Which country does Maldives belong to?

Maldives does not belong to any country. Maldives is a separate country, and its full name is the Republic of Maldives.

Maldives Republic of China, referred to as "Maldives", is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean. It is about 600 kilometers from southern India and 750 kilometers from southwest Sri Lanka. There are 26 groups of natural atolls and 1 192 coral islands in the sea area of 90,000 square kilometers, of which about 200 islands are inhabited. With a land area of 298 square kilometers, it is the smallest country in Asia.

The northeastern Maldives is 675 kilometers away from Sri Lanka, and the northern Maldives is about 1 13 kilometers away from Indian minicoy. The equatorial strait and one and a half straits in southern Maldives are the main maritime traffic routes.

The topography and natural resources of Maldives;

Maldives consists of 26 groups of natural atolls and 1 192 coral islands, distributed in 90,000 square kilometers of sea area, of which about 200 islands are inhabited. The average area of the whole island is 1-2 square kilometers, and the terrain is low, with an average elevation of 1.2 meters.

Maldives is rich in marine resources, including all kinds of tropical fish and seafood such as turtles, hawksbill, corals and shells. There are more than 700 species of fish in Maldives and its surrounding waters, producing bonito, tuna, lobster and sea cucumber, as well as a small number of groupers, sharks, turtles and hawksbill. Coral fish are the most common, with different colors, shapes and sizes.