ARCHIVE // YT // 1994

Mayotte

1994 Edition — territory

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
View Intelligence Dossier Back to 1994 CSV Excel Print All Years
Communications
Airports [time series]
total: 1 usable: 1 with permanent-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]
total: 42 km paved: bituminous 18 km unpaved: 24 km
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 est.)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
Economic aid [time series]
recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $402 million
Electricity [time series]
capacity: NA production: NA consumption per capita: NA
Exchange rates [time series]
French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.9205 (January 1994), 5.6632 (1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989)
Exports [time series]
$4 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 - purchasing power equivalent - $54 million (1993 est.)
Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]
$600 (1993 est.)
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. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle to the development of tourism.
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 375 sq km land area: 375 sq km 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]
current issues: NA natural hazards: subject to cyclones during rainy season international agreements: NA
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
claimed by Comoros
Irrigated land [time series]
NA sq km
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]
none (territorial collectivity of France)
Executive branch [time series]
chief of state: President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981) head of government: Prefect Jean-Jacques DERACQ (since NA); President of the General Council Younoussa BAMANA (since NA 1976)
Flag [time series]
the flag of France is used
Legislative branch (French National Assembly) [time series]
elections last held 21 and 28 March 1993 (next to be held 1998); results - UDF-CDS 54.3%, RPR 44.3%; seats - (1 total) UDF-CDS 1
Legislative branch (French Senate) [time series]
elections last held on 24 September 1989 (next to be held September 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) MPM 1
Legislative branch (General Council (Conseil General)) [time series]
elections last held March 1991 (next to be held March 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (17 total) MPM 12, RPR 5
Independence [time series]
none (territorial collectivity of France)
Judicial branch [time series]
Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)
Legal system [time series]
French law
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral
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 (RPR), Mansour KAMARDINE; Union for French Democracy (UDF), Maoulida AHMED; Center of Social Democrats (CDS),
Suffrage [time series]
18 years of age; universal
Government type (Type) [time series]
territorial collectivity of France
Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]
none (territorial collectivity of France)
People
Birth rate [time series]
48.84 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate [time series]
10.84 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
NA
Infant mortality rate [time series]
79.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages [time series]
Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 57.81 years male: 55.63 years female: 60.06 years (1994 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 (1994 est.)
Population [time series]
93,468 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
3.8% (1994 est.)
Religions [time series]
Muslim 99%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Total fertility rate [time series]
6.77 children born/woman (1994 est.)