*Mayotte, Geography

Location:
  Southern Africa, in the northern Mozambique Channel about halfway between
  Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references:
  Africa
Area:
 total area:
  375 km2
 land area:
  375 km2
 comparative area:
  slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
  0 km
Coastline:   185.2 km
Maritime claims:
 exclusive economic zone:
  200 nm
 territorial sea:
  12 nm
International disputes:
  claimed by Comoros
Climate:
  tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon
  (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Terrain:
  generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks, deep ravines
Natural resources:
  negligible
Land use:
 arable land:
  NA%
 permanent crops:
  NA%
 meadows and pastures:
  NA%
 forest and woodland:
  NA%
 other:
  NA%
Irrigated land:
  NA km2
Environment:
  subject to cyclones during rainy season
Note:
  part of Comoro Archipelago

*Mayotte, People

Population:
  89,983 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
  3.8% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
  49.22 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate:
  11.22 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Net migration rate:
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
  81.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
 total population:
  57.35 years
 male:
  55.23 years
 female:
  59.55 years (1993 est.)
Total fertility rate:
  6.84 children born/woman (1993 est.)
Nationality:
 noun:
  Mahorais (singular and plural)
 adjective:
  Mahoran
Ethnic divisions:
  NA
Religions:
  Muslim 99%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Languages:
  Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French
Literacy:
 total population:
  NA
 male:
  NA
 female:
  NA
Labor force:
  NA

*Mayotte, Government

Names:
 conventional long form:
  Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte
 conventional short form:
  Mayotte
Digraph:
  MF
Type:
  territorial collectivity of France
Capital:
  Mamoutzou
Administrative divisions:
  none (territorial collectivity of France)
Independence:
  none (territorial collectivity of France)
Constitution:
  28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Legal system:
  French law
National holiday:
  Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
Political parties and leaders:
  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:
  18 years of age; universal
Elections:
 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:
  government commissioner
Legislative branch:
  unicameral General Council (Conseil General)
Judicial branch:
  Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)
Leaders:
 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)
Member of:
  FZ
Diplomatic representation in US:
  as a territorial collectivity of France, Mahoran interests are represented
  in the US by France
Flag:
  the flag of France is used

*Mayotte, Economy

Overview:
  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.
National product:
  GDP $NA
National product real growth rate:
  NA%
National product per capita:
  $NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
  NA%
Unemployment rate:
  NA%
Budget:
  revenues $NA; expenditures $37.3 million, including capital expenditures of
  $NA (1985)
Exports:
  $4.0 million (f.o.b., 1984)
 commodities:
  ylang-ylang, vanilla
 partners:   France 79%, Comoros 10%, Reunion 9%
Imports:
  $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%
External debt:
  $NA
Industrial production:
  growth rate NA%
Electricity:
  NA kW capacity; NA million kWh produced, NA kWh per capita
Industries:
  newly created lobster and shrimp industry
Agriculture:
  most important sector; provides all export earnings; crops - vanilla,
  ylang-ylang, coffee, copra; imports major share of food needs
Economic aid:
  Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),
  $402 million
Currency:
  1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
  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)
Fiscal year:
  calendar year

*Mayotte, Communications

Highways:
  42 km total; 18 km bituminous
Ports:
  Dzaoudzi
Airports:
 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
Telecommunications:
  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

*Mayotte, Defense Forces

Note:
  defense is the responsibility of France