Malé

Summary

Malé is a city^[1]. Malé ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,319 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Malé is located in Kaafu Atoll^[3].
• Malé is in the country of Maldives^[4].
• Malé is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[5].
• Malé's head of government is recorded as Adam Azim^[6].
• Malé's image is recorded as Male-total.jpg^[7].
• Malé's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Malé's instance of is recorded as first-level administrative division^[9].
• Malé's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Malé's instance of is recorded as largest city^[11].
• Malé's instance of is recorded as national capital^[12].
• Malé's official language is recorded as Maldivian^[13].
• Malé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Colombo^[14].
• Malé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaohsiung^[15].
• Malé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Djibouti^[16].
• Malé's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146604025^[17].
• Malé's GND ID is recorded as 4842784-6^[18].
• Malé's GND ID is recorded as 1034926683^[19].
• Malé's locator map image is recorded as Malé Atoll in Maldives.svg^[20].
• Malé's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82095066^[21].
• Malé's postal code is recorded as 20002 - 20003^[22].
• Malé's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as MV-MLE^[23].
• Malé's part of is recorded as Kaafu Atoll^[24].
• Malé's Commons category is recorded as Malé^[25].
• Malé's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6599336^[26].
• Malé's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Malé is in the country of Maldives^[4]. Malé is located in Kaafu Atoll^[3]. Malé is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[5]. Malé's part of is recorded as Kaafu Atoll^[24].

Physical Characteristics

Malé's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.8'}^[28]. Malé's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+103693'}^[30], {'amount': '+133019'}^[31], and {'amount': '+252768'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], first-level administrative division^[9], big city^[10], largest city^[11], and national capital^[12].

History and Context

+0500-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Malé^[33].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Malé include Velana International Airport^[34], an international airport^[35], in Maldives^[36].

Why It Matters

Malé ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,319 views/month).^[2] Malé has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Malé is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Malé include Velana International Airport^[34], an international airport^[35], in Maldives^[36].