Mayotte [2] [3] or Maor [2] ( French Mayotte , com . Maore ), also Grand Ter ( French Grande-Terre ) - an island in the Indian Ocean in the Comoros archipelago . The area is about 360 km².
| Mayotte (Maore) | |
|---|---|
| fr. Mayotte, Grande-Terre | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 360 km² |
| Population | 188 422 people (2012) |
| Population density | 523.39 people / km² |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Comoros |
| Water area | Indian Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Mayotte |
Mayotte (Maore) is the largest island in the overseas region of France, Mayotte , in general, on the territory of which Comores claim .
It includes 15 of the 17 communes of this overseas region .
The island's population is 188,422 people - this is about 89% of the 212,645 inhabitants of the entire overseas region of Mayotte according to the 2012 census.
The ethnic composition - as a whole in the overseas region of Mayotte - is mainly represented by the Comorians (descendants of Arabs mixed with Malagasy and Bantu-speaking Negro Africans), in particular, the Maor, who speak the Maori Comorian language .
The UN General Assembly recognized the rights of the State of the Union of Comoros to the island of Mayotte (Maore) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature belongs to the island region of Mayotte (Maore) , which is the subject of a territorial dispute between France , which controls the disputed territory, and Comoros . According to the administrative-territorial division of France, Mayotte has the status of the overseas region of France . According to the administrative-territorial division of Comor, Mayotte has the status of one of the four autonomous islands of the State of the Union of Comoros .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros // World Atlas / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 158. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Mayotte // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 211.