on isolated reefs, all of which have been divided into twenty-one administrative divisions (17 administrative atolls and cities of Malé, Addu, Fuvahmulah, Thinadhoo, and Kulhudhuffushi). [160] Each atoll is administered by an elected Atoll Council.
Maldives: Unitary 17 atolls 4 cities: 189 islands: Mali: Unitary 10 régions 1 capital district: 40+ cercles 1,400+ arrondissements: 700+ communes: Malta: Unitary 5 regions (reġjuni) 68 local councils (kunsilli lokali) Marshall Islands: Unitary 24 municipalities: Mauritania: Regional 15 regions ; capital city of Nouakchott spans 3 regions
Currently for Maldives, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two cities and 19 administrative atolls. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is MV, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Maldives. The second part is one of the following: three letters: Malé; two digits: Addu City and administrative atolls
Mulaku Atoll or Meemu Atoll (Dhivehi: މުލަކުތޮޅު) is an administrative division of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name, also known as Mulak Atoll or 'Mulakatolhu'. There is a mosque of historical value in Kolhufushi Island, but no Buddhist remains have been found on this atoll.
Lhaviyani Atoll (also known as Faadhippolhu Atoll) is an administrative division of the Maldives.Its abbreviation is Lh.. Lhaviyani Atoll is located between 5° 15" and 5° 35" N and between 73° 20" and 74° 40" E.
This category lists the administrative atolls of the Maldives, which are administrative divisions. For the natural geographical atolls forming the country see Atolls of the Maldives . Subcategories