Mayotte (Faransé: Mayotte, pípè [majɔt]; Shimaore (Swahili dialect): Maore, IPA: [maˈore]; Àdàkọ:Lang-mg), officially the Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (Faransé: Collectivité départementale de Mayotte)

Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte

Collectivité départementale de Mayotte
Flag of Mayotte
Flag of Mayotte
Coat of arms ilẹ̀ Mayotte
Coat of arms
Motto: Ra hachiri
"We are vigilant"
Orin ìyìn: La Marseillaise
Location of Mayotte
Olùìlú
àti ìlú tótóbijùlọ
Mamoudzou (prefecture)
Àwọn èdè ìṣẹ́ọbaFrench
Vernacular languagesShimaore (Swahili), Malagasy
Àwọn ẹ̀yà ènìyàn
92.3% Comorian (Bantu, Arab, and Malagasy), 3.2% other Swahili, 1.8% other French, 1% Makua, 1.7% other[1]
Orúkọ aráàlúMahoran
Ìjọbaoverseas collectivity of France
Nicolas Sarkozy
Ahmed Attoumani Douchina
• Prefect
Abdoulatifou Aly (acting)
Independence 
overseas collectivity of France
• Voted to remain a territory of France
1974
Ìtóbi
• Total
374 km2 (144 sq mi) (~185th)
• Omi (%)
0.4
Alábùgbé
• 2009 estimate
194,000[2]
• 2007 census
186,452[3] (179th)
• Ìdìmọ́ra
518.7/km2 (1,343.4/sq mi) (~11th)
GDP (PPP)2003 estimate
• Total
$466.8 million (208th)
• Per capita
$2,600 (2003 est.) (129th)
HDI (2003)n/a
Error: Invalid HDI value · unranked
OwónínáEuro (EUR)
Ibi àkókòUTC+3
Àmì tẹlifóònù262
ISO 3166 codeYT
Internet TLD.yt


  1. Information on Mayotte
  2. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009) (.PDF). World Population Prospects, Table A.1. 2008 revision. United Nations. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 
  3. (Faransé) INSEE, Government of France. "INSEE Infos No 32" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-02.