🇾🇹 Mayotte

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Geography & Borders

This country has no land borders.

Introduction & Background

Mayotte (/maɪˈɒt/; Template:Lang-fr, Template:IPA-fr; Shimaore: Maore, Template:IPA-sw; Kibushi: Maori, Template:IPA-mg), officially the Department of Mayotte (Template:Lang-fr),3 is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is located in the northern part of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeastern Africa, between Northwestern Madagascar and Northeastern Mozambique. Mayotte consists of a main island, Grande-Terre (or Maore), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), as well as several islets around these two. Mayotte is the most prosperous territory in the Mozambique Channel, making it a major destination for immigration.

Mayotte's land area is 374 square kilometres (144sqmi) and, with its 299,348 people according to January 2022 official estimates,1 is very densely populated at 800 inhabitants per km2 (2,073 per sq mi). The biggest city and prefecture is Mamoudzou on Grande-Terre. The Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport is located on the neighbouring island of Petite-Terre. The territory is also known as Maore, the native name of its main island.