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Maldives
Maldives is a country. It has a population of about 436,330 and an area of 298 km². It is on Maldives Time. It contains 21 atolls and 3 villages. The largest are Male (252,768), Raa Atoll (24,500), and Haa Dhaalu Atholhu (23,875). It was established in 1965.
298 km²
Area
Indian/Maldives
Time zone
- Time zone
- Indian/Maldives
- Area
- 298 km²
- Established
- 1965
- Official website
- visitmaldives.com
Referenced in
Facts on this page come from public records.
Place data from GeoNames, used under CC BY 4.0 and modified for this site.
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Music from Maldives
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In honour of my parents
“Manmi Selo” and “Papi Dodo” are songs honoring my parents and to welcome you to TimTim.Live.
- TimTim.LiveManmi Selo 2
- TimTim.LivePapi Dodo aka Carmel & Jeanne 3
Songs shared with listeners here
Artists chose language audiences found here. These songs may come from anywhere. Press play to choose this playlist.
Why Is TimTim.Live Singing About a Place I Love?
A personal note about why TimTim.Live is here in Maldives.
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More than 304 million people live outside the country where they were born.
And hundreds of millions more carry another country, city, town or village in their hearts — through parents, grandparents, family, memories, culture, friendship and love.
Maybe you are one of them.
If you were born in Maldives, have family there, or simply carry it in your heart, this note is for you.
Maybe your parents came from here. Maybe someone you love still lives here. Maybe you visited once and never forgot it. Or maybe it is simply a place you hope to see someday.
That is why TimTim.Live is here.
Home is more than where you live today.
Haitian Konpa was the sound of the home I grew up in. It is the music of my childhood, my memories and part of who I am.
Today, through TimTim.Live, I am taking that rhythm with me on a musical journey around the world — creating songs inspired by countries, cities, towns, villages, people and places I have visited, places I have learned about, and places I still dream of discovering someday.
Maldives is a place I am still learning about, and one I hope to discover someday.
But I want something to be very clear:
This song is not meant to define the culture of Maldives. Its own artists and traditions tell that story better than I ever could.
I am sharing the music I grew up with as a musical greeting from my home to yours.
From Haiti… and now my hometown of Washington, DC, USA… to wherever you call home.
Music does not need a passport.
You do not need to speak my language to feel a rhythm. You do not have to speak the same language. You do not have to come from the same country. You don’t even have to understand every word.
Music asks only one question:
Will you listen?
And if you hear a Haitian Konpa beat carrying the name or memory of a place close to your heart, I hope it makes you smile.
I hope hearing Maldives makes you think about someone you love.
I hope it reminds you of someone. I hope it brings back loving memories.
And for those of us living far from the places where we grew up, I hope that for a few minutes… home feels a little closer.
If you know Maldives better than I do, teach me something about it.
Tell me about its people. Tell me about its music. Tell me what makes it special.
Tell me about the places someone should see, the stories they should know, and the things people who were born there never forget.
TimTim.Live should not only sing about places. It should help the people who love them be heard. That is why the TimTim.Live platform is now open to artists worldwide.
I, TimTim.Live the artist, want to help people remember, discover and stay connected to a place dear to their heart.
Does someone you love live far from Maldives?
Send them the music. Send them the memory. Send them a free TimTim.Live Musical Postcard and say: “I heard this and thought about you.”
Send a Free Musical PostcardBecause sometimes a song can travel thousands of miles and bring someone home for a few minutes.
And if the Konpa rhythm makes you move… I want to dance with you.
Welcome to TimTim.Live — Konpa to the World.
From the places we come from, to wherever life takes us.
Music does not need a passport.
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Places to go in Maldives
Local Picks
Nobody has added a Local Pick for Maldives yet. Be the first!
Add a Local Pick
Sign in to add a Local PickA sample: how a business in Maldives would use TimTim.Live
Nothing below is real. It is an example, so you can see how it works before deciding whether to join.
What happens, step by step
- 1Find your business, or add it. Both are free.
- 2Fill in your page — photos, hours, what you do.
- 3Create an offer. Free to make, free to run.
- 4TimTim shows it to people exploring this place.
- 5A curator recommends it to people who trust them.
- 6An ambassador shares it with the community.
- 7A customer taps the link — and the tap is counted.
- 8They claim or redeem the offer.
- 9The sale is verified before anything else happens.
- 10Revenue is attributed to whoever helped.
- 11Your dashboard updates.
- 12Only then does TimTim's agreed fee apply.
Example figures — not real, and not from Maldives
- People who saw the page
- 310
- People who saw the offer
- 182
- Curator recommendations
- 3
- Shares by ambassadors
- 7
- Taps on the offer
- 64
- Offers claimed
- 41
- Redeemed in person
- 28
- Verified sales
- $1,240
In this example TimTim's agreed fee is 10% of verified sales — so $124 of the $1,240, and the business keeps $1,116.
The real rate is agreed with each business before any offer can charge anything. There is no fee on a sale TimTim did not help create.
Events
What's happening in Maldives
Going to Maldives?
What this page has for your visit. Tap a line to jump to it.
Places
Places in Maldives
Artists we need help finding
These pages were built from what the community told us. The artists themselves have never seen them. If you know one of these people, send them their page — only they can decide what it says.
- 1984
Artist · Band
Available to Claim
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- Abdul Raziq Ali
Artist
Available to Claim
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- Ahmed Haisham Ali
Artist
Available to Claim
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- Ambaa Live
Artist · Band
Available to Claim
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- Autonomotor
Artist
Available to Claim
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- Dhona
Artist
Available to Claim
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Every place in Maldives
Real numbers from the TimTim.Live database, villages included. Tap See all to open the full list.
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Atolls 21
✓ On search engines: 21 · Not yet: 0
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Cities 1
✓ On search engines: 1 · Not yet: 0
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Towns 22
✓ On search engines: 22 · Not yet: 0
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Villages 93
✓ On search engines: 93 · Not yet: 0
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Communities 3
✓ On search engines: 3 · Not yet: 0
- 🔎 Find your village
All places 140
✓ On search engines: 140 · Not yet: 0
Search engines may show every real place that has a description. Not yet: the place is still being checked, or nothing is written about it yet. Lists, A–Z pages and page 2 onward stay off search engines.
Places within
- Male252,768
- Raa Atoll24,500
- Haa Dhaalu Atholhu23,875
- Haa Alifu Atholhu22,737
- Seenu18,941
- Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll18,485
- Shaviyani Atholhu16,542
- Kaafu Atoll15,169
- Noonu Atoll14,502
- Thaa Atholhu13,846
- Laamu12,869
- Gaafu Alif Atoll12,116
- Baa Atholhu11,910
- Gnyaviyani Atoll11,140
- Faadhippolhu Atoll11,104
- Southern Ari Atoll8,145
- Dhaalu Atholhu6,694
- Meemu Atholhu6,459
- Northern Ari Atoll6,140
- Faafu Atholhu4,641
- Vaavu Atholhu1,601
- Ari AtollVillage
- MaabaidhooVillage
- ThamburudhooVillage
News
What's new in Maldives?
What's new in Maldives?
- In the newsThilafushi incinerator expected to be operational by mid-2028Oct 18
- In the newsFenaka operations handed over to STELCO managing directorOct 16
News from Maldives
Music, shows, and stories from here and nearby.
- LocalPress from Maldives
Thilafushi incinerator expected to be operational by mid-2028
PSM News · Found Oct 18, 2026
Read at PSM News - LocalPress from Maldives
Fenaka operations handed over to STELCO managing director
PSM News · Found Oct 16, 2026
Read at PSM News - DiasporaPress from
Brijesh Sarin, Gubbi, Mannan Shaah and All The Songs To Know This Week
Rolling Stone India · Published Oct 28, 2026
Read at Rolling Stone India - DiasporaPress from
10 Cozy Horror Games to Curl Up and Play This Halloween
Rolling Stone India · Published Oct 28, 2026
Read at Rolling Stone India - GlobalWorld news
J. Cole Reflects on Kendrick Lamar Feud & Confirms He’s Not Retiring: ‘I’m Not Using That Word at All’
Billboard · Published Oct 28, 2026
Read at Billboard - GlobalWorld news
My Chemical Romance Waves White Flag in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Flap: ‘Agreement Reached’
Rolling Stone · Published Oct 28, 2026
Why it matters hereRead at Rolling Stone
Travel news for Maldives
- Mentions Maldives ·Taxe 17 % aux Maldives : le gouvernement dépose un projet de loi pour l’abroger
- Mentions Maldives ·Sun, sand and snorkelling: A week in the Maldives on two stunning resort islands
- Mentions Maldives ·Maldivas da marcha atrás en el impuesto del 17% a las agencias extranjeras
Headlines link to the original publisher. TimTim.Live picks them by place and does not rewrite them; some are in the language they were published in. How TimTim.Live news works
Diaspora: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
Maldives through the years
Nobody has shared a memory of Maldives yet. Were you here in another time? Share a memory
💌 Send Music From Maldives
Choose a song and send a little piece of Maldives to someone you care about.
Free. Personal. No app required to open.
Collect the Maldives stamp
Do 2 things here to collect it:
- Follow Maldives
- Follow an artist from here
- Save a Local Pick
- Add a Local Pick
- Ask or answer a question
- Share what you know
Pick a song, write a note, and send it to someone as a musical postcard from Maldives.
A rocket-free spaceplane at the research and feasibility stage — nothing flies, and nothing is for sale. Explorers follow the work, send ideas, and are the first to know if suborbital flight, lunar travel or satellite delivery ever become real.
Your Maldives Discovery Passport
Go further: eight discoveries here complete this place's passport page. Start free — no card, no purchase, just exploring.
Start your passportChoose your journey
Do you know Maldives?
Help Maldives
Welcome to TimTim.Live 😊
We’re Happy You’re Here.
One account with many possibilities.
Choose what you’d like to do today:
Artist: I Make Music
Share my music. Get discovered. Get booked.
Fan: I Love Music
Discover and support artists from around the world.
Merchant: I Run a Business
Join free. Post offers free. Reach buying customers.
Promoter: I Organize Events
Join free. Post events free. Reach event buyers.
Know Maldives?
Nobody has written down what this place sounds like yet. If you live here, grew up here, or your family is from here, you know things this page does not — the artists, the music, the places people actually go.
You do not have to be an expert. Being from here is the qualification.
Ask people who know Maldives
No questions yet. Ask the first one — people who know Maldives will answer.
This month: help Maldives 8 times
Every Local Pick, every answer and every piece of local knowledge that neighbours confirm counts. Spam and rejected posts do not.
0 of 8 this month
Help MaldivesDo you know Maldives?
You don't need to be famous. If this place matters to you, you already know something worth sharing.
- An artist or bandAdd them so people everywhere can hear them.
- A song or spot you loveTell people about it in your own words.
- A local businessClaim it or add it. It is free.
- Something happeningA festival, a party, a weekly jam.
- A hidden gemThe special place visitors never find.
- Something wrong hereTell us and we will fix it.
Local Picks and questions are open now. Adding facts to this page opens once 3 people from here join.
How much is known about here
3%of what we hope to know about Maldives
- Place facts33%
- Local names0%
- Nearby places0%
- Music0%
- Local knowledge0%
- Memories0%
- Places to go0%
Almost nothing is recorded about Maldives yet, so anything you add here counts for 2× what it would in a well-documented city. The places the internet ignores are the ones worth writing down.
What you can do for Maldives
Everything below is worth 2× here, because almost nothing is known about this place yet. The emptier a place, the more a contribution to it is worth.
Anyone can do these, right now
Collect this place's stamp
It goes in your passport.
+2
Send a musical postcard from here
+8
Share a song from here with someone
Worth more once they actually listen.
+10
Check a neighbour's contribution
Checks are what publish anything.
+40
If you know Maldives
These are what the page is missing. Every one of them waits for 2 neighbours to confirm it before it appears.
Share a memory of this place
What it was like. Nobody can add this but the people who were here.
+50
Add something only a local would know
The place people go, the thing visitors never find.
+50
Tell us about music from here
The songs, the players, the rhythms that belong to this place.
+50
Add somewhere to eat, drink or hear music
Somewhere real, that someone here would actually recommend.
+50
Tell us how this place's name is really said
The local name, and how to say it.
+30
What is Maldives to you?
You don't have to be an expert. If you grew up here, live here, or your family is from here, you know something this page doesn't.
New
Discover local culture in Maldives
Restaurants, bars, hotels and nightlife in Maldives — organised around the experience, not just the map pin. If you live here, you know places a map has never heard of.
To add or update a listing, become an ambassador for this place first. Each listing carries a name, and local reviewers confirm it before it appears.
Languages in Maldives
This page is written in English. These are the languages spoken here — the ones we can already show you are links.
- Dhivehi
- English
🚀 Maldives to the Moon and Beyond
Everywhere on Earth can take part in what comes next. Three ways in, each eight steps long, each ending in a stamp for your passport.
Show the three ways in
Children and students
Stamp: Space Explorer
Discover how people find their way around the sky, how sound travels, and how a place on Earth connects to everything above it. Open to everyone.
Start this trackCommunity contributors
Stamp: Space Contributor
Explore, contribute what you know, and help your community take part. For people 18 and over.
Answer the question below to open this track.
Scientists and engineers
Stamp: Research Contributor
Bring questions, working notes and technical contributions, and help review the work of others. For people 18 and over.
Answer the question below to open this track.
One question opens the adult tracks: are you 18 or over?
Where should we go next?
Questions about Maldives
What can I discover in Maldives?
Music, independent artists, businesses, events, Local Picks and what people who know Maldives share.
Can I add an artist from Maldives?
Yes. Search for them first. If they are already here, you can recommend them or they can claim their page; if not, you can add them.
Can I add my business?
Yes, for free. Search first. Claim it if it is already here, or add it if it is not.
How do I become a Maldives Community Ambassador?
Help Maldives 8 times — a Local Pick, an answer, something only a local knows. Your TimTim.Live account is all you need; there is nothing else to sign up for.
Can I explore somewhere else?
Yes. Every place connects to others — look for “Where should we go next?” at the bottom of this page.
What time zone is Maldives in?
Maldives uses the Indian/Maldives time zone.