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Mayotte officially Overseas area of ??Mayotte is an offshore area of ??France with an area of ??376 square kilometers, and a population of 279471 inhabitants according to an official 2020 estimate.
The capital of the island is Mamuju. It consists of a main island, the Grand Ter (or Maore), a smaller island, the Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi) and many other islets around these two. The length of the coast of the island is 185 km while its highest point is the Benara Peak at 660 meters.
The official languages ??of the islands are French and Machorian (a Swahili dialect). Regarding religion, 95% of the population advocates Islam. Mayotte's currency is the euro. On March 29, 2009, residents voted in a referendum to turn the island into an offshore area of ??France.
The Mayotte officially became a French department on March 31, 2011.
Located north of the Strait of Mozambique, Mayotte is an island in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and northern Mozambique. Geographically it is a territory of the Comoros archipelago, however politically it has not belonged to them since the 1970s.
The land is also known as Mahore, which is the name by which the natives call the main island and even those who support the union of the island with the Comoros.
The main island, Gran Terre or Maore, is the oldest geologically in the Comoros and is 39 km long and 22 km wide.
The capital of Mayotte was Dzaoudzi, located in Petite Terre (or Pamanzi) until 1977. The island is a member of the Indian Ocean Commission.