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Guides & FAQ · Oct 2026
Ras Malé news mixes Dhivehi place names, housing-scheme titles, engineering jargon and property law. This glossary explains the terms you're most likely to meet, in plain English, with links to where we cover each one.
Guides & FAQ · Oct 2026
Dozens of organisations have a hand in Ras Malé: ministries, state companies, foreign contractors, a Gulf developer, banks, regulators and courts. Here is who they are and what each does, so the news makes more sense.
Guides & FAQ · Oct 2026
Ras Malé's numbers are scattered across speeches, press releases, contracts and news reports, and they don't always agree. This page brings every published figure together, with its date and source, and flags where figures conflict.
Guides & FAQ · Oct 2026
Ras Malé is the latest chapter in a 60-year story. Again and again, the Maldives has made new land around its crowded capital: for an airport, a rubbish island, a new city and a port. Here is that history, project by project.
Guides & FAQ · Oct 2026
Ras Malé, Hulhumalé and Gulhifalhu were all made by pumping sand from the seabed into shallow lagoons. Here is how that works, step by step, why the Maldives does it, and what it costs the sea around it.
Guides & FAQ · Oct 2026
Ras Malé is a new city being built on land reclaimed from Fushidhiggaru lagoon, a short boat ride from Malé. This guide explains what it is, how big it will be, how far the work has got and what is still undecided, with a source for every figure.
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