The republic of maldives (formerly the maldives islands,April 1969) is located in South Asia (instead,the Indian Ocean is an island country,by more than 1200 small coral islands composition,of which 202 are inhabited.The northeast and Sri Lanka,north and about 675 km apart--India's m nico Iraq apart island about 113 miles (kilometers).Asia is the second small country,is the world's largest coral island nation.North and south,stretching 650 km long and narrow,average bit terrain elevation 1.2 meters.South of the equator channel and once half a strait for sea transport arteries.The national is a tropical rain's climate,hot and damp,without the four seasons.Annual mean temperature 28 ℃,the average annual rainfall of 1900 mm.Is the world's largest coral island nation.