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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Comoros
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +3
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: Comoran franc in Comoros, euro in Mayotte (CF in Comoros, Euro in Mayotte)
- Country Dialing Code: 269
Comoros
Location
Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
Capital
Moroni
Population
671,247 (July 2005 est.)
Regions
3 islands; Grande Comore (Njazidja), Anjouan (Nzwani), and Moheli (Mwali); note - there are also four municipalities named Domoni, Fomboni, Moroni, and Moutsamoudou
Climate
tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)
Ethnic groups
Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
Religions
Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Languages
Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
Government type
independent republic
Background
Unstable Comoros has endured 19 coups or attempted coups since gaining independence from France in 1975. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared their independence from Comoros. In 1999, military chief Col. AZALI seized power. He pledged to resolve the secessionist crisis through a confederal arrangement named the 2000 Fomboni Accord. In December 2001, voters approved a new constitution and presidential elections took place in the spring of 2002. Each island in the archipelago elected its own president and a new union president took office in May of 2002.
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