Key facts
- Location
- Indian Ocean
- Major islands
- Grande Comore (Ngazidja), Mohéli (Mwali), Anjouan (Nzwani), Mayotte (Maore)
- Area
- 2,034 km (785 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 2,361 m (7746 ft)
- Highest point
- Mount Karthala
- Autonomous islands
- Grande Comore (Ngazidja), Mohéli (Mwali), Anjouan (Nzwani)
- Largest settlement
- Moroni (capital) (pop. 60,200)
- President
- Azali Assoumani
- Overseas department
- Mayotte
- Population
- 1,008,246 (2016 est.)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Comoro Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean lying between Madagascar and the African mainland. Three of the islands form the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign nation, while Mayotte belongs to France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Comoros Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.