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Mayotte

1993 Edition — territory

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Communications
Airports [time series]
total: 1 usable: 1 with permanet-surface runways: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
42 km total; 18 km bituminous
Ports [time series]
Dzaoudzi
Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]
small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications; includes radio relay and high-frequency radio communications for links to Comoros and international communications; 450 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of France
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
most important sector; provides all export earnings; crops - vanilla, ylang-ylang, coffee, copra; imports major share of food needs
Budget [time series]
revenues $NA; expenditures $37.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
Economic aid [time series]
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $402 million
Electricity [time series]
NA kW capacity; NA million kWh produced, NA kWh per capita
Exchange rates [time series]
French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.4812 (January 1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988)
Exports [time series]
$4.0 million (f.o.b., 1984) commodities: ylang-ylang, vanilla partners: France 79%, Comoros 10%, Reunion 9%
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
calendar year
Imports [time series]
$21.8 million (f.o.b., 1984) commodities: building materials, transportation equipment, rice, clothing, flour partners: France 57%, Kenya 16%, South Africa 11%, Pakistan 8%
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate NA%
Industries [time series]
newly created lobster and shrimp industry
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
NA%
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]
GDP $NA
Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]
$NA
Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]
NA%
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
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.
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 375 km2 land area: 375 km2 comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Coastline [time series]
185.2 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
subject to cyclones during rainy season
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
claimed by Comoros
Irrigated land [time series]
NA km2
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA%
Location [time series]
Southern Africa, in the northern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references [time series]
Africa
Maritime claims [time series]
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources [time series]
negligible
Note [time series]
part of Comoro Archipelago
Terrain [time series]
generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks, deep ravines
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (territorial collectivity of France)
Capital [time series]
Mamoutzou
Constitution [time series]
28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Digraph [time series]
MF
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]
as a territorial collectivity of France, Mahoran interests are represented in the US by France
Executive branch (Elections) [time series]
General Council: last held March 1991 (next to be held March 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (17 total) MPM 12, RPR 5 French Senate: last held on 24 September 1989 (next to be held September 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) MPM 1 French National Assembly: last held 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to be held June 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) UDC 1
Executive branch [time series]
government commissioner
Flag [time series]
the flag of France is used
Independence [time series]
none (territorial collectivity of France)
Judicial branch [time series]
Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)
Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]
Chief of State: President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981) Head of Government: Commissioner, Representative of the French Government Jean-Paul COSTE (since NA 1991); President of the General Council Youssouf BAMANA (since NA 1976)
Legal system [time series]
French law
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral General Council (Conseil General)
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
FZ
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte conventional short form: Mayotte
National holiday [time series]
Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
Mahoran Popular Movement (MPM), Younoussa BAMANA; Party for the Mahoran Democratic Rally (PRDM), Daroueche MAOULIDA; Mahoran Rally for the Republic (RMPR), Mansour KAMARDINE; Union of the Center (UDC)
Suffrage [time series]
18 years of age; universal
Government type (Type) [time series]
territorial collectivity of France
People
Birth rate [time series]
49.22 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate [time series]
11.22 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
NA
Infant mortality rate [time series]
81.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages [time series]
Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 57.35 years male: 55.23 years female: 59.55 years (1993 est.)
Literacy [time series]
total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Nationality [time series]
noun: Mahorais (singular and plural) adjective: Mahoran
Net migration rate [time series]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Population [time series]
89,983 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
3.8% (1993 est.)
Religions [time series]
Muslim 99%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Total fertility rate [time series]
6.84 children born/woman (1993 est.)