Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore ( 1897 )

In 1886 Said Ali bin Said Omar, Sultan of Bambao, signed an agreement with the French government that allowed France to establish a protectorate over the entire island of Ngazidja ( Grande Comore ; protectorates were also established over Ndzwani ( Anjouan ), and Mwali ( Mohéli island in French ) the same year.

Mayotte thus remains under French administration, and the Comorian Government has effective control over only Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli.

Grande Comore had experienced troubles of its own in the late 1990s, when President Taki died on November 6, 1998.

They are Njazidja ( Grande Comore ), Mwali ( Mohéli ), Nzwani ( Anjouan ), and Mahoré ( Mayotte ).

Le Karthala ( 2316 m ) on Grande Comore is an active volcano.

cyclones possible during rainy season ( December to April ); Le Kartala on Grande Comore is an active volcano

The Comorians inhabiting Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli ( 86 % of the population ) share African-Arab origins.

The new Union of the Comoros consists of three islands, Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli.

President Assoumani Azali of Grande Comore is the first Union president.

The constitution gives Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli the right to govern most of their own affairs with their own presidents, except the activities assigned to the Union of the Comoros like Foreign Policy, Defense, Nationality, Banking and others.

" Comoros has requested a similar program for Grande Comore and Anjouan, total population 760, 000, and Li said that Beijing has agreed in principle.

* 1974 – Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros.

Article 1 of the Constitution of the Union of the Comoros begins: " The Union of the Comoros is a republic, composed of the autonomous islands of Mohéli, Mayotte, Anjouan, and Grande Comore.

A line from the estuary of the River Rovuma () to Ras Habu, the Northern point of Ile Grande Comore, the Northern of the Comore ( Comoro ) Islands, to Cap d ' Ambre ( Amber ) the Northern extremity of Madagascar ().

* Grande Comore

Some timber is produced, notably on the island of Grande Comore, which has about half the remaining forest.

Only small vessels can approach the existing quays in Moroni on Grande Comore, despite recent improvements.

Comoros has an international airport ( Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport ) at Hahaya on Grande Comore.

All vangas are endemic to Madagascar apart from the Blue Vanga which also occurs in the Comoros on Mohéli island and, at least formerly, on Grande Comore.

* Moroni, Comoros, capital of Comoros on the Grande Comore island.

The city is located on the western coast of Grande Comore ( also known as N ' gazidja ) island.

Category: Populated places in Grande Comore

The " Grande Rue " was for several centuries one of the principal ways into Brittany.

In total, Napoleon and the Grande Armée had taken only 19 days from the commencement of the invasion of Prussia until essentially knocking it out of the war with the capture of Berlin and the destruction of its principal armies at Jena and Auerstadt.

The largest fajã, which extends from the geological cones of Morro de Lemos and Morre Grande to the Bay of Velas, is occupied by the principal population center, the town of Velas.

Since 1616 it was the religious center of the parish of the Fajãs, a Catholic organ whose principal patron was Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, that included Ponta, Fajã Grande, Caldeira and Mosteiro.

The principal water courses in this region are: Ribeira de Santa Catarina, Ribeira Grande and Ribeira da Lombega

The climate is hot and sub-humid, with rainfall in the area's principal city of Campina Grande averaging about 700 millimetres per year-ranging from less than 10 millimetres in October and November to about 120 millimetres in May and June.

The municipality is located on the southern coast of São Miguel, and nestled between the three larger municipalities of Ponta Delgada ( to the west ), Ribeira Grande ( in the north ) and Vila Franca do Campo ( on the eastern frontier ); its municipal seat is approximately nine kilometers from the principal city on the island ( Ponta Delgada ).

Grande Terre or Grande-Terre ( French, literally " large land ") is a French name typically given to the principal island of an archipelago.

* The large collar ( Grande Collana ) is worn on the first day of the year, on the feast of the Most Holy Annunciation, and on all of the principal national holidays and at important royal functions.

The principal cast included Rachael Beck as Belle, Michael Cormick as Beast, Hugh Jackman as Gaston, Ernie Bourne as Maurice, Toni Lamond as Madame De La Grande Bouche, Grant Smith as Lumiere, Robyn Arthur as Mrs Potts and Bert Newton as Cogsworth.

It has a comparatively cool and healthful climate, and is pleasantly situated about midway between the Pampanga Grande and the Pampanga Chico rivers, and in a large and fertile valley of which the principal products are mostly agricultural such as: rice, tomato, eggplant, squash ... etc.

The main island, Grande Terre, is in area and is surrounded by a further 300 smaller islands and islets, forming an archipelago of.

The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines and a few remote islets.

New Caledonia comprises a main island, Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands.

New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands to the east of the Grande Terre, the ( Isle of Pines ) to the south of the Grande Terre, the Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs further to the west.

The Grande Terre is by far the largest of the islands, and the only mountainous island.

What was originally the island Miquelon is now also called Grande Miquelon while Petite Miquelon refers to Langlade.

The archipelago consists of a main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego divided between Chile and Argentina with an area of, and a group of smaller islands including Cape Horn.

The archipelago consists of a main island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, often called simply Tierra del Fuego or Isla Grande, with an area of, and a group of smaller islands.

The Portuguese returned six years later to the island of São Tiago to found Ribeira Grande ( now Cidade Velha ), in 1462 — the first permanent European settlement city in the tropics.

The island was also known as Grande Île, Sainte-Marie, and Saint-Laurent for certain periods in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The term " Grande Bretagne " ( Greater Britannia, or Great Britain ) was used to distinguish the island of Britain from the continental peninsula.

The current town name derives from the French name La Grande Île, as Grand Island is the largest island in the Niagara River and fourth largest in the state.

Its name originally came about due to it being located on an island between the Grande Ronde River and a nearby slough.

The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean Islands especially in Puerto Rico where they are also known as " Gallina de palo " and they are very common throughout the island where is seen as an intruder animal from South America ; and in the United States as feral populations in South Florida ( including the Florida Keys ), Hawaii, and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Following the Emperor's orders, the commander of the Grande Armée artillery, General Songis and his successor, General Lariboisière, installed a massive 124-gun artillery on the island.

French buccaneers established a settlement on the island of Tortuga in 1625 before going to Grande Terre ( mainland ).

The word Commanderie referred to the military headquarters whilst Grande helped distinguish it from two smaller such command posts on the island, one close to Paphos ( Phoenix ) and another near Kyrenia ( Templos ).