Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Tsibirin Maldives yana kan Chagos-Laccadive Ridge, babban dutsen dutsen karkashin ruwa a cikin Tekun Indiya, wanda kuma ya zama yanki na ƙasa, tare da Chagos Archipelago da Lakshadweep. Tare da matsakaicin tsayin ƙasa na mita 1.5 (4 ft 11 in) sama da matakin teku, ita ce ƙasa mafi ƙasƙanci a duniya, har ma da mafi girman ma'anar halitta tana ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙasƙanci a duniya, a mita 5.1. Saboda sakamakon haɗarin da hauhawar matakan teku ke haifarwa, gwamnati ta yi alƙawarin a cikin 2009 don sanya Maldives ƙasa mai tsaka-tsakin carbon ta 2019.An gabatar da Islama zuwa tsibirin Maldivian a karni na 12 wanda aka karfafa shi a matsayin sultanate, yana haɓaka haɗin kasuwanci da al'adu mai ƙarfi tare da Asiya da Afirka. Daga tsakiyar karni na 16, yankin ya shiga ƙarƙashin tasirin ikon mulkin mallaka na Turai, tare da Maldives ya zama mai kula da Birtaniya a 1887. An ba da 'yancin kai daga Burtaniya a 1965 kuma an kafa jamhuriya ta shugaban kasa a 1968 tare da zaɓaɓɓen Majlis na Jama'a. Shekaru goma da suka biyo baya sun kasance suna nuna rashin zaman lafiya na siyasa, kokarin da ake yi na gyaran dimokiradiyya, da kuma kalubalen muhalli da sauyin yanayi ya haifar. Maldives na daga cikin mambobin kungiyar Kudancin Asiya don Hadin gwiwar Yankin (SAARC). Har ila yau, memba ne na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Kungiyar Hadin Kan Musulunci, da Harkar Ba da Haɗin Kai. Bankin Duniya ya rarraba Maldives a matsayin samun tattalin arzikin matsakaicin matsakaici. Kifi ya kasance tarihi ya kasance babban aikin tattalin arziki, kuma ya kasance mafi girma a fannin, wanda ya biyo bayan masana'antar yawon shakatawa mai saurin girma. Maldives an kimanta shi a matsayin "babba" a kan Ci gaban Humanan Adam, tare da samun kudin shiga na mutum ɗaya wanda ya fi sauran ƙasashen SAARC girma. Maldives ya kasance jamhuriya ce ta Commonwealth daga Yuli 1982 har zuwa lokacin da ta janye daga Commonwealth a watan Oktoba 2016 don nuna rashin amincewa da sukar ƙasashen duniya game da bayananta dangane da cin hanci da rashawa da haƙƙin ɗan adam.  Tambaya: Wace hanya ce Maldives ta sami 'yancin kai daga Ingila?
an kafa jamhuriyar shugaban kasa a shekarar 1968