| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte
conventional short form: Mayotte |
| Capital: |
Mamoutzou |
| Location: |
Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique |
| Geographic
Coordinates: |
12 50 S, 45 10 E |
| Area: |
total: 374 sq km
land: 374 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area
Comparative: |
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC |
| Land
Boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
185.2 km |
| Maritime
Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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| Climate: |
tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November) |
| Terrain: |
generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks |
| Elavation
Extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 m |
| Natural
Resources: |
NEGL |
| GOVERNEMENT |
| Governement
Type: |
NA |
| Administratives
Divisions: |
none (territorial collectivity of France) |
| Independence |
none (territorial collectivity of France) |
| National
Holiday: |
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) |
| Constitution: |
28 September 1958 (French Constitution) |
| Legal
System; |
French law |
| Suffrage |
18 years of age; universal |
| Executive
Branch: |
chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Paul KIHL (since 17 January 2005)
head of government: President of the General Council Said Omar OILI (since NA 2004)
cabinet: NA
elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term |
| Legislative
Branch: |
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held NA 2007)
election results: percent of vote by party - MDM 23.3%, UMP 22.8%, PS 10.2%, MRC 8.9%, FRAP 6.5%, MPM 1.2%; seats by party - MDM 6, UMP 9, MRC 2, MPM 1, diverse left 1
note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held as a special election on NA June 2005); results - percent of vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.08%, UDF 44.92%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1 |
| Judicial
Branch: |
Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel |
| Political
parties and Leaders: |
Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; FARC [leader NA]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR (UMP) [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE] |
| PEOPLE |
| Population: |
193,633 (July 2005 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 46.2% (male 44,926/female 44,521)
15-64 years: 52.1% (male 54,713/female 46,156)
65 years and over: 1.7% (male 1,666/female 1,651) (2005 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 16.96 years
male: 18.04 years
female: 15.87 years (2005 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Mahorais (singular and plural)
adjective: Mahoran |
| Ethnic groups: |
NA |
| Religions: |
Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) |
| Languages: |
Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population |
| COMUNICATIONS |
| Telephones - main
lines in use: |
10,000 (2001) |
| Telephones - mobile
cellular: |
21,700 (2002) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications
domestic: NA
international: country code - 269; microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communications to Comoros (2001) |
| Radio broadcast
stations: |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2001) |
| Television broadcast
stations: |
3 (2001) |
| Internet country
code: |
.yt |
| Internet hosts: |
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| Internet users: |
NA |
| TRANSPORT |
| Railways: |
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| Highways: |
total: 93 km
paved: 72 km
unpaved: 21 km |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
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| Ports and harbors: |
Dzaoudzi |
| Merchant marine: |
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| Airports: |
1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
paved runways: |
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
unpaved runways: |
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| Heliports: |
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