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Komoro - Often considered an Arab State even though it is located far from Arabia, This is a Comoros State

Komoro - Often considered an Arab State even though it is located far from Arabia, This is a Comoros State

"Ever heard of the comoros country?" This country is often considered one of the arab or middle eastern countries. In fact, geographically the country is located in the Indian Ocean and far from the middle east region. In addition, the comoros also use French as one of its official languages. This is also what makes comoros often referred to as confusing arab countries. More details about the comoros country, here's the article...

The comoros state or officially known by the name of comoros union. It is an independent country located in the region of south africa. in detail, the comoros state is located in the indian ocean at the northern end of the mozambique strait off the east coast of africa.

Comoros is one of the island nations on the african continent, the country shares a maritime border with the country of madagascar in the east, mozambique in the west and with the seychelles in the northeast.

The comoros mainland area consists of 3 large islands namely grande comore or ngazija, moheli or mwali and anjouan or ndzawani as well as many small islands. The total land area of the country is about 1, 862 square kilometers, making it one of the smallest countries in the world. If we try to compare the area of this country with the area in Indonesia, the area of this comoros country is about the size of the area of tasikmalaya regency in West Java.

The capital of the comoros state is the city of Moroni located on the island of ngazija , the city also being the largest city in the comoros country, According to the population census data It is estimated that the total population of the population of the comoros country is 850,886 inhabitants. which makes it one of the least populated countries in the world.

However, when compared to its area, comoros are one of the most densely populated countries, since the population density in this country is about 457 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The comoros population is dominated by the afro-arab ethnic group with a percentage reaching 86%, while the rest come from several other ethnic groups, such as malagasy, indians, chinese and other small communities.

Then in terms of religion, more than 98% of the comoros population adheres to the islamic religion, of that percentage, comoros is the only country with a muslim majority population in the region of south africa.

The comoros country also has 3 official languages spoken in the country, namely the comoros language or known as Shikomori, Arabic and French. French in this country is spoken as the administrative language and the language of most formal education. The comoros union is a republican state, the politics of this country takes place within the framework of a federal presidential republic.

Under the constitution of 2001, which was amended in 2009, 2014, and 2018, the comoros union state was formed by 3 main islands in the country. These three islands have the right to regulate most of their own affairs with their own presidents, except for activities assigned to comoros unions such as foreign policy, defense, nationality, banking and others.

The executive power of the federal government is held by the president, who is assisted by three vice presidents. The comoros president serves as head of state and government and is directly elected in national elections for a five-year term.

Each vice president served for five years and represented one of the three islands. The current president of the comoros is held by azali assoumani. He was a politkus and a comoros military officer.

Azali assoumani became head of state after a coup in 1999 and was elected president in 2002, 2016 and 2019. In terms of economy, comoros are one of the smallest and poorest economies in the world.

The country's economy is based on subsistence agriculture and fisheries. Comoros have a great dependence on grants and foreign aid. Financial bantauns from countries such as the european union, japan, saudi arabia and kuwait have become one of the main pillars of the country's economy.

Comoros history. The first inhabitants to occupy the comoros islands are thought to have been fishermen and traders of African and austronesian origin, who traveled by boat.

They came to the comoros around the 6th century AD or earlier. Furthermore, in the 8th to 13th centuries AD they were followed by an influx of sailors from the arabian peninsula and the Persian Gulf as well as austronesian sailors from southeast asia, who had previously settled near madagascar.

For centuries, the comoros have been inhabited by a diverse succession of groups from the coasts of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia and Madagascar. The construction of settlements in the comoros themselves is divided into several phases. The earliest recorded phase was the dembeni phase between the 8th and 10th centuries, where there were several small settlements on each island.

Later from the 11th to the 15th centuries, trade with the island of madagascar and merchants from the swahili coast and the middle east flourished, which resulted in more villages being established and existing villages beginning to grow.

Many comoros can trace their lineage to the ancestors of the arabian peninsula, in particular the hadhramaut, who arrived during this period. The first known Europeans to visit these islands, in the 16th century, were portuguese.

The Portuguese arrived in the Indian Ocean at the end of the 15th century and the first Portuguese visit to the islands appears to have been the second fleet visit of vasco da gama in 1503. For most of the 16th century period, comoros islands served as supplies for portuguese fortifications in mozambique. During this period, there were no official attempts by the portuguese government to take over the territory of the comoros.

Around the beginning of the 17th century, English and Dutch ships began to arrive in the territory of the comoros archipelago, after the arrival of these europeans the island of ndzwani or grande comore later became the main supply point on the route to the east indies.

Nevertheless, the most dominant foreign influence on the islands was from the Arabs. In this period the local rulers of the comoros gained the support of the sultan of oman.

Towards the end of the 18th century, warriors from madagascar began to attack the islands of the comoros for the first time, they took the inhabitants of the comoros to serve as slaves, and then settled down and seized power from the arabs in the various regions of the archipelago. In the comoros, it is estimated that in 1865, as much as 40% of the population of the comoros population consisted of slaves.

In the 19th century the territory of the comoros archipelago became part of the french colonial rule. France's acquisition of the islands in the comoros proceeded gradually, the French first established colonial rule in the comoros by taking over the island of mayotte in 1841, in the 1880s the french government placed all three other islands with the status of french protected territories.

And it was not until 1908 that the four comoros islands officially became part of the french colony in madagascar. In 1961, a year after madagascar became independent, the islands were granted internal autonomy by the French. In 1973 the comoros representatives entered into an agreement with the french government to grant comoros independence in 1978. And in 1974, a referendum was held on all four islands.

As a result of the referendum, three islands voted for independence, while the island of Mayotte voted against, and remained under french rule. After a referendum, on 6 July 1975 the comoros parliament passed a unilateral resolution to declare comoros independence from france.

Although the UN recognizes the 4 islands as one country, the French only recognize 3 islands, while the island of Mayotte, which from the beginning refused to become independent, is managed as the foreign department of the french state.

That is a summary of the history about the founding of the comoros state. And as always, to get to know lebeih close to this country, here are 20 interesting facts from the comoros country. The origin of the name comoros is taken from the Arabic vocabulary, namely from the word jaza'ir al-qamar which means moon islands. At the same time, the comoros population called himself a student.

As we see, the design of the national flag of the comoros country consists of 4 horizontal stripes with yellow, white, red and blue colors, which are combined with a green triangle on the side of the hoist in which there is a crescent moon length and 4 white stars. Although this motif has been used comoros since 1975 during the independence movement.

However, it was only officially adopted as a flag design on December 23, 2001. The national flag of the comoros has 4 horizontal lines and which represents those 4 main islands. The yellow color on the flag represents the island of moheli, the white represents the island of mayotte, the red of the island of anjouan and the blue color represents the island of grande comore. While the green color, the symbol of the crescent moon and the star symbolizes the religion of Islam. In addition, the 4 star emblems are also said to represent the 4 main islands.

Mayotte Island is a state-owned foreign affairs department of France. Although historically the island was part of the comoros, in a referendum in 1974, the island of mayoote decided to remain under french rule. Nevertheless, in the declaration of independence in 1975, the comoros still claimed that the island was part of its country.

Mayotte Island is the most prosperous region in the straits of Mozambique, which later made it a major destination for illegal immigration, especially from surrounding areas such as from comoros. In 1997, two small islands in the comoros, namely moheli and anjouan islands, briefly broke away from the comoros union. They asked the French to re-colonize them, but the French refused the request and they rejoined the union in 2001.

Interestingly, since independence in 1975, the Comoros have experienced more than 20 coups and attempts at secession. On average, coups are attempted in comoros every two years which causes the islands to be dubbed as coup islands.

One of the other interesting facts of the comoros country is that the comoros country is an island country in africa that is close to the french country. this is because considering that the island of mayotte is part of france.

The comoros franc is the official currency issued by the comoros state. Internationally this currency is encoded with KMF, if we convert this currency into rupiah, 1 comoros franc has an exchange rate of about 30 rupiah. As mentioned earlier, the country is one of the poorest countries in africa, as more than 40% of its population lives below the poverty line.

20% of comoros citizens are unemployed and only about 60% can read and write. The country's economy is highly dependent on the agricultural sector. The comoros agricultural industry is a contributor to about 40% of the country's GDP. One of the factors hindering economic growth in the country is inadequate transport networks, especially transportation connecting the islands.