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The 1996 CIA World Factbook


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       (UDZIMA), Omar TAMOU; Comoran Party for Democracy and Progress

       (PCDP), Ali MROUDJAE; Realizing Freedom's Capability (UWEZO),

       Mouazair ABDALLAH; Democratic Front of the Comoros (FDR), Moustapha

       CHELKH; Dialogue Proposition Action (DPA/MWANGAZA), Said MCHAWGAMA;

       Rally for Change and Democracy (RACHADE), Hassan HACHIM; Union for

       Democracy and Decentralization (UNDC), Mohamed Taki Halidi IBRAHAM;

       Rally for Democracy and Renewal (RDR); Comoran Popular Front (FPC),

       Mohamed HASSANALI, Mohamed El Arif OUKACHA, Abdou MOUSTAKIM

       (Secretary General)

      International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AL,

       CCC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF,

       Intelsat (nonsignatory user), IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO

      Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed Ahamada DJIMBANAOU (ambassador

       to the US and Canada)

       chancery: (temporary) care of the Permanent Mission of the Federal

       and Islamic Republic of the Comoros to the United Nations, 336 East

       45th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017

       telephone: [1] (212) 972–8010

       FAX: [1] (212) 983–4712

      US diplomatic representation: the US does not have an embassy in

       Comoros; the ambassador to Mauritius is accredited to Comoros

      Flag: green with a white crescent in the center of the field, its points facing downward; there are four white five-pointed stars placed in a line between the points of the crescent; the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (a territorial collectivity of France, but claimed by Comoros); the design, the most recent of several, is described in the constitution approved by referendum on 7 June 1992

      Economy———

      Economic overview: One of the world's poorest countries, Comoros is made up of several islands that have poor transportation links, a young and rapidly increasing population, and few natural resources. The low educational level of the labor force contributes to a subsistence level of economic activity, high unemployment, and a heavy dependence on foreign grants and technical assistance. Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, and forestry, is the leading sector of the economy. It contributes 40% to GDP, employs 80% of the labor force, and provides most of the exports. The country is not self-sufficient in food production; rice, the main staple, accounts for 90% of imports. The government is struggling to upgrade education and technical training, to privatize commercial and industrial enterprises, to improve health services, to diversify exports, and to reduce the high population growth rate. Continued foreign support is essential if the goal of 4% annual GDP growth is to be reached in the late 1990s.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $370 million (1994 est.)

      GDP real growth rate: 0.9% (1994 est.)

      GDP per capita: $700 (1994 est.)

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15% (1993 est.)

      Labor force: 140,000 (1982) by occupation: agriculture 80%, government 3%

      Unemployment rate: 15.8% (1989)

      Budget:

       revenues: $83 million

       expenditures: $92 million, including capital expenditures of $32

       million (1992)

      Industries: tourism, perfume distillation, textiles, furniture,

       jewelry, construction materials, soft drinks

      Industrial production growth rate: −6.5% (1989 est.)

      Electricity: capacity: 16,000 kW production: 17 million kWh consumption per capita: 27 kWh (1993)

      Agriculture: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)

      Exports: $13.7 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, perfume oil, copra partners: US 44%, France 40%, Germany 6%, Africa 5% (1992)

      Imports: $40.9 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

       commodities: rice and other foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement,

       consumer goods

       partners: France 34%, South Africa 14%, Kenya 8%, Japan 4% (1992)

      External debt: $160 million (1992 est.)

      Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA

      Currency: 1 Comoran franc (CF) = 100 centimes

      Exchange rates: Comoran francs (CF) per US$1 - 375.42 (January

       1996), 374.36 (1995), 416.40 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992),

       282.11 (1991)

       note: beginning 12 January 1994, the Comoran franc was devalued to

       75 per French franc from 50 per French franc at which it had been

       fixed since 1948

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Transportation———————

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 1,104 km paved: 400 km unpaved: 704 km (1988 est.)

      Ports: Fomboni, Moroni, Mutsamudu

      Merchant marine: none

      Airports:

       total: 4

       with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1

       with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 3,770 (1991 est.)

      Telephone system: sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations domestic: HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay international: HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar and Reunion

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 0

      Televisions: 200 (1991 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Comoran Security Force

      Manpower availability: males age 15–49: 121,854 males fit for military service: 72,873 (1996 est.)

      Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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      @Congo——

      Map—

      Location: 1 00 S, 15 00 E—Western Africa, bordering the South

       Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon

      Flag——

      Description: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

      Geography————

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,

       between Angola and Gabon

      Geographic coordinates: 1 00 S, 15 00 E

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