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Comoros

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Last reviewed: 10 July 2009

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Map of Comoros

Area: 1,862 sq km (excluding Mayotte)
Population: 800,000 (2007 IMF estimate, excluding Mayotte)
Capital City: Moroni (Ngazidja)
People: Comoran
Languages: Comoran, French, Arabic.
Religion(s): Islam (state religion), with a very small (less than 0.5%) Roman Catholic minority.
Currency: Comoros Franc (pegged to the euro).
Major Political Parties: Convention pour la renaissance des Comores (CRC), supporting former President Assoumani.
Rassemblement National pour le Developpement (RND) - loose alliance of parties formed at the 2004 elections to oppose the CRC.
In general, the islands have a large number of political parties, many of them based on personal loyalties.
Head of State & Federal President: Ahmed Abdallah Sambi
Membership of International Groupings/Organisations: African Union (AU); League of Arab States; Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC); Indian Ocean Commission (IOC); Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA).

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Contacts

Mauritius

Address:

British High Commission
Les Cascades Building
Edith Cavell Street
Port Louis
PO Box 1063

Telephone:

(230) 202 9400
(230) 252 8006 Duty Officer (in case of genuine emergency out of office hours)

Fax:

(230) 202 9408
(230) 202 9407 Consular/Visa

Email: bhc@intnet.mu

Office hours:

GMT:
Mon-Thurs: 0345-1145
Fri: 0345-0930

Local Time : GMT + 4 (Mauritius is normally 1 hour ahead of Comoros, but since the introduction of daylight saving time in Mauritius, there is 2 hours of a difference from November to March).

Out of hours, the Mauritius High Commission will give contact number.

Website: http://ukinmauritius.fco.gov.uk/en