| Union of the Comoros Udzima wa Komori (Ngazidja Comorian) Union des Comores (French) جمهورية القمر المتحدة (Arabic) Jamhuriyat al-Qumur al-Muttaḥida | ||||||
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| Motto: "Unité – Solidarité – Développement" (French) وحدة، تضامن، تنمية (Arabic) "Unity – Solidarity – Development" |
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| Anthem: Udzima wa ya Masiwa (Comorian) ("The Unity of the Great Islands") |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Moroni | |||||
| Official languages | Comorian • French • Arabic | |||||
| Religion | Islam (dominant) | |||||
| Demonym | Comorian • Comorese | |||||
| Government | Unitary presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Azali Assoumani | ||||
| - | President of the Assembly | Moustadroine Abdou | ||||
| Legislature | Assembly of the Union | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Discovery by Portuguese explorers | 1503 | ||||
| - | Ngazidja, Ndzuwani, Mwali under French rule | 1886 | ||||
| - | Protectorate of the Comoros | 6 September 1887 | ||||
| - | Territory under French Madagascar | 9 April 1908 | ||||
| - | Overseas territory | 27 October 1946 | ||||
| - | State of Comoros | 22 December 1961 | ||||
| - | Independence from France | 6 July 1975 | ||||
| - | Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros | 1 October 1978 | ||||
| - | Union of the Comoros | 1 October 1978 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | 23 December 2001 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 2,035 km2 786 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 883,075 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $3.432 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,463 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $1.364 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,377 | ||||
| Gini (2014) | 45.3 | |||||
| HDI (2023) | 0.603 | |||||
| Currency | Comorian franc (KMF) |
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| Time zone | UTC+3 | |||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .km | |||||
| Calling code | +269 | |||||
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. Comoros proclaimed its independence from France on 6 July 1975. The Comoros is the only country of the Arab League which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a member state of the African Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Shikomori, French and Arabic.
