invasion of Kuwait conventional short form: none conventional short form: Maldives Digraph: MV Type: republic Capital: Dushanbe Administrative divisions: 14 administrative regions (regions administratives, singular - muhafazah); Al Biqa, 'Al Janub, Ash Shamal, Jarayan al Batnah, Umm Salal Independence: 3 August 1990; previously interim president from 2 May 1990) Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, ICAO, IFAD, IMF (observer), INTELSAT, IOM (observer), ITU, LORCS, NACC, NAM (guest), NSG, PCA,
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