Grande-Terre, Mayotte

Grande-Terre
Native name: Maore, Mahori
	Grande-Terre administrative
Geography
Location	Africa
Coordinates	12°49′55″S 45°08′58″E / 12.831887°S 45.149474°E
Archipelago	Comoros Island
Area	368 km2 (142 sq mi)
Area rank	~11th
Highest elevation	660 m (2170 ft)
Highest point	Mount Benara
Administration
	Mayotte, claimed by Comoros
Largest settlement	Mamoudzou (pop. 53,022 (2009) 186,452)
Demographics
Population	(2010)
Pop. density	499/km2 (1292/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Shimaore, Bushi, Arabs, Swahilis, French

Grande-Terre (Maore or Nyambo Bole in Shimaore) is the main island of the French overseas region of Mayotte.^[2] The island is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique.

Its biggest city and prefecture is Mamoudzouthe inhabitants of Mayotte chose to remain French during the 1975 referendum. The territory is also known as Maore, the native name of its main island, especially by advocates of its inclusion in the Union of Comoros. In a 2009 referendum, 95.2% of the electorate approved accession to status of department. Mayotte became an overseas department on 31 March 2011 and an Outermost region of the European Union on 1 January 2014.

Mayotte, Grande Terre
The outskirts of Mayotte

References

^ INSEE, Government of France. "INSEE Infos No 32" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2007-12-02. {{cite web}}: Check |first= value (help)
^ "Mayotte devient le 101e département français", Portail du Gouvernement, 4 April 2011, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, C'est pourquoi Mayotte devient le 101e département français et le 5e département d'Outre-Mer et région d'Outre-Mer.

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[census-1] INSEE, Government of France. "INSEE Infos No 32" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2007-12-02. {{cite web}}: Check |first= value (help)

[2] "Mayotte devient le 101e département français", Portail du Gouvernement, 4 April 2011, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, C'est pourquoi Mayotte devient le 101e département français et le 5e département d'Outre-Mer et région d'Outre-Mer.

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