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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 ...

– 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 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 ...

. The department comprises the main island of Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), and several

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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

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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

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: * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: Department of Mayotte * Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Mahoran * Demonym(s): *

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: YT, MYT, 175 *

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: See ISO 3166-2:YT *

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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

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, and a French overseas department * Location: ** Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere **

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

(off its east coast, north and west of

) *** East Africa ***

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...

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East Africa Time East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+03:00), which is the same as Moscow Time, Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time and Eastern European Summer Time. A ...

(

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) ** Extreme points of Mayotte *** High: Benara *** Low:

0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline:

185.2 km * Population of Mayotte: 186,452 (July 31, 2007) - —th most populous country * * Area of Mayotte: 374 km² * 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

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:

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

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: President of Mayotte, *

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

: 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 The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...

(UPU) *

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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

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 The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

(see also: Euro topics) ** ISO 4217:

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* Transport in Mayotte **

Airports in Mayotte An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfac ...

** Rail transport in Mayotte

Education in Mayotte

References

External links

CIA World Factbook - ''Mayotte''IleMayotte.com
The Mayotte Portal *

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"Voyages...Visages" - Another way of travelling and seeingComité du tourisme de Mayotte
Official tourism website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayotte

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