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  2. Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .mu. Mauritius, officially known as the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, approximately 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the south-eastern coast of East Africa, to the east of Madagascar.

  3. Maldives - Wikipedia

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    The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. Including the sea, the territory spans roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), with a land area of 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi). The Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states, and the smallest Muslim country by land area.

  4. Rodrigues - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .mu. Rodrigues (French: Île Rodrigues [il ʁɔdʁiɡ]; Creole: Rodrig) is a 108 km 2 (42 sq mi) autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about 560 km (350 mi) east of Mauritius. [2] It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which include Mauritius and Réunion. Like Agaléga, Rodrigues is a constituent ...

  5. British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia

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    BIOT.gov.io. Disputed with Mauritius. The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land ...

  6. Foreign relations of the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    The Maldives established diplomatic relations with the United States on 10 November 1965 and the two nations maintain friendly relations. The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka, based in the U.S. embassy in Colombo, is also cross-accredited to the Maldives, and the ambassador and embassy staff make periodic visits.

  7. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation - Wikipedia

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    Website saarc-sec.org. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. SAARC comprises 3% of the world's land area, 21% of the world's ...

  8. Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute - Wikipedia

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    Islands of the Republic of Mauritius labelled in black. Sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago is disputed between Mauritius and the United Kingdom.Mauritius has repeatedly stated that the Chagos Archipelago is part of its territory and that the United Kingdom claim is a violation of United Nations resolutions banning the dismemberment of colonial territories before independence.

  9. Geography of the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    923,322 km 2 (356,497 sq mi) Maldives is an island country in the Indian Ocean, South Asia, south-southwest of India. It has a total land size of 298 km 2 (115 sq mi) which makes it the smallest country in Asia. It consists of approximately 1,190 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometers ...