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    Introduction


    Unstable Comoros has endured 19 coups or attempted coups since gaining independence from France in 1975. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared their independence from Comoros. In 1999, military chief Col. AZALI seized power. He pledged to resolve the secessionist crisis through a confederal arrangement named the 2000 Fomboni Accord. In December 2001, voters approved a new constitution and presidential elections took place in the spring of 2002. Each island in the archipelago elected its own president and a new union president was sworn in on 26 May 2002.


    Location


    Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique


    Geographic coordinates


    12 10 S, 44 15 E


    Area


    total: 2,170 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 2,170 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC


    Land boundaries


    0 km


    Coastline


    340 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


    Climate


    tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)


    Terrain


    volcanic islands, interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Le Kartala 2,360 m


    Natural resources


    NEGL


    Land use


    arable land: 34.98% permanent crops: 17.94% other: 47.08% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    NA sq km


    Natural hazards


    cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano


    Environment - current issues


    soil degradation and erosion results from crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; deforestation


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands


    Geography - note


    important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel


    Population


    651,901 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Moroni


    Phone Code


    +269


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