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The latest on Ras Malé and the Malé region.
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.
Explore Nearby · Oct 2026
You don't need to stay in a resort to see the best of the Malé atolls. From a picnic island built for residents to sandbanks, reefs and local villages, here are the day trips you can take from Malé, how to reach them and what to know before you go.
Explore Nearby · Oct 2026
Not every Maldives resort needs a seaplane. Some are only 10 to 40 minutes from Malé's airport by boat, which saves money, works for late arrivals and keeps you close to the capital. Here are the main ones, with transfer times as the resorts themselves state them.
Explore Nearby · Oct 2026
Some of the Maldives' best-known waves break within an hour of Malé. Here are the main breaks in North and South Malé Atoll, when the swell arrives, which waves suit beginners and which don't, and how to choose between a local island, a surf resort and a boat trip.
Explore Nearby · Oct 2026
North of Malé, four inhabited islands have become popular with visitors who want something other than a resort: royal Huraa, surf-town Himmafushi, the atoll capital Thulusdhoo, and far-flung Dhiffushi. Here is how they compare and how to reach them.
Explore Nearby · Oct 2026
Ras Malé is being built in South Malé Atoll, a short boat ride from three of the country's best-known local islands: Gulhi, Guraidhoo and Maafushi. Here is what each is like, how to get there from Malé, and what to know before you go.
Live Here · Oct 2026
Before Ras Malé, there's the Greater Malé that people live in now: crowded Malé, fast-growing Hulhumalé and small, quieter Villimalé. Here is how they compare on space, rent and transport, what's being built, and why Ras Malé matters to all three.
Live Here · Oct 2026
A city of 150,000 to 300,000 people will need schools, clinics, a hospital, mosques, parks, power and water. Here is what has been promised for Ras Malé so far, where those promises come from, and the big gaps families should know about.
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