Maldives or the Republic of Maldives is a chain of
islands scattered over the Indian Ocean, situated right on the
equator southwest of Sri Lanka. The islands stretch for about
820 km from North to South, 130 km at the widest point and each
does not exceed a length of 4.5 miles or an altitude of 6 feet
above sea level. Groups of these islands are clustered into
'Atolls', the word derived from a word 'Atholhu' in Dhivehi, a
Maldivian language. The word Atoll has two meaning on its own;
one represents a geographical atoll which is a formation of
several islands in the proximity, while another refers to an
administrative division. For this reason, several atolls have
both an old traditional name and a name for its administrative
region, some of which can be one and the same, for example, the
administrative region of Lhaviyani Atoll is the geographical
atoll of Faadhippolhu. However in some cases, some large
geographical atolls are divided into two small administrative
regions whereas some other two small geographical atolls are
grouped into one administrative region.
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