Mayotte

Airports

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

Highways

total: 42 km paved: bituminous 18 km unpaved: 24 km

Ports

Dzaoudzi

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

Note

defense is the responsibility of France

Agriculture

most important sector; provides all export earnings; crops - vanilla, ylang-ylang, coffee, copra; imports major share of food needs

Budget

revenues: $NA expenditures: $37.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985 est.)

Currency

1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes

Economic aid

recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $402 million

Electricity

capacity: NA production: NA consumption per capita: NA

Exchange rates

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

$4 million (f.o.b., 1984) commodities: ylang-ylang, vanilla partners: France 79%, Comoros 10%, Reunion 9%

External debt

$NA

Fiscal year

calendar year

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%

Industrial production

growth rate NA%

Industries

newly created lobster and shrimp industry

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

NA%

National product

GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $54 million (1993 est.)

National product per capita

$600 (1993 est.)

National product real growth rate

NA%

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. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle to the development of tourism.

Unemployment rate

NA%

Area

total area: 375 sq km land area: 375 sq km comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Climate

tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)

Coastline

185.2 km

Environment

current issues: NA natural hazards: subject to cyclones during rainy season international agreements: NA

International disputes

claimed by Comoros

Irrigated land

NA sq km

Land boundaries

0 km

Land use

arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA%

Location

Southern Africa, in the northern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Madagascar and Mozambique

Map references

Africa

Maritime claims

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources

negligible

Note

part of Comoro Archipelago

Terrain

generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks, deep ravines

Administrative divisions

none (territorial collectivity of France)

Capital

Mamoutzou

Constitution

28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Digraph

MF

Diplomatic representation in US

none (territorial collectivity of France)

Executive branch

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

the flag of France is used

French National Assembly

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

French Senate

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

General Council (Conseil General)

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

none (territorial collectivity of France)

Judicial branch

Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)

Legal system

French law

Legislative branch

unicameral

Member of

FZ

Names

conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte conventional short form: Mayotte

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 (RPR), Mansour KAMARDINE; Union for French Democracy (UDF), Maoulida AHMED; Center of Social Democrats (CDS),

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Type

territorial collectivity of France

US diplomatic representation

none (territorial collectivity of France)

Birth rate

48.84 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate

10.84 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Ethnic divisions

NA

Infant mortality rate

79.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Labor force

NA

Languages

Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 57.81 years male: 55.63 years female: 60.06 years (1994 est.)

Literacy

total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Nationality

noun: Mahorais (singular and plural) adjective: Mahoran

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Population

93,468 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate

3.8% (1994 est.)

Religions

Muslim 99%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)

Total fertility rate

6.77 children born/woman (1994 est.)