CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Mayotte


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!| Background:
 * Mayotte was ceded to France along with the other islands of the Comoros group in 1843. It was the only island in the archipelago that voted in 1974 to retain its link with France and forego independence.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 0 sq km land: 374 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Benara 660 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: NA other: NA (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique
 * 12 50 S, 45 10 E
 * Africa
 * total: 374 sq km
 * slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 185.2 km
 * territorial sea: 12 nm
 * tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
 * generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks
 * lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
 * NEGL
 * arable land: NA
 * NA sq km
 * cyclones during rainy season
 * NA
 * part of Comoro Archipelago; 18 islands
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 51.9% (male 52,534; female 44,100) 65 years and over: 1.7% (male 1,579; female 1,578) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 18.1 years female: 15.8 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.19 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 57.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 70.42 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 58.85 years female: 63.2 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Mahoran !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: NA male: NA female: NA
 * 186,026 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 46.4% (male 43,301; female 42,934)
 * total: 16.9 years
 * 4.09% (2004 est.)
 * 42.19 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 8.11 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 6.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
 * total: 64.19 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 60.99 years
 * 5.98 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Mahorais (singular and plural)
 * NA
 * Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
 * Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population
 * definition: NA
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Mayotte !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: 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 head of government: President of the General Council Younoussa BAMANA (since NA 1977) cabinet: NA !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 7 October 2000 (next to be held NA 2003) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA 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: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte
 * territorial collectivity of France
 * NA
 * Mamoutzou
 * none (territorial collectivity of France)
 * none (territorial collectivity of France)
 * Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
 * 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
 * French law
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Paul KIHL (since 17 January 2005)
 * unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
 * Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
 * Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
 * NA
 * UPU
 * none (territorial collectivity of France)
 * none (territorial collectivity of France)
 * the flag of France is used
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: NA services: NA (2001 est.) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1991 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * Economic activity is based primarily on the agricultural sector, including fishing and livestock raising. Mayotte is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from France. The economy and future development of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance, an important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle to the development of tourism.
 * purchasing power parity - $466.8 million (2003 est.)
 * NA
 * purchasing power parity - $2,600 (1998 est.)
 * agriculture: NA
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * NA
 * 48,800 (2000)
 * 38% (1999)
 * revenues: NA
 * vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra
 * newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction
 * NA
 * NA kWh
 * NA kWh
 * $3.44 million f.o.b. (1997)
 * ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon
 * France 80%, Comoros 15%, Reunion (2000)
 * $141.3 million f.o.b. (1997)
 * food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals
 * France 66%, Africa 14%, Southeast Asia 11% (2000 est.)
 * NA
 * $107.7 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (1995)
 * euro (EUR)
 * EUR
 * euros per US dollar - 0.8860 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: NA international: country code - 269; microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communications to Comoros (2001) !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 10,000 (2001)
 * 21,700 (2002)
 * general assessment: small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications
 * AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2001)
 * NA
 * 3 (2001)
 * 3,500 (1994)
 * .yt
 * NA
 * NA
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!| Highways: paved: 72 km unpaved: 21 km !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
 * total: 93 km
 * Dzaoudzi
 * none
 * 1 (2003 est.)
 * total: 1
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!| Military - note:
 * defense is the responsibility of France; small contingent of French forces stationed on the island
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