Grande-Terre, Mayotte

Grande-Terre
Native name: Maore, Mahori
	Grande-Terre administrative
Geography
Location	Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel
Coordinates	12°49′55″S 45°08′58″E / 12.831887°S 45.149474°E
Area	368 km2 (142 sq mi)
Area rank	~11th
Highest elevation	660 m (2170 ft)
Highest point	Mount Benara
Administration
	France
Largest settlement	Mamoudzou (pop. 53,022 (2009) 186,452)
Demographics
Population	(2010)
Pop. density	499/km2 (1292/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Shimaore, Bushi, Arabs, Swahilis, French

Grande-Terre (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ]; Maore or Nyambo Bole in Shimaore) is the main island of the French overseas region of Mayotte.^[2] The island is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique.

Mayotte, Grande Terre
The outskirts of Mayotte

History

References

^ "INSEE Infos No 32" (PDF). INSEE (in French). Government of France. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
^ "Mayotte devient le 101e département français", Portail du Gouvernement, 4 April 2011, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, C'est pourquoi Mayotte devient le 101e département français et le 5e département d'Outre-Mer et région d'Outre-Mer.

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[census-1] "INSEE Infos No 32" (PDF). INSEE (in French). Government of France. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

[2] "Mayotte devient le 101e département français", Portail du Gouvernement, 4 April 2011, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, C'est pourquoi Mayotte devient le 101e département français et le 5e département d'Outre-Mer et région d'Outre-Mer.

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