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Status: Territorial Collectivity
Prefect: Jean-Paul Kihl (2004)
Total area: 145 sq mi (376 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 208,807 (growth
rate: 3.6%); birth rate: 40.4/1000; infant mortality rate:
59.1/1000; life expectancy: 62.1; density per sq mi: 1,438
Capital (2003 est.): Dzaoudzi 15,100
Largest city: Mamoudzou, 45,700
Languages: Mahorian (a Swahili dialect),
French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population
Religions: Islam 97%, Christian (mostly
Roman Catholic).
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2003
est.): $466.8 million; per capita $2,600. Real growth rate:
n.a. Inflation: n.a. Unemployment: 38% (1999).
Arable land: n.a. Agriculture: vanilla, ylang-ylang
(perfume essence), coffee, copra. Labor force: 48,800 (2000).
Industries: newly created lobster and shrimp industry,
construction. Natural resources: negl. Exports: $3.44
million (f.o.b., 1997): ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla,
copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon. Imports: $141.3 million
(f.o.b., 1997): food, machinery and equipment, transportation
equipment, metals, chemicals. Major trading partners: France,
Comoros, Réunion, Africa, Southeast Asia (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 10,000 (2001); mobile cellular: 21,700 (2002). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2001).
Television broadcast stations: 3 (2001). Internet
hosts: n.a. Internet users: n.a.
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 93 km; paved: 72 km; unpaved: 21 km.
Ports and harbors: Dzaoudzi. Airports: 1 (2004
est.).
International disputes: claimed by
Comoros.
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