Travel Comoros.com http://www.travelcomoros.com Guide to vacation perfect sunshine islands Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Comoros Islands http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-islands/ http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-islands/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:08:07 +0000 admin http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-islands/ The Comoros is an island country in the Indian Ocean teaming with culture and rich in history.

The Comoros, an island in the Indian Ocean, is located off the eastern coast of Africa on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel. It lies between the northern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique. This island nation is officially known as the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros.

The Comoros is the third smallest African nation by area with an estimated population of 798,000, one of the highest population densities in Africa. Its name was derived from the Arabic word qamar, which means moon. It is known as one of the poorest countries in the world.

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]]> http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-islands/feed/ The Comoros geography and culture http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-geography-and-culture/ http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-geography-and-culture/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:07:40 +0000 admin http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-geography-and-culture/ The Comoros is composed of four main islands in its volcanic archipelago.
Those 4 islands are:

  • Ngazidja,
  • Mwali,
  • Nzwani,
  • and Mahorй,

There are also many smaller islands.

It is noted for its diverse culture, history and civilizations.

The three official languages of the land are Comorian (Shikomor), Arabic and French.

The first settlers to ever reach the land are the Swahilis. They came to The Comoros as a part of the greater Bantu expansion which took place in Africa throughout the first millennium. The island became populated by the coming of diverse groups from the coast of Africa.

]]> http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-geography-and-culture/feed/ The economy of the Comoros http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-economy-of-the-comoros/ http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-economy-of-the-comoros/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:07:22 +0000 admin http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-economy-of-the-comoros/ The Comoros served as a station for merchants who sailed to the Far East and India until the Suez Canal was opened.
Since the SUez Canal opening, the traffic passing through the Mozambique Channel was reduced.

Coconuts are the only native commodities the land exports. A plantation based economy which uses about one third of the land for growing export crops was established by French-settlers; French-owned companies and wealthy Arab merchants.

]]> http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-economy-of-the-comoros/feed/ The Comoros facts http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-facts/ http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-facts/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:07:05 +0000 admin http://www.travelcomoros.com/2007/10/22/the-comoros-facts/ The Islands of Comoros have around 320 kmІ of territorial seas.
The interiors of the land vary from high mountains and low hills. Generally, the climate is mild and tropic and the two major seasons it has are relatively rainy.

The Comoros Archipelago is rich in volcanic activity. Mount Karthala is the country’s highest point, at 2,361 m or 7748 ft. It also sits the Comoros largest patch of its disappearing rain forest.

The Comoros’ official religion is Islam and over 99 percent of its population is made up of Sunni Moslems. Around 1,300 of the population are Christians. The official languages of the island are French and Arabic while the majority of the people speak Comoran, the mixture of the Arabic and Swahili language.

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