Grande Comore

Coordinates: 11°35′S 43°20′E / 11.583°S 43.333°E / -11.583; 43.333
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Grande Comore
Île Autonome de la Grande Comore[1]
Ngazidja
جزيرة القمر الكبرى ذات الحكم الذاتي
Autonomous island
Grande Comore
Flag of Grande Comore
Flag
Grande Comore is the largest island of the Comoros islands.
Grande Comore is the largest island of the Comoros islands.
CountryComoros
CapitalMoroni
Government
 • PresidentH. E. Azali Assoumani
Area
 • Total1,025 km2 (396 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total295,700
 • Estimate 
(2015)
399,919
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:00 (EAT)

Grande Comore (French pronunciation: [ɡʁand kɔmɔʁ]; Swahili: Ngazidja[2]) is an island in Comoros off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. Its population as of 2006 is about 316,600. The island's capital is Moroni, which is also the national capital. The island is made up of two shield volcanoes, with Mount Karthala being the country's highest point at 2,361 m (7,746 ft) above sea level. According to the 2009 revision of the constitution of 2002, it is governed by an elected Governor, as are the other islands, with the federal government being much reduced in power. The name Ngazidja is sometimes seen in the now nonstandard form Njazidja.

History

Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore (1897).

For several centuries,

France annexed the island and the sultanates were abolished. In 1975, Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli
declared independence as the nation of Comoros.

On 23 November 1996

Boeing 767-260ER crash-landed
in the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore after running out of fuel, killing 125 out of the 175 people on board, including 3 of the hijackers.

In 1997, the Comoros nation began to fall apart as Anjouan and Moheli seceded. Grande Comore became the only island under federal control. By 2002, however, Grande Comore was reunited with the other islands under the new constitution.

Abdou Soule Elbak was elected President of Grande Comore in May 2002. He received only 17% of the vote in the first round, coming in first place, and received 60% of the vote in the runoff. He remained in his post until the July 2007 elections, at which point Mohamed Abdoulwahab
won the island's presidency.

Satellite imagery of Grande Comore, 2022.

Transport

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport serves the island.

References

  1. ISBN 9780821372326
    – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Figure 1. Map of the Comoros showing the islands of Ngazidja (Grande..." ResearchGate. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

External links

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