Explore Comoros in Africa - Comoros Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Comoros with its capital Moroni is located in Africa (Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel). It covers some 2,171 square kilometres (slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC) with 731,000 citizens. Arabic and French are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Comoros.

The Comoros are an island nation off the coast of East Africa, in the Indian Ocean between northern Mozambique and northern Madagascar. Everyone requires a visa to visit to the Comoros. A normal visa costs USD$10. It can be payed in Comorian francs, US dollars, or Euros. A visa lasts 2 weeks; it can be extended, but ordinarily the authorities will not do so unless you have a good reason. Malaria, including cerebral malaria, is prevalent in the Comoros. Sleep under a permethrin-treated mosquito net and take an anti-malarial. The climate is tropical marine, rainy and hot season is from November to May.

Pictures from Moroni (Capital)

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About Comoros

The terrain offers volcanic islands, interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills. The average density of population is about 336 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical marine with rainy season (November to May). Possible natural disasters include cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April) or volcanic activity on Grand Comore.

To reach someone in Comoros dial +269 prior to a number. There are 25,400 installed telephones. And there are 100,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".km". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 3 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Comoros

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Comoros

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Comoros is growing at an rate of 2.73% (or by 21,122 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.73%. Or an total increase of 21,122 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.