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SCWPM.#21a - TBB.#213a - Date: 2000 (AH1421)Grade: Unc. - Signature: 1 - Prefix: C
Description: Colour: Violet - Front: Maldividan text; cowrie shells; bunch of coconuts; dhivehi odi (boat) in full sail. - Back: English text; three lateen-rigged dhoanis with tuna fishermen. - Solid security thread with demetalized MMA. - Watermark: Coat of arms. - Printer: De la Rue (no imprint) - Size: 150 x 70 mm. - Material: Paper
The Maldives officially the Republic of Maldives, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is named after the main island and capital of Male. The word "Maldives" means "the islands (dives) of Male". The name may derive from the Sanskrit word "maladvipa" meaning "garland of islands". Dhivehi Raajje in Dhivehi means "Kingdom of the Dhivehi people". The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland. The Maldives' chain of 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south.
The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. Including the sea, the territory spans roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), and a land area of 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi). The Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states, and the smallest Muslim-majority country by land area. With a population of 515,132 in the 2022 census, it is the 2nd least populous country in Asia.
