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What every visitor should know about Maldives:
- Money
- The currency is the Maldivian rufiyaa
(MVR). 10 MVR is worth
about US$0.79, or €0.55.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Male
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Maldives facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 396,334
- Language
- Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
- Ethnicity
- South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs
Economy
- GDP
- US$4,500 (per capita)
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