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Malé [a] is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives.With a population of 211,908 in 2022 [1] within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of 8.30 square kilometres (3.20 sq mi), Malé is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
The Maldives, [d] officially the Republic of Maldives, [e] and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India , about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.
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.
Ahmed Nareesh (Dhivehi: އަހުމަދު ނަރީޝް; born 1988) is the Deputy Mayor of Malé, the capital city of the Maldives. [1] He was serving as the acting mayor, after the former Mayor Mohamed Muizzu resigned On 17 November 2023. [2] After the mayoral elections in 2024, Adam Azim became the new mayor. [3]
Progressive Party of Maldives [c] 5 Ahmed Nareesh [5] 17 November 2023 22 January 2024 2 Months Progressive Party of Maldives [d] 6 Adam Azim [6] 22 January 2024 Incumbent: Incumbent: Maldivian Democratic Party
Male'atholhu Uthuruburi also known as North Malé Atoll is of irregular shape. It is 58 kilometres (36 miles) long and contains about 50 islands (including the capital Malé). There are also sandbanks, coral patches, innumerable farus and submerged shoals (called "haa" in Dhivehi). The general depths of the interior are between 25 and 35 ...
Malé is the capital of Maldives and nearly 40% of its population lives on the Malé island of 8.30 square kilometer. According to University of Pennsylvania, Malé is one of the most densely populated cities globally. Malé has often been described as an overcrowded island which has little expanse for the city to expand. [3]
Given below are some of the names by which Maldives was known through the centuries. In the early fifth century AD, Palladius, Bishop of Hellenopolis (AD 360–430), a classical Greek bishop, refers to Maldives as Maniolae, in his treatise On the Races of the Indians and the Brahmans, adding that the magnet stone which attracts iron was produced in these islands.