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Comoros
| Location |
Mozambique Channel, in W Indian Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
12 10 S, 44 15 E |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Federal Islamic Republic of the
Comoros" |
| Population |
614,382 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2002 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
2,170 |
| Capital |
Moroni |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution de l'Union des Comores
(2001)(French), from Droit Francophone |
| Charte
Constitutionnelle du 06 mai 1999
(French), from MweziNet |
|
Loi constitutionnelle du 20 octobre 1996
(French), from the Association des Cours Constitutionnelles |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Comoros,
from Arab.Net |
| Comoros,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Comoros,
from the World Bank Group |
| Comoros,
globalEDGE Country Insight from Michigan State University |
| Comoros,
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1994) |
| The
Country & People of Comoros |
| Country
profile: Comoros,
from the BBC News |
| Description du droit national,
from Droit Francophone (French) |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| MweziNet
(Comoros On-Line) (French) |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth
Office, Country
Profile: Comoros |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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