| Abstract from DBPedia | The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. As a member of the Arab League, it is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. Comoros proclaimed their independence on July 6, 1975. It is also a member state of the African Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Chi Comori, French and Arabic. The sovereign state consists of three major islands and numerous smaller islands, all in the volcanic Comoro Islands with the notable exception of Mayotte. Mayotte voted against independence from France in a referendum in 1974, and has since then never been administered by an independent Comoros government, and continues to be administered by France as an overseas department. France has vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions that would affirm Comorian sovereignty over the island. Mayotte became an overseas department and a region of France in 2011 following a referendum which was passed overwhelmingly. At 1,861 km2 (719 sq mi), the Comoros is the fourth-smallest African nation by area. Its population is estimated at 850,886 residents as of 2019. The Comoros was likely first settled by Austronesian/Malagasy peoples, followed by Swahili peoples, Bantu speakers from East Africa, and seafaring Arab traders. It then became part of the French colonial empire during the 19th century, before its independence in 1975. Since then, it has experienced more than 20 coups or attempted coups, with various heads of state assassinated. Along with this constant political instability, it has one of the worst levels of income inequality of any nation, and ranks in the worst quartile on the Human Development Index. As of 2008, about half the population lived below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day. The French insular region of Mayotte, the most prosperous territory in the Mozambique Channel, is a major destination for migrants from the Comoros.コモロ連合（コモロれんごう、フランス語: Union des Comores）、通称コモロは、インド洋のコモロ諸島のグランドコモロ島（ンジャジジャ島）、アンジュアン島（ヌズワニ島）、モヘリ島（ムワリ島）で構成される連邦共和制国家。コモロ政府はフランス領マヨット島（マオレ島）の領有権も主張している。海を隔てて西にはモザンビークがあり、東南にはマダガスカルがある。首都であるモロニはグランドコモロ島に位置している。 1975年7月6日、フランスから独立したものの頻繁にクーデターが発生し、1990年代には2島が独立宣言を行い国家解体の危機に陥った。その影響から経済が低迷し後発開発途上国および小島嶼開発途上国に指定されている。現在も近海ではたびたびシーラカンスが捕獲される。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Comoros) |
