Comoros
(Reguidit frae Comorian)
The Comoros (pronounced /ˈkɒməroʊz/ (deprecatit template); Arabic: جزر القُمُر, Juzur al-Qumur), offeecially the Union o the Comoros (French: Union des Comores, Arabic: الاتّحاد القُمُريّ, al-Ittiḥād al-Qumuriyy) is an archipelago island naition in the Indian Ocean, locatit aff the eastren coast o Africae, on the northren end o the Mozambique Channel, atween northeastren Mozambique an northwastren Madagascar. Ither kintras near tae the Comoros are Tanzanie tae the northwast an the Seychelles tae the northeast. The caipital is Moroni on Grande Comore.
Union o the Comoros | |
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Motto: "Unité – Solidarité – Développement" (French) "Unity – Solidarity – Development" | |
Caipital | Moroni 11°41′S 43°16′E / 11.683°S 43.267°E |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | |
Demonym(s) | Comoran[1] |
Govrenment | Federal republic |
• Preses | Ikililou Dhoinine |
Moustadroine Abdou | |
Legislatur | Assembly of the Union |
Unthirldom | |
• frae Fraunce | 6 Julie 1975 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 2,235 km2 (863 sq mi) (178ta) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2010 estimate | 798,000b (163rd) |
• Density | 275/km2 (712.2/sq mi) (25t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $873 million[2] (179t) |
• Per capita | $1,257[2] (165t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Tot | $600 million[2] (177t) |
• Per capita | $865[2] (155t) |
Gini (2004) | 64.3[3] verra heich |
HDI (2011) | 0.433 law · 163rd |
Currency | Comorian franc (KMF) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (nae observed) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +269 |
ISO 3166 code | KM |
Internet TLD | .km |
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