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MAYOTTE
FH
OFFICIAL NAME:Mayotte.
LOCATION:island northwest of Madagascar.
LAT/LONG:13S/45E
CONTINENT:Africa.
ZONES-ITU:53 CQ:39
TIME:+3 Hrs.
AREA:145 Sq.M. 375 Sq.Km.
POPULATION:64,481 DENSITY:445/Sq.M. (172/Sq.Km.) AAGR:3.71%
LITERACY RATE:probably high.
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:French overseas territory.
CAPITAL:Dzaoudzi.
LANGUAGES:Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), and French.
RELIGIONS:99% Muslim; remainder Christian, mostly Roman Catholic.
CURRENCY:French franc.
MAJOR INDUSTRIES:lobster and shrimp.
AGRICULTURE:vanilla, ylang-ylang, coffee, copra.
EXPORTS:ylang-ylang, vanilla. (5 million francs).
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:450 telephones, 1 AM station.
MISC:Mayotte has a tropical marine climate; with a hot, humid, rainy
season (and subject to cyclones) from November to May; a dry season,
from May to November, is cooler. Rising to 2,165 feet, the terrain is
generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks and deep ravines.
There is a negligible amount of arable land.
(FOR US OPS-3rd party:no ROA:no)