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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mayotte''
Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loca ...
–
overseas department of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
located in the
Comoros Archipelago
The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwes ...
in the
Indian Ocean
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.
The department comprises the main island of Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), and several
islet
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s at the northern end of the
Mozambique Channel
The Mozambique Channel (french: Canal du Mozambique, mg, Lakandranon'i Mozambika, pt, Canal de Moçambique) is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about lon ...
, between northern
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
and northern
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
. The territory is
geographically part of the
Comoro Islands
The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwes ...
, but has been
politically
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separate since the 1970s. The territory is also known as Mahoré, the native name of its main island, especially by advocates of its inclusion in the
Union of Comoros.
General reference
*
Pronunciation
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:
* Common English country name:
Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loca ...
* Official English country name: Department of Mayotte
* Common
endonym(s):
* Official endonym(s):
*
Adjectival(s):
Mahoran
*
Demonym(s):
*
ISO country codes
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: YT, MYT, 175
*
ISO region codes
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: See
ISO 3166-2:YT
*
Internet
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country code top-level domain
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:
.yt
.yt is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mayotte, a part of the registry for France. The official registry address nic.yt redirects to the French registry site, AFNIC. Registrations, which had been suspended, resumed in Decem ...
Geography of Mayotte
Geography of Mayotte
* Mayotte is: an
island
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, and a French overseas department
* Location:
**
Eastern Hemisphere and
Southern Hemisphere
**
Africa
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(off its east coast, north and west of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
)
***
East Africa
***
Southern Africa
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**
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
**
Time zone
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:
East Africa Time
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A ...
(
UTC+03
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Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be wri ...
)
** Extreme points of Mayotte
*** High:
Benara
*** Low:
Mozambique Channel
The Mozambique Channel (french: Canal du Mozambique, mg, Lakandranon'i Mozambika, pt, Canal de Moçambique) is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about lon ...
0 m
** Land boundaries: ''none''
** Coastline:
Indian Ocean
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185.2 km
* Population of Mayotte: 186,452 (July 31, 2007) -
—th most populous country
*
* Area of Mayotte: 374 km
2
*
Atlas of Mayotte
Environment of Mayotte
* Climate of Mayotte
* Wildlife of Mayotte
** Fauna of Mayotte
*** List of mammals of Mayotte, Mammals of Mayotte
Natural geographic features of Mayotte
* Glaciers of Mayotte: none
[ ahs.info/redbooks/a126/iahs_126_0197.pdf Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980./ref>
* ]Islands of Mayotte
The following is a list of islands of Mayotte:
Table of islands
Image:Mtsamboro Island.JPG, Chissioua Mtsamboro
Image:MBouzi bouée délimitation.JPG, Chissioua Mbouzi
Image:Ilot Bandrélé.jpg, Chissioua Bandrele
Image:Ilot de Sable Blanc ...
* World Heritage Sites in Mayotte: None
Regions of Mayotte
Regions of Mayotte
Ecoregions of Mayotte
List of ecoregions in Mayotte
Administrative divisions of Mayotte
None
= Municipalities of Mayotte
=
* Capital of Mayotte: Mamoudzou
Mamoudzou (; ''Momojou'') is the capital of Mayotte, a French overseas region and department in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Maoré), the main island of ...
* Cities of Mayotte
Demography of Mayotte
Demographics of Mayotte
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Mayotte, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Mayotte's ...
Government and politics of Mayotte
Politics of Mayotte
The politics of Mayotte takes place in a framework of a French overseas region and department, until 2011 an overseas collectivity. Local politics takes place in a parliamentary representative democratic setting whereby the President of the Gen ...
* Form of government:
* Capital of Mayotte: Mamoudzou
Mamoudzou (; ''Momojou'') is the capital of Mayotte, a French overseas region and department in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Maoré), the main island of ...
* Elections in Mayotte
Mayotte elects on territorial level a legislature. The Departmental Council (''Conseil Départemental'') - before March 2015 known as the General Council (''Conseil Général'') - has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in single seat consti ...
* Political parties in Mayotte
Branches of the government of Mayotte
Government of Mayotte
Executive branch of the government of Mayotte
* Head of state
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: President of Mayotte,
* Head of government
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: Prime Minister of Mayotte,
Legislative branch of the government of Mayotte
* Parliament of Mayotte ( bicameral)
** Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...
: Senate of Mayotte
** Lower house: House of Commons of Mayotte
Judicial branch of the government of Mayotte
Court system of Mayotte
Foreign relations of Mayotte
Foreign relations of Mayotte
* Diplomatic missions of Mayotte
International organization membership
The Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte is a member of:[
*]Indian Ocean Commission
The Indian Ocean Commission (french: Commission de l'Océan Indien, COI) is an intergovernmental organisation that links African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles. Ther ...
(InOC)
*Universal Postal Union
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(UPU)
*World Federation of Trade Unions
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(WFTU)
Law and order in Mayotte
Law of Mayotte
* Human rights in Mayotte
** LGBT rights in Mayotte
Military of Mayotte
Military of Mayotte
* Command
** Commander-in-chief:
* Forces
Local government in Mayotte
Local government in Mayotte
History of Mayotte
History of Mayotte
*Current events of Mayotte
Culture of Mayotte
Culture of Mayotte
* Languages of Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is locat ...
* National symbols of Mayotte
** Coat of arms of Mayotte
** Flag of Mayotte
The official Flag of Mayotte is the Flag of France. The Coat of arms of Mayotte is well defined and was adopted by the predecessor entity of the Department of Mayotte in 1982.
Flag
Mayotte is an overseas region and department of France. Th ...
* Religion in Mayotte
** Islam in Mayotte
Islam is the faith of the majority of the residents of the island of Mayotte with 97% as Muslims and 3% Christians. 85,000 of the total 90,000 inhabitants of the island are Mahorais. The Mahorais are a blend of settlers from many areas: mainland ...
** Sikhism in Mayotte
* World Heritage Sites in Mayotte: None
Art in Mayotte
* Music of Mayotte
Mahoraise music is the music of the island of Mayotte, a French island located in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean. The principal musical genres which encompass Mahoraise are Mgodro, Blues, Traditional folk music, Traditional music, Gabo ...
Sports in Mayotte
Sports in Mayotte
* Football in Mayotte
The sport of football in Mayotte is run by the Ligue de Football de Mayotte
Ligue mahoraise de football is the governing body of association football in Mayotte. It was established in 1979 and is associated with the French Football Federation. T ...
Economy and infrastructure of Mayotte
Economy of Mayotte
The economy of Mayotte is based primarily on the agricultural sector, including fishing and livestock raising. The island of Mayotte is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from Metropolitan France. ...
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007):
* Communications in Mayotte
The telecommunications in Mayotte consist of an estimated 10,000 main telephone lines in use as of 2002, and an estimated 48,100 cellular phones in use as of 2004. The telephone system is small, and is administered by French Department of Posts a ...
** Internet in Mayotte
* Companies of Mayotte
* Currency of Mayotte: Euro
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(see also: Euro topics)
** ISO 4217: EUR
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* Transport in Mayotte
** Airports in Mayotte
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** Rail transport in Mayotte
Education in Mayotte
Education in Mayotte
See also
Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loca ...
*List of international rankings
This is a list of international rankings.
By category
Agriculture
* List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities
*List of countries by apple production
* List of countries by apricot production
* List of countries by artichoke ...
* List of Mayotte-related topics
* Outline of Africa
* Outline of France
*Outline of geography
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Geography – study of earth and its people.
Nature of geography
Geography as
* an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to − ...
References
External links
CIA World Factbook - ''Mayotte''
IleMayotte.com
The Mayotte Portal
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*
"Voyages...Visages" - Another way of travelling and seeing
Comité du tourisme de Mayotte
Official tourism website
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Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loca ...
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