22 species of bird are unique to the archipelago and 17 of these are restricted to the Union of the Comoros.

Mayotte is part of the Comoro Islands, and like them is the result of a former hot spot, the oldest of the Comoros archipelago, formed about 7. 7 mya.

* Comoros, a country ruling three of the four major islands of this archipelago and claiming the fourth

There is also a harbour with regular transport to the African mainland and the other islands in the Comoros archipelago, as well as Madagascar and other Indian ocean islands.

The Comoro Islands or Comoros ( Shikomori Komori ; Arabic جزر القمر Juzur al-Qamar ; French Les Comores ) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and north-west of Madagascar.

Category: Comoros archipelago

Category: Comoros archipelago

Category: Comoros archipelago

He has described five bird species new to science: three from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one from Liberia and one from the Comoros archipelago.

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

The banking system consists of the Central Bank of the Comoros ( Banque Centrale des Comores ) established in 1981 that had three offices ( Moroni ( Grande-Comore ), Mutsamudu ( Anjouan ) and Fomboni ( Mohéli )); the Bank for Industry and Commerce ( Banque pour l ' Industrie et le Commerce — BIC ), a commercial bank established in 1990 that had six branches in 1993 and was a subsidiary of the National Bank of Paris — International ( Banque Nationale de Paris — Internationale ); the Development Bank of Comoros ( Banque de Développement des Comores ), established in 1982, which provided support for small and midsize development projects, the Federal Bank of Commerce ( Banque Fédérale de Commerce ) and the Exim Bank Comores Ltd.

The Assembly of the Union of the Comoros consists of 33 members.

Many of the species found on the mountain are unique to the Comoros and four bird species are found only on the slopes of Mount Karthala: Humblot's Flycatcher, Comoro White-eye, Comoro Drongo and Karthala Scops Owl.

Dzaoudzi, capital of Comoros until 1962 and now Mahoré's administrative center, is situated on a rocky outcropping off the east shore of the main island.

Its main ethnic group, as on the other Comoros islands Grande Comore and Anjouan as well as the French territory Mayotte, is the Comorian ethnic group, a synthesis of Bantu, Arab, Malay and Malagasy culture, and the main religion is Sunni Islam.

According to myth, the Comoros islands were first visited by Phoenician sailors.

Both the British and the French turned their attention to the Comoros islands in the middle of the 19th century.

For the history of the native sultanates on several of the major islands, see Sultans on the Comoros.

On September 28, 1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries took over the Comoros islands in a coup ( named operation Kaskari by the mercenaries ) against President Djohar.

In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Mohéli declared their independence from Comoros.

Presidential elections were held for all of Comoros in 2002, and presidents have been chosen for all three islands as well, which have become a confederation.

Given the rugged terrain of Ngazidja and Nzwani, and the dedication of extensive tracts to agriculture on all three islands, population pressures on Comoros are becoming increasingly critical.

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.

Neighboring islands include the French territory of Réunion and the country of Mauritius to the east, as well as the state of Comoros and the French territory of Mayotteto the north west.

Because Kidd was said to have buried treasure in the Comoros islands, and Moroni is the name of the capital city and largest settlement in the Comoros, it has been suggested that Smith borrowed the name of the settlement and applied it to the angel who led him to buried treasure — the golden plates.

Complementing this proposal is the theory that Smith borrowed the names of the Comoros islands and applied them to the hill where he found the golden plates, which he named Cumorah.

* Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili people living on the east coast of Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique as well as on the islands in the area, from Zanzibar to Comoros, who speak Swahili as their native language

* Bourbon vanilla or Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla, produced from V. planifolia plants introduced from the Americas, is the term used for vanilla from Indian Ocean islands such as Madagascar, the Comoros, and Réunion, formerly the Île Bourbon.

Comoros is made up of three islands that have inadequate transportation links, a young and rapidly increasing population, and few natural resources.

The Madagascar Marsh Harrier or Madagascar Harrier ( C. maillardi ) is found on the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Réunion and the Comoros.

Other Indian ocean islands, like the Comoros and Mascarene Islands, are volcanic islands that formed more recently.

This species, Africa's most widespread member of the genus Corvus, occurs from Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Senegal, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea down to the Cape of Good Hope and on the large island of Madagascar, the Comoros islands, Aldabra, Zanzibar, Pemba and Fernando Po.

* Tyto alba affinis – Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Comoros, Madagascar, Pemba and Unguja islands ; introduced to the Seychelles.

( 2010 ): Tiger Beetles of the Madagascan Region ( Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mascarenes, and other islands ) Taxonomic revision of the 17 genera occurring in the region ( Coleoptera: Cicindelidae ), 430 pp.

Soon, the tropical orchids were sent from Réunion Island to the Comoros Islands and Madagascar, along with instructions for pollinating them.

The plane crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore, Comoros Islands, due to fuel starvation, killing 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board, along with the hijackers ; the rest of the people on board survived with injuries.

In 1975, Mohéli agreed to join the Comoros nation, along with Grande Comore and Anjouan.

Sega is now popular across the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte and Rodrigues, along with parts of Madagascar.

A French mercenary by the name of Bob Denard, arrived in Comoros at dawn on 13 May 1978, and removed Soilih from power.

France maintains a small troop presence in Comoros at government request.

The Comoros at the north proved to be a more practical port of call.

In federal countries, such Senators represent the territories, while the other members represent the people at large ( this device is used to allow a federal representation without having to establish a bicameral legislature ); this is the case with St. Kitts and Nevis, Comoros and Micronesia.

Comoros is one of the world's poorest countries ; its per capita gross national product ( GNP — see Glossary ) was estimated at US $ 400 in 1994, following the January devaluation of the Comorian franc.

The results of foreign aid to Comoros have been mixed at best.

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.

The Comoros at the north proved to be a more practical port of call.

Comoros competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Their humiliation at the hands of the Moissy and the undermining of their authority alienated the traditional leaders of the Comoros who resented the progressive elimination of age-old traditions.

They had been on the East Indiamen Astell, Ceylon and Windham when a French frigate squadron captured the last two at the Action of 3 July 1810 near the Comoros Islands.

Karthala is an active volcano and the highest point of the Comoros at above sea level.