New Generation Travel Guide

Area : 90,000 sq.kms (1,190 islands)
Status: Republic
Population: 238,368 (1993)
Capital : Male’
Languages : Dhivehi, English
Temperature : 30.4 Max & 25.4 Min (Celcius)
Average Annual Rainfall : 1948.2 mm
Currency : Maldivian Rufiyaa (1 US$ = Rf 11.72)
Location
South west of Sri Lanka on the equator.
Geography
Coral reef archipelago of 26 [...]

Thousands of years before the Europeans arrived, Prince Edward Island was called “Abegwait” by the native Mi’Kmaq. It means ” land cradled on the waves” – a poetic description that still rings true today.
“The Island ” is a lovely and tranquil place, encircled by sand. Created not by fiery volcanoes, [...]