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Travel Home > Directory > Destinations > Asia > Maldives > Malé
Male Atoll, North, Maldives. The Kurumba Village Hotel in Maldives is a popular accommodation with both business and leisure travelers. Each of the 180 rooms at this fine 5-star hotel feature superior amenities. Enjoy activities like scuba diving, windsurfing, fishing, water sports and boating.
Kaafu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of Kaashidhoo Island, Gaafaru, and Male' Atoll (which includes the North Malé Atoll and the South Malé Atoll).
Kaafu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of Kaashidhoo Island, Gaafaru, and Malé Atoll (which includes the North Malé Atoll and the South Malé Atoll).
A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. Thus, the enclosed body of water behind a barrier reef or barrier islands or enclosed by an atoll reef is called a lagoon.
Malé, population 81,647 (2004), is the capital of the Republic of Maldives located at the southern edge of North Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll. Traditionally it was the King's Island from where the ancient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled and where the palace was located.
The Maldives gained independence on July 26, 1965.Three years later a republic was declared with Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir as the first president. In 1978 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom became president and has been re-elected since then.
