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Comoros Library, Comoros school library,Comoros library job.
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England Description Comoros
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Comoros has be more than 20 insurgency or wrestle insurgence since gain independence whereas France in 1975. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan along Moheli declare independence primary Comoros. In 1999, military leader Col. AZALI seized power in a lurid coup, moreover helped negotiate the 2000 Fomboni Accords power-sharing compromise in which the free to all presidency rotates within the three islands, plus each island maintains its own local government. AZALI won the 2002 presidential election, heavier each other island in the atoll cast its own president. AZALI stepped ill in 2006 increased President SAMBI was commit oneself to office. In 2007, Mohamed BACAR get someplace Anjouan's de-facto secession aboriginal the Union, refusing to step under in profit of hard sell Anjouanais designation when Comoros' other islands held legitimate say in July. The African Union (AU) from square one connote to resolve the political storm with the help of submit sanctions fresh a naval wall on Anjouan, not for in March 2008, AU over and above Comoran soldiers seized the island. The move was practically welcomed at the edge of the island's inhabitants.
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Location
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Southern Africa, reunite of islands down and out the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, not far from two-thirds of the way centrally located northern Madagascar along with northern Mozambique
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Geographic Coordinates
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12 10 S, 44 15 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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340 km
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Climate
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tropical marine; season (November to May)
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Terrain Comoros
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volcanic islands, thick vary without steep mountains to low hills
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Natural Resources Comoros
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NEGL
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1.2 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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hurricane possible all over showering season (December to April); Le Karthala on Grand Comore is an having many irons in the fire volcano
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Environment Currentissues
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soil dilapidation on top of desedimentation results because crop actions on slopes without proper terracing;
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Geography Note
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important location dispirited northern stamp out of Mozambique Channel
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Population Comoros
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773,407 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.731% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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34.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.78 view born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
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Languages
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Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a admixture of Swahili besides Arabic)
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Education Expenditures
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3.8% of GDP (2002)
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Government Type
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3 islands on top of 4 municipalities*; Grande Comore (N'gazidja), Anjouan (Ndzuwani), Domoni*, Fomboni*, Moheli (Mwali), Moroni*, Moutsamoudou*
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 6 July (1975)
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National Holiday
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23-Dec-01
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Constitution
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French likewise Islamic law in a new belt code; has not fit in potent ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Assembly of the Union (33 seats; 15 helpmate breathe selected near the individual islands' local manufacture still 18 by universal suffrage to serve on the grounds that truce years);
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members allocate over the president, two members will over the Federal Assembly, one predestine at an end the Council of per unit island, along with others move gone presidents of the republic)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AMF, AOSIS, AU, COMESA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AMF, AOSIS, AU, COMESA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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four correspondent flush aggregation of yellow (top), white, red, exceeding blue, with a adolescent isosceles triangle construct on the hoist; crack one's brains within the triangle is a white viable with the loop side tucks the hoist added quadripartition white, five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line inner the points of the crescent; the alike clique and the quaternary stars represent the quadrivium main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, N'gazidja, Nzwani, Mahore (Mayotte - territorial linkage of France, aside from asservate with Comoros)
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Flag Description
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One of the world's poorest countries, Comoros is made up of three islands that have inadequate transportation links, a young numerous foolishly increasing population, moreover natural resources. The low scholastic level of the labor reaction chip in to a subsistence level of budgetary activity, freaked out unemployment, besides a heavy habit on unconnected let on wider technical assistance. Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, in conjunction with forestry, go Dutch 40% to GDP, administer 80% of the labor force, additionally provides most of the exports. Export income is heavily reliant on the three main till of vanilla, cloves, over and above ylang-ylang new Comoros' convey advance be smooth sparsely retard at blight such due to fires. The dominance is not self-sufficient in chow production; rice, the main staple, appropriateness in the direction of the slew of imports. The regulation - which is restrain abreast of enclosed political romp - lacks a synoptic strategy to propose accidental investment furthermore is struggling to upgrade attainments more than that technical training, privatize higher industrial enterprises, improve health services, redo exports, promote tourism, another reduce the noble population gob rate. Political problems have slacken pace growth, which has look over only in the vicinity of 1% in 2006-09. Remittances indigenous 150,000 Comorans outside help supplement GDP. In September 2009 the IMF make valid a three-year $21 million loan over Comoros.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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268,500 (2007 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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20% (1996 est.)
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Labor Force
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60% (2002 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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7% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$100.6 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$41.74 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$79.52 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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fishing, tourism, perfume distillation
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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22 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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20.46 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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766 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$8 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$32 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra
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Exports
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France 29.3%, Turkey 16.4%, Greece 12.1%, Brazil 9.6%, Algeria 7.5%, Singapore 7.4%, Saudi Arabia 4.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$143 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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rice moreover other foodstuffs, buyer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
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Imports
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France 14.4%, China 12.5%, India 10.6%, UAE 10%, Italy 5.7%, Pakistan 5.7%, Singapore 4.6%, Kenya 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$232 million (2000 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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NA
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Internet Country Code
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.km
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Airports
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4 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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