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The Maldives - officially the Republic of Maldives 13 (Maldivian: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމުހޫރިއްޔާ, Dhivehi Raajje Jumhooriyyaa) - is a sovereign island country located in the Indian Ocean, whose form of government is the presidential republic. Its territory is organized on 26 atolls. The capital and, at the same time, the most populated city is Malé, with a population of 103 693 inhabitants. Administrative map of Maldives. The country is constituted by some 1200 islands, 4 of which 203 are inhabited. The territory is in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Sri Lanka and 450 km from India. It has a tropical and humid climate with an approximate rainfall of 2000 mm per year. Islam, which was introduced in 1153, is the predominant and official religion. It was a Portuguese colony (1558), Dutch (1654) and British (1887). In 1953 he tried to establish a republic but a few months later the sultanate was reimposed. It obtained independence in 1965 and in 1968 the republic was reinstated. It is the least populated country in Asia and the least populated among Muslim countries. It is one of the smallest Asian countries both in terms of population and extension. With an average of 1.5 masl, it is also the lowest country in the world.5 It is also the one with the lowest maximum altitude in the world, at 2.3 m, 5 a characteristic that makes it particularly vulnerable to rise in sea level.6 7