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| Location | Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India |
| Geographic coordinates | 3 15 N, 73 00 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area |
total: 300 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 300 sq km |
| Area comparative | about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 644 km |
| Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm territorial sea: 12 nm |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) |
| Terrain | flat, with white sandy beaches |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: indian ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on wilingili island in the addu atoll 2.4 m |
| Natural resources | fish |
| Land use |
arable land: 13.33% permanent crops: 16.67% other: 70% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | NA sq km |
| Natural hazards | low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise |
| Environment - current issues | depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | 1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean |
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