Bandraboua is a
commune in the French
overseas department
The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...
of
Mayotte, in the
Indian Ocean.
Geography
The municipality of Boundraboua is located at the northern end of the main island of Mayottes. In addition to the main village of Bandraboua, the villages of Handrema, Mtsangamboua, Dzoumogné and Bouyouni make up the municipality.
Sugar and rum factory in Dzoumogné
The sugar and rum factory on a plantation of about in Dzoumogné belonged to the Cougnac family until the mid-19th century and was taken over by Duperrier in 1864. It had a presumably manually operated
Decauville railway. It was long and had a gauge of . This indicates that it may have been laid by the
Société J. F. Cail & Cie as early as 1880, when the factory building was constructed, to transport its steel girders and the steam boilers which had been imported from France. It was later used to ship the sugar and rum to the harbour. Production ceased in 1955.
[Pierre-François Puech and Bernard Puech]
''A Sugar Factory at Mayotte: a chimney at Dzoumogné traces the history of the production by French engineers.''
DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.3993.5440.[Jean-René Nace]
''Mayotte entre héritage colonial et futurs incertains, ou la difficile émergence d'un patrimoine industriel,''
p. 103.
Population
Personalities
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Warmed Omari
Warmed Omari (born 23 April 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Rennes.
Career
Omari is a youth academy graduate of Rennes. On 9 June 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the clu ...
(born 23 April 2000), a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Ligue 1
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club
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
.
References
Populated places in Mayotte
Communes of Mayotte
Decauville
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