Maldives , full name is the Republic of Maldives, original name Maldives Islands . Located above Indian Ocean in southern Asia, it is an archipelago country. The Maldives is a single nation-state, and the main ethnic group is Maldives (called Divish). The official language is Divighi, common English. Maldives is an Islamic country. The Maldives is a presidential state, the president is both the head of state and the head of government, and the current position is Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh .
History: In the 5th century BC, the Sinhala-type Aryan from Ceylon came here to settle. Around 300 BC, Alexander marched eastward toward the Indian Ocean, and the Tamil march of South India began to arrive in the Maldives. In the 4th century AD, merchants in Maldives sent representatives to the Roman Empire to pay homage to the last pagan emperor Julian. In the 6th century AD, the Sassanian Persians intervened, interrupting the exchange between the Maldives and the Romans and turned it into a transit station between the Red Sea-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand-Hand In the 7th to 8th centuries AD, the Arabs rose. Since 1116, Islam has gradually become nationalized in the Maldives. At the end of the 12th century, the king of Buddhism, Dovimi, chose to convert to Islam and became a vassal of the Sultanate of Ajulan in , Somalia, and . In the mid-15th century, the Indian Prince Kannurura controlled the Maldives. At the end of the 15th century, Portuguese colonists noticed the Maldives. In 1513, conflicts occurred within the Maldives royal family due to the succession of the throne, and the Portuguese intervened to support Kalu Mohammed in obtaining the throne, and forced him to agree to the Portuguese colonists' garrison in Male . In 1518, the Maldives destroyed the Portuguese garrison in one fell swoop, and in 1552, the colonists repelled the attack. In 1558, Portugal sent troops to land in the Maldives again and established a small fortification station near Male. King Ali VI changed his religion to Christianity and became a Portuguese puppet. Under the leadership of the three brothers Takurufanu, after several years of guerrilla warfare, the Maldives expelled the Portuguese in 1573. In 1645, the Dutch colonists in Ceylon Island declared that the Maldives belonged to their sphere of influence. As the relationship between the Dutch and the Muslim princes was more harmonious, the Maldives trade declined again. In 1752, Indian troops invaded the Maldives again, and the following year France invaded the Maldives on the grounds of mediating the war. The Maldives were invaded by the Netherlands again in the 18th century, and in 1796 the British drove the Dutch out of Ceylon. In the 1830s, British colonists took advantage of the infighting of the upper Maldives nobles and further controlled the Maldives with the support of Sultan Mohammed Imatt Addin IV. In 1887, the governor of the Ceylon colony of the United Kingdom signed a treaty with the Maldives Sultan, and the Maldives became a British protector. In 1932, the Maldives changed to constitutional monarchy. In 1934, Britain recognized the independence of the Maldives. After , India and Pakistan divided in 1947, the three southern islands led by Adu Atoll once hoped to be separated from the entire Maldives. But it was suppressed without the support of international forces. In 1953, the Maldives became a republic within the Commonwealth. In 1954, the parliament decided to abolish the Republic, rebuild the sultanate , and implement the presidential system. From 1954 to 1968, the Maldives became the Sultanate again. In 1965, he gained complete independence and joined the United Nations in the same year. The country implements the federal system , and the elected president is the head of state. In 1967, British troops retreated from Adu Atoll. On November 11, 1968, the Republic of Maldives was announced through a referendum, the Sultanate was abolished, and Islam was established as the state religion. Ibrahim Nasir takes office as president. In 1975, he joined the Organization of the Islamic Conference. In 1976, he joined the Non-Aligned Movement. In 1988, some commercial groups instigated a coup in the Maldives, and Indian naval and air force and paratroopers defeated the mercenary entrenched in the Maldives. In October 2016, the Maldives announced its separation from the Commonwealth.
Administrative division : The Maldives are divided into 22 administrative regions across the country, including 19 administrative atolls and 4 cities of Male, Adu, Fuamora and Kurudu Fuji.
