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- The inhabitants of Maldives were converted to Buddhism in the 3rd century BC
- The Islamic religion was introduced in 1153
- It is the smallest Asian country in the number of inhabitants
- It is the smallest predominantly Muslim nation in the world
- Total population is about 350,000
Expert summary
The Maldives or Male is an island nation between the Minicoy and the Chargos archipelago in the Sindhu Sagar Sea of the Indian Ocean. It consists of a group of 26 atolls. It is situated south of India’s Lakshadweep Islands, about 700 km southwest of Sri Lanka. The Maldives includes a total of 1192 islets of which 250 are inhabited. The Maldives was under the Portuguese and the Dutch for a long time. It became a British protectorate in 1965 and obtained independence in the same year. The official language is Dhivehi. Adherence to Islam was made essential for citizenship in a constitutional amendment in 2008. The population is mainly Dravidian in origin.
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he book gives detailed info on diving, dining, stay and all other points of interest as the author himself has stayed in every resort he is writing about. Especially for Maldives when choosing the resort is the focal point of the vacation planning and the resort stay is THE vacation this book is indispensable. -
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