Mtsamboro
Sign in to saveMtsamboro () is a small fishing town and commune in northwest Mayotte, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. Its population according to the 2017 census is 7,705. Included in the commune are the Choazil Islands and Chissioua Mtsamboro. The main economic activity is fishing and orange production.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hamjago
- Region
- Mayotte
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,724
- Timezone
- Indian/Mayotte
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Mtsamboro
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mtsamboro islet (Mayotte).JPG
- French commune.caption
- Chissioua Mtsamboro
- French commune.map
- Locator map of Mtsamboro 2018.png
- French commune.map caption
- Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte
- French commune.canton
- Mtsamboro
- French commune.INSEE
- 97612
- French commune.postal code
- 97630
- French commune.mayor
- Laïthidine Ben Saïd
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Grand Nord de Mayotte
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 480
- French commune.area km2
- 16.41
- French commune.population
- 7705
- French commune.population date
- 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Mtsamboro
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Mayotte
- Population
- 7705
- Area
- 16.41
- Elevation
- 26
- Shares border with
- Bandraboua
- Official website
- www.mairie-mtsamboro.fr
- Image
- Mtsamboro islet (Mayotte).JPG
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- Commons category
- Mtsamboro
- postal code
- 97630
- inception
- 2011-03-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mtsamboro
- P8168
- Fita Bayisa
- native label
- Mtsamboro
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-69-62-19-50
- fax number
- +33-2-69-62-19-60
- located in/on physical feature
- Mayotte
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Notable landmarks
- References
Mtsamboro () is a small fishing town and commune in northwest Mayotte, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. Its population according to the 2017 census is 7,705. Included in the commune are the Choazil Islands and Chissioua Mtsamboro. The main economic activity is fishing and orange production.
==History== Archaeology has revealed an occupation existed in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries on the Jiva beach named Mshambara, and traces of a medina dating from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries in the quartier of Mjikura. Mtsamboro has an important place in the history of Mayotte: this town was the first capital of the Shirazi Sultanate as it hosted the first Sultan of Mayotte at the end of the fifteenth century. Mtsamboro was the main commercial port of the island and was visited by many European vessels. The town, like many others in Mayotte, was ruined and abandoned in the eighteenth century. In Mjikura are the ruins of a royal palace and tombs, an important location for the Sultans of Mayotte.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mtsamboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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