How old are the Maldives?

On this day—July 26, 1965—the Maldives gained independence from Britain. The Maldives, which would become the Republic of Maldives in 1968, are a group of islands found on top of the Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive Ridge, an underwater mountain range in the Indian Ocean.Jul 26, 2013 read more

The Maldives (/ ˈ m ɒ l d iː v z / or / ˈ m ɔː l d aɪ v z / ( listen); Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dhivehi Raa'jey), officially the Republic of Maldives, is a South Asian sovereign state, located in the Indian Ocean, situated in the Arabian Sea. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India. read more

Maldives, in full Republic of Maldives, also called Maldive Islands, independent island country in the north-central Indian Ocean. It consists of a chain of about 1,200 small coral islands and sandbanks (some 200 of which are inhabited), grouped in clusters, or atolls. read more

The coconut palm and the yellow-fin tuna, symbols of the Maldives, say a great deal about this nation of more than a thousand islands. Grouped into 26 low atolls in the Indian Ocean, less than 300 of the islands are inhabited. The Maldives is flat with white sandy beaches and excellent reefs with an abundance of marine life. read more