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The Maldives
People:
About 270,000 people live on the
islands of Maldives.Two-thirds of
these people live outside of the
Male island.People come from many
backgrounds including Indian,
Sinhalese, Arabic and African. The
state religion is Islam.
Most of the
people are Sunni Muslims. The
language spoken through out the
Maldives is Divehi. The writing
system of Maldive is from right to
left. English is used widely in
commerce and increasingly as the
medium of instruction in government
schools.
The literacy rate of the Maldives is
very high - 98%. Now they are
following Islamic rules for marriage
and family. According to United
Nations statistics , Maldives has
the highest divorce rate (of
registered marriages) of any country
in the world.
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