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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.
A city will not be included within an administrative atoll. A city has further subdivisions called "wards" or "districts". A city council will also govern over any uninhabited islands or resort islands within its designated area. There are four cities in Maldives. They are Malé, Addu, Fuvahmulah and Kulhudhuffushi.
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.
For each ward a chief ('Katheeb') was appointed as in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the respective ward and held accountable for an Atoll chief. According to the Decentralisation Act 2010 an island council too have to be elected for each division of the island. There was formerly a ninth ward named Dhashokubaa which was merged with ...
Addu City is a city in Maldives that consists of the inhabited islands of Addu Atoll, the southernmost atoll of the archipelago. Addu City is the second-largest urban area in Maldives, in terms of population, and is one of the two urban areas to get the status of "city" other than the capital city, Malé, and Fuvahmulah.
For each ward a chief (“Katheeb”) was appointed as in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the respective ward and held accountable for an Island chief. With the introduction of local government policy in the Maldives, an Island Council is to be elected for each ward of the island according to the Decentralisation act 2010.
ISO 3166-2:MV is the entry for Maldives in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Machchangolhi (Dhivehi: މައްޗަންގޮޅީ), also known as Machangolhi, is a district of Malé, Maldives. [1] [2] Location within Malé City