Maldives

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
MV
ISO alpha-3
MDV
ISO numeric
462
FIPS 10-4
MV
GeoNames ID
1282028

Key facts

Capital
Male
Area
300 km²
Population
515,696
Currency
Rufiyaa (MVR)
Calling code
+960
Top-level domain
.mv
Official languages
dv,en

Continent

Name
Asia
Code
AS
In this dataset
51 countries

Asia in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
3.2
Longitude
73
Min latitude
-0.6885718729999439
Min longitude
72.68482506600003
Max latitude
7.107245184000078
Max longitude
73.75318444100003

Boundary

Maldives

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/MV?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 300,
    "capital": "Male",
    "continent_code": "AS",
    "currency_code": "MVR",
    "iso3_code": "MDV",
    "iso_code": "MV",
    "name": "Maldives",
    "population": 515696
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/MV/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=MV
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=MV
  • /v1/timezones?country=MV
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Name in other languages

Arabic
جزر المالديف
Chinese
马尔代夫
English
Maldives
French
Maldives
German
Malediven
Hindi
मालदीव
Italian
Maldive
Japanese
モルディブ
Korean
몰디브
Portuguese
Maldivas
Russian
Мальдивы
Spanish
Maldivas
Total language variants
138

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
Indian/Maldives UTC+05:00 UTC+05:00

Postal code format

Format
#####
Pattern
^(\d{5})$

First-level administrative regions

  • Maale
  • Raa Atholhu
  • Haa Dhaalu Atholhu
  • Haa Alifu Atholhu
  • Addu Atoll
  • Gaafu Dhaalu Atholhu
  • Shaviyani Atholhu
  • Kaafu Atoll
  • Noonu Atoll
  • Thaa Atholhu
  • Laamu Atholhu
  • Gaafu Alifu Atholhu
  • Baa Atholhu
  • Gnaviyani Atoll
  • Lhaviyani Atholhu
  • Southern Ari Atoll
  • Dhaalu Atholhu
  • Meemu Atholhu
  • Alifu Atholhu
  • Faafu Atholhu
  • Vaavu Atholhu

21 of 21 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Male 103,693
Fuvahmulah 11,140
Hithadhoo 9,927
Kulhudhuffushi 9,500
Thinadhoo 6,376
Naifaru 5,044
Hulhumale 5,000
Dhihdhoo 3,039
Maafushi 3,000
Viligili 2,925

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
119
First-level regions
21
Postal codes
0
Name languages
138
Boundary polygon
Yes

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