The Comoros, known as the Land of the Moon and the Land of Spices, is an island country in Africa located in the Indian Ocean, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Strait on the east side of Africa, about 300 kilometers east and west of Madagascar and Mozambique. The Comoros covers an area of 2,336 square kilometres (including Mayotte) (167th in the world).
The Union of the Comoros is an archipelagic state located in the western Indian Ocean, which makes up the Greater Comoros, The Island of Anjouan, the Island of Moeli and the Island of Mayotte (occupied by France) and is known as the four pearls of the Western Indian Ocean. The surface of the island is mountainous. Mount Caltara on the island of Greater Comore is 2,361 meters above sea level and is the highest peak in the archipelago. The islands are surrounded by corals.
A panoramic view of the Comoros Islands
Greater Comore
Moeli Island
Ang Ruang arrived
Mayo Island (France)
The Comoros has a humid and hot oceanic climate with little variation in annual temperature and abundant rainfall. The year can be roughly divided into two seasons, namely the rainy season and the dry season. The rainy season runs from November to May, with high temperatures and high humidity, with more north or northwest winds and sometimes heavy rains. The dry season is from June to October, the climate is cooler, the air is relatively dry, sometimes there are strong southerly winds, and there is rain. The average annual temperature is 23-28 °C, the maximum temperature is about 35 °C, and the lowest temperature is about 20 °C. The annual rainfall is 1000-2500 mm, with the heaviest rainfall in February and March. Humidity is high during both the dry and rainy seasons, with relative humidity averaging 70-80% throughout the year.
The earliest inhabitants of the Comoros were Arabs and Madagascars. The earliest inhabitants of the Comoros were Arabs and Madagascars.
In the first half of the 19th century, the French began to enter, and in 1841 the French invaded Mayotte. By 1912 the four islands of the Comoros were officially colonized by France. In 1946, it became a French "Overseas Territory".
Internal autonomy was achieved in 1961. Western colonists were ruled by Arab sultans for a long time before the invasion. On 6 July 1975, the Comoros declared its independence and established the Republic of the Comoros. On 22 October 1978, the country was renamed the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros.
In July 1997, the island of Anjouan demanded secession from the Comoros and the annexation of France, and independence was declared in October.
In February 2001, under the mediation of the OAU and the Organization of la Francophonie, among others, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, the opposition parties, the authorities of Aan Đạng, representatives of the islands and the O-Federation signed the Framework Agreement on Reconciliation in the Comoros, defining the composition of the Government of National Unity and related issues, and the process of comprehensive national reconciliation in Côte d'Ivoire was officially launched. On 23 December, Côte d'Ivoire adopted a new draft constitution and decided to form the Union of the Comoros to resolve the division of Ang Island by granting a high degree of autonomy to the four islands, including Ang Island.
The Comoros is one of the poorest countries in the world, agriculture is the backbone of the country's economy, the transport system is backward, the population is young and growing rapidly, and there is a lack of natural resources.
Mainly in agriculture, the production of spices such as vanilla, cloves, eagle claw orchids ranks among the top in the world, and is known as "spice island". The industrial base is fragile and heavily dependent on foreign aid. Fishery resources and tourism resources are abundant, the island scenery is beautiful, and the Islamic culture is fascinating.
As of now, no mineral resources have been found in the Comoros. The island of Greater Comore has volcanic ash and volcanic rock. The forest area is about 5,000 hectares, accounting for 3.75% of the total land area. The area of arable land in the country is more than 70,000 hectares. Hydropower resources are scarce.
The population of the Comoros totals 800,000. It is mainly composed of Arab descendants, the Kaf, the Magauni, the Uamacha and the Sakarava. Of these, 86 per cent live on the three main islands.
Although Islam is the state religion of the Comoros, which has largely embraced Arab culture, Christian and French culture has also profoundly influenced the Comoros. The Comoros' ethnic minority is predominantly Of Indian descent and mixed Creole speakers.
The Comoros language is predominantly Comorian, a dialect of Swahili, while French, Arabic and Malagasy are also widely spoken. About 57 percent of the population can read and write the language written in the Latin alphabet, while a larger percentage of the population can read and write Arabic.
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The costumes of the ke'mokemo Comorians are essentially the same as those of the Arabs. Men wear a monochrome cloth from waist to knee: women wear two pieces of multi-colored cloth, one wrapped around the body and one draped obliquely over their shoulders. In 2014, many people also wore suits, but they were not very popular.