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| Country
Fact Sheet |
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Location
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The most centrally positioned of the four
Comoros Islands that span the Mozambique
Channel between north Mozambique and Madagascar
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Capital
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Mutsamudu
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Surface
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424 sq km
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Population
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259,099 people (as of 2003)
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Currency
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Comoro Franc (1 Euro=491.9677 Comoran francs).
The Euro is commonly used in business
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GDP
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Purchasing
power parity - $410 billion
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GDP/capita
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Purchasing
power parity - $588
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Language
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Three official Languages: Shindzuanri, Arabic
and French
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Religion
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86% Sunni Muslim, 14% Roman Catholic
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Government
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Colonel
Mohammed Bacor (President of Anjouan)
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Time
Zone
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GMT +3 hours
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Telecom
Code
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+269 plus local six digits
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Airport
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Main Airport Moroni (Grande Comore)
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Driving
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On right hand side of the road, international
diving license required
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Electrical
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220V
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Political
climate
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Stable country
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Business & Service Providers |
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Financial
services
Legal and fiduciary
Financial
Technology
Business travel
Image identity Consultancy
Corporate incentives
Automotive services
Accommodations
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| History |
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the fifteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century,
the region was governed by a series of sultanates,
until a major European power turned its attention
to the Comoros islands. From 1886 until 1975, the
islands were administered under French rule. Thereafter,
amidst a wave of African decolonization, partial
independence was granted.
After
breaking from French control, Anjouan joined the
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros. A highly
volatile union ensued and after a period of separatist
movements in the latter part of the twentieth
century, Anjouan now has economic and legislative
independence within the Union of the Comoros under
a settlement brokered by international bodies.
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