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Maldivian trivia you don't know

1. Maldives, full name of the Republic of Maldives, capital Malé, is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean, with a total area of 115,300 square kilometers, of which 298 square kilometers are land area and a population of about 557,000.

Maldivian trivia you don't know

2. The country with the highest divorce rate in the world. The Maldives is actually a polygamous country, but it has the highest divorce rate in the world, and many people have been married three or four times by the age of 30.

Maldivian trivia you don't know

3. It's hot in the Maldives, but you can't wear short skirts and shorts. The Maldives is a Muslim country, so dress must not be revealing, men must wear long trousers, and women must wear long skirts that can cover their bodies.

Maldivian trivia you don't know

4. The Maldives may disappear in 100 years. As the Maldives is one of the lowest in the world, with an average elevation of only 1.2 meters, as the global climate warms and sea levels continue to rise, the land area of the Maldives will continue to shrink, and it is estimated that most of the Maldives islands will be submerged by 2100.

Maldivian trivia you don't know

5. There is an island in the Maldives dedicated to piling up garbage. Although the Maldives is a small island country, but the tourism industry is extremely developed, tourists produce garbage because of the high cost of transportation, so the government has set up an island to pile up garbage, this island is called "Slavus Island".

Maldivian trivia you don't know

6. You can buy islands in the Maldives. The Maldives has more than 1,200 islands, of which about 1,000 are uninhabited, and you can buy an island as your private territory for a few million dollars, but taxes, maintenance fees, construction costs, etc. are still a lot of money.

Maldivian trivia you don't know

7. In addition to seafood, everything else in the Maldives is expensive. Due to the limitations of geographical location and productivity, most of the living materials in the Maldives need to be imported, resulting in generally high commodity prices, so travel to the Maldives must be budgeted.

Maldivian trivia you don't know

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