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

The most notable of these early immigrants were the Shirazi Arab royal clans, who arrived in Comoros in the 15th and 16th centuries and stayed to build mosques, create a royal house and introduce architecture and carpentry.

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.

Comoros ' largest cities were the capital, Moroni, with about 30, 000 people, and the port city of Mutsamudu, on the island of Nzwani, with about 20, 000 people.

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

Most of the shares in the Development Bank of Comoros were held by the Comoran government and the central bank ; the rest were held by the European Investment Bank and the Central Bank for Economic Cooperation ( Caisse Centrale de Coopération Économique — CCCE ), a development agency of the French government.

* various Sultans on the Comoros ; however on the Comoros, the normally used styles were alternative native titles, including Mfalme, Phany or Jambé and the ' hegemonic ' title Sultani tibe

His " favorite " targets were the Comoros.

Legislative elections were held in the Union of the Comoros on April 18 and April 25, 2004.

Early reports indicated that the government of Mohamed Bacar had fled to the interior of the island and were in hiding ; however, later reports from the Comoros government on March 25 stated that Bacar had fled the island incognito seeking exile in Mayotte:

Among the most striking of his reforms were some measures designed to gain the favor of the youth, like the legalization of cannabis and promoting the removal of the veil among the women of Comoros.

After Abdallah took over, Soilih's policies were reversed and the name of the country was changed to " Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros ", Abdallah became president, and Soilih was soon assassinated by Abdallah's supporters.

While the banknotes were changed to reflect the new status of Comoros, the coins were not changed and bore only the name Madagascar.

Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.

Comoros was also a member of the OAU, the EDF, the World Bank, the IMF, the IOC, and the African Development Bank.

Comoros also confronted domestically the problem of the degree of democracy the government was prepared to grant to its citizens, a consideration that related to its standing in the world community.

Comoros also hosted an embassy of China, which established relations during the Soilih regime.

With the reform of its apartheid government, South Africa no longer needed Comoros as evidence of its ostensible ability to enjoy good relations with a black African state ; the end of the Cold War had also diminished Comoros ' strategic value to Pretoria.

He is also accredited to: Tanzania, the Comoros, United Nations Environment Programme, and United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Mozambique has also been involved in many peacekeeping operations in Burundi, Comoros, The Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor and Sudan.

Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros and Mauritania are geographically part of Sub-Saharan Africa, but also part of the Arab world.

Comoros also received 5. 7 million French francs from the French Aid and Cooperation Fund for agriculture and rural development.

The Bab-el-Mandab is also a sub-region in the Arab League, which includes Djibouti, Yemen, Somalia and the Comoros Islands.

The Arab League currently has 22 members, which also include, Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia and UAE.

But these orchids can also be found on the Comoros, the Seychelles, and the Mascarenes.

Mayotte ( claimed by the Comoros, but under French administration ) is also mentioned in the song.

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 also served as his logistic base for military operations in Mozambique and Angola.

In 2001, Guido Papalia, Italian attorney of Verona, prosecuted Denard for having tried to recruit mercenaries in the far-right Italian movement ( through Franco Nerozzi ) in order to make a coup against Colonel Azali Assoumani, the current president, also opposed to his return to the Comoros.

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.

It can also be found in the Comoros, in Zanzibar, and some coastal areas of mainland Tanzania.

It lives in northern Madagascar and on the Comoros, it has been also introduced to Hawaii and other Pacific islands.

It can also be found on the island of Nosy Bé, the Comoros and Réunion island.

Approximately 50 species in this genus are known mostly from tropical Africa, but also from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar and Sri Lanka.

Comoros is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, mostly an independent nation but also including the French territory of Mayotte.

This in turn had broken the previous record of 168, 000 set in 2001 by D68C ( also by the FSDXA ) from the Galawa Beach Hotel on the Comoros island of Grande Comore.

* 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.

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 the world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang, used in manufacturing perfume.

Comoros is the world's principal producer of ylang-ylang essence, an essence derived from the flowers of a tree originally brought from Indonesia that is used in manufacturing perfumes and soaps.

The rough scales of the living fossil Coelacanth are used by the natives of Comoros as sandpaper.

Comorian ( Shikomor ) is the most widely used language on the Comoros ( independent islands in the Indian Ocean, off Mozambique and Madagascar ) and Mayotte.

Because Kidd was said to have buried treasure in the Comoros islands, it has been suggested that Smith used the name of the islands and applied it to the hill where he found buried treasure — the gold plates.

Before March 30, 2007, the collectivité départementale of Mayotte used country code + 269, shared with the Comoros:

Countries where the CPD may be used include: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d ' Ivoire, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

The F-010 standard originated in France and is used there ( overseas departments and territories included ) and in other countries, including Algeria, Andorra, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Grenadines, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Switzerland, Togo and Tunisia.