Compare Dhekelia (2008) - Mayotte (2007)

Compare Dhekelia (2008) z Mayotte (2007)

	Dhekelia (2008)	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: 130.8 sq km note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves	total: 374 sq km land: 374 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Background	By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.	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: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October	name: Mamoudzou geographic coordinates: 12 46 S, 45 13 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters	tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Coastline	27.5 km	185.2 km
Constitution	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document	4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name	conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Dhekelia	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	a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus	departmental collectivity of France
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Disputes - international	-	claimed by Comoros
Economic aid - recipient	-	$201.3 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (2005)
Economy - overview	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.	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: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Benara 660 m
Environment - current issues	netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn	NA
Ethnic groups	-	NA
Exchange rates	Cypriot pounds per US dollar - NA (2007), 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003)	euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch	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	the flag of the UK is used	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	34 59 N, 33 45 E	12 50 S, 45 10 E
Geography - note	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land	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	none	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	total: 103 km (approximately) border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)	0 km
Land use	-	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%
Languages	English, Greek	Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population
Legal system	the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus	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	on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique
Map references	Middle East	Africa
Maritime claims	-	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway	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	-	cyclones during rainy season
Natural resources	-	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	approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK Based Contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents	208,783 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-	3.617% (2007 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)	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	0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)	3 (2001)
Terrain	-	generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks
Total fertility rate	-	5.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	-	25.4% (2005)

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