Compare Atlantic Ocean (2006) - Mayotte (2007)

Compare Atlantic Ocean (2006) z Mayotte (2007)

	Atlantic Ocean (2006)	Mayotte (2007)

Administrative divisions	-	none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Age structure	-	0-14 years: 45.8% (male 48,016/female 47,533) 15-64 years: 52.5% (male 59,111/female 50,437) 65 years and over: 1.8% (male 1,864/female 1,822) (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra
Airports	-	1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Area	total: 76.762 million sq km note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies	total: 374 sq km land: 374 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Background	The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Atlantic Ocean south of 60 degrees south latitude.	Mayotte was ceded to France along with the other islands of the Comoros group in 1843. It was the only island in the archipelago that voted in 1974 to retain its link with France and forego independence.
Birth rate	-	40.35 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $420 million expenditures: $394 million (2005)
Capital	-	name: Mamoudzou geographic coordinates: 12 46 S, 45 13 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November	tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Coastline	111,866 km	185.2 km
Constitution	-	4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name	-	conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte conventional short form: Mayotte
Death rate	-	7.53 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Debt - external	-	$NA
Dependency status	-	departmental collectivity of France
Diplomatic representation from the US	-	none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US	-	none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Disputes - international	some maritime disputes (see littoral states)	claimed by Comoros
Economic aid - recipient	-	$201.3 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (2005)
Economy - overview	The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g., fishing, dredging of aragonite sands (The Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Sea).	Economic activity is based primarily on the agricultural sector, including fishing and livestock raising. Mayotte is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from France. The economy and future development of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance, an important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle to the development of tourism.
Electricity - consumption	-	139.2 million kWh (2005)
Electricity - production	-	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m highest point: sea level 0 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Benara 660 m
Environment - current issues	endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales; drift net fishing is hastening the decline of fish stocks and contributing to international disputes; municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea	NA
Ethnic groups	-	NA
Exchange rates	-	euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)
Executive branch	-	chief of state: President Nicolas SARKOZY (since 16 May 2007); represented by Prefect Jean-Paul KIHL (since 17 January 2005) head of government: President of the General Council Said Omar OILI (since 8 April 2004) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term; next election to be held in 2010
Exports	-	$6.5 million f.o.b. (2005)
Exports - commodities	-	ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon
Exports - partners	-	France 43%, Comoros 36%, Reunion 15% (2006)
Fiscal year	-	calendar year
Flag description	-	unofficial, local flag with the coat of arms of Mayotte centered on a white field, above which the name of the island appears in red capital letters; the main elements of the coat of arms, flanked on either side by a seahorse, appear above a scroll with the motto RA HACHIRI (We are Vigilant); the only official flag is the national flag of France
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - real growth rate	-	NA%
Geographic coordinates	0 00 N, 25 00 W	12 50 S, 45 10 E
Geography - note	major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound (Oresund), and Windward Passage; the Equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean	part of Comoro Archipelago; 18 islands
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	-	$341 million f.o.b.; note - excludes petroleum imports (2005)
Imports - commodities	-	food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals
Imports - partners	-	France 49%, Seychelles 8.8%, China 4.1%, South Africa 2.8% (2006)
Independence	-	none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction
Infant mortality rate	-	total: 59.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 65.33 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	1.7% (2005)
International organization participation	-	UPU
Irrigated land	-	NA
Judicial branch	-	Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
Labor force	-	44,560 (2002)
Land boundaries	-	0 km
Land use	-	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%
Languages	-	Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population
Legal system	-	the laws of France, where applicable, apply
Legislative branch	-	unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - MDM 23.3%, UMP 22.8%, PS 10.2%, MRC 8.9%, FRAP 6.5%, MPM 1.2%, other 27.1%; seats by party - MDM 6, UMP 9, MRC 2, MPM 1, diverse left 1 note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held in September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held in 2007); results - percent of vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.1%, UDF 44.9%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: 62.16 years male: 59.94 years female: 64.45 years (2007 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Location	body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique
Map references	Political Map of the World	Africa
Maritime claims	-	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of France; a small contingent of French forces is stationed on the island
National holiday	-	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Nationality	-	noun: Mahorais (singular and plural) adjective: Mahoran
Natural hazards	icebergs common in Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from February to August and have been spotted as far south as Bermuda and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December)	cyclones during rainy season
Natural resources	oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones	NEGL
Net migration rate	-	3.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Political parties and leaders	-	Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or UMP-RPR [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Force of the Rally and the Alliance for Democracy or FRAP; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS [Ibrahim ABUBACAR] (local branch of French Parti Socialiste); Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	NA
Population	-	208,783 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-	3.617% (2007 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2001)
Religions	-	Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) 3%
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.172 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.023 male(s)/female total population: 1.092 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	-	general assessment: small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications domestic: NA international: country code - 269; microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communications to Comoros
Telephones - main lines in use	-	10,000 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	48,100 (2005)
Television broadcast stations	-	3 (2001)
Terrain	surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin	generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks
Total fertility rate	-	5.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Transportation - note	Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways; significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US	-
Unemployment rate	-	25.4% (2005)

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