Administrative divisions of the Maldives

Vice President of the MaldivesHussain Mohamed Latheef People's Majlis Speaker Abdul Raheem AbdullaDeputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim Presidential elections Parliamentary elections Referendums Others Minister Moosa Zameer The administrative divisions of the Maldives refers to the various units of government that provide local government services in the Maldives.

According to the Decentralization Act 2010, the administrative divisions of the Maldives would consist of atolls, islands, and cities; each is administered by its own local council, under the basic terms of home rule.

In 2008, in an attempt of decentralization, the Nasheed government divided the country into seven provinces.

The final bill passed in 2010 by the parliament and ratified by the president saw the country's decentralisation as 21 constituencies.

On 15 October 2010, the government released a finalized list of the administrative constituencies established under the Decentralization Act.

The National Administrations of Maldives were in the same divisions as the earlier provinces, and the previous province offices were reinstated as the office of that National Administration, to which the atoll councils reported to accordingly.

The National Administrations acted as an extension of the central government in Male' for the convenience of dealing with regional affairs.

There are five cities in Maldives: Malé, Addu, Fuvahmulah, Kulhudhuffushi, and Thinadhoo.