Bandraboua is a

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in the French overseas department 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 loca ...

, in the

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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 Decauville () was a manufacturing company which was founded by Paul Decauville (1846–1922), a French pioneer in industrial railways. Decauville's major innovation was the use of ready-made sections of light, narrow gauge track fastened to stee ...

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

* Warmed Omari (born 23 April 2000), a professional

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who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Rennes.

References

Populated places in Mayotte Communes of Mayotte Decauville {{Mayotte-geo-stub