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Maldives

Maldives is a DX entity in Asia, in CQ zone 22 and ITU zone 41. Its primary prefix is 8Q.

Flag of Maldives.

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Figure 1. Maldives and its atolls, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.008206 degrees, about 914 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 3.2° N 73.2° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	159
Name in the ADIF standard	MALDIVES
Continent	Asia
Primary prefix	8Q
CQ zone	22
ITU zone	41
Remarks	The ARRL DXCC List places this entity on two continents (AS,AF); the atlas files it under AS.

Prefixes

8Q is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Maldives.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.