The Human Truth Foundation

Mayotte (Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte)

https://www.humantruth.info/mayotte.html

By Vexen Crabtree 2013

#mayotte

Mayotte
Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte
StatusDependency (Overseas Collectivity)
SovereigntyFrance
CapitalMamoudzou
Land Area
LocationAfrica
GroupingsSmall Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 CodesYT, MYT, 1751
Internet Domain.yt2
CurrencyEuro (EUR)3
Telephone+2624

1. Overview

#france #mayotte

In the early 21st century, five French overseas entities - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Reunion - became French regions and were made part of France proper.

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)5

Scattered across the Indian Ocean, the enchanting Comoros islands are the kind of place you go to drop off the planet for a while. The Comoros are so remote even an international fugitive could hide out here. [...] Three independent islands have experienced almost 20 coups since gaining independence in 1975. In the last decade, however, the quarrelsome independent islands agreed to put their differences aside and fly under the joint banner of the Union des Comores. The fourth island, Mayotte, is an overseas territory of France, and differs from the other Comorian islands politically in that its people are French citizens governed by French law.

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)6

As a territory of France I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. Mayotte's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #the_environment

This rank is derived from 1 data sets. And finally, it does worse than average in its forested percent change 2000-20207.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020
Higher is better
7
Pos.Total7
1Guernsey82.6%
2Bahrain75.2%
3Iceland64.7%
...
198Guinea-11.0%
199Mozambique-11.1%
200Sao Tome & Principe-11.1%
201Mayotte-11.6%
202Congo, DR-12.7%
203Belize-12.9%
204Nigeria-13.6%
205El Salvador-13.8%
Africa Avg-8.7%
World Avg-0.1%
q=234.

3. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below8:

Christian0.7%
Muslim98.6%
Hindu0.1%
Buddhist0.1%
Folk Religion0.5%
Jewish0.1%
Unaffiliated0.2%

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There isn't much information in the database for Mayotte, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.