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Compare Paracel Islands (2003) - Mayotte (2007)

Compare Paracel Islands (2003) z Mayotte (2007)

 Paracel Islands (2003)Mayotte (2007)
 Paracel IslandsMayotte
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 (2002) 1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Area total: NA sq km


land: NA sq km


water: 0 sq km
total: 374 sq km


land: 374 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative NA slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Background The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor, Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. 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 tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Coastline 518 km 185.2 km
Constitution - 4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Paracel Islands
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 occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam claimed by Comoros
Economic aid - recipient - $201.3 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (2005)
Economy - overview China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism. 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: South China Sea 0 m


highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m


highest point: Benara 660 m
Environment - current issues NA 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 16 30 N, 112 00 E 12 50 S, 45 10 E
Geography - note composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group 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 0 sq km (1998 est.) NA
Judicial branch - Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
Labor force - 44,560 (2002)
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (1998 est.)
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 Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique
Map references Southeast Asia Africa
Maritime claims NA territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note occupied by China 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 typhoons cyclones during rainy season
Natural resources none 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 no indigenous inhabitants


note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2003 est.)
208,783 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - 3.617% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded -
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 mostly low and flat generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks
Total fertility rate - 5.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate - 25.4% (2005)
Waterways none -
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