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Grande Comore

Field	Value
name	Grande Comore
official_name	Grande Comore
native_name	Île Autonome de la Grande Comore
*Ngazidja
*جزيرة القمر الكبرى ذات الحكم الذاتي
settlement_type	Autonomous island
image_flag	Flag_of_Grande_Comore.svg
image_map	Ngazidja S2 2022.jpg
map_caption	Satellite imagery of Grande Comore, 2022.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Comoros
seat_type	Capital
seat	Moroni
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Ibrahim Mze Mohamed
area_total_km2	1025
area_water_percent	negligible
population_est	399,919
pop_est_as_of	2015
population_total	295,700
population_as_of	2003
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+03:00
flag_size	200px
image_map1	Ngazidja in Comoros (claims hatched).svg
map_caption1	Grande Comore in Comoros

*Ngazidja *جزيرة القمر الكبرى ذات الحكم الذاتي Grande Comore (; ) is an island in Comoros off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. Its population is about 316,600. The island's capital is Moroni, which is also the national capital. The island is made up of two shield volcanoes, with Mount Karthala being the country's highest point at 2361 m above sea level. Inl line with the 2009 revision of the constitution of 2002, it is governed by an elected governor, as are the other islands, with the federal government being much reduced in power. The name Ngazidja is sometimes seen in the now nonstandard form Njazidja.

History

Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore (1897).

For several centuries, Grande Comore was divided into a number of sultanates, including Bambao, Itsandra, Mitsamihuli, Mbajini, Hambuu, Washili, Hamahame, Mbwankuu, Mbude and Domba. The sultans were also known as mfaume. In 1886, the ruler of Anjouan, Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar declared a "state of Ngazidja", usurping the other sultanates and accepting a French protectorate over the island. In 1893, Sultan Said Ali was sent into exile on Réunion. In 1908, France annexed the island and the sultanates were abolished. In 1975, Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli declared independence as the nation of Comoros.

On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked while in Ethiopian airspace en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The Boeing 767-260ER crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore after running out of fuel, killing 125 out of the 175 people on board, including 3 of the hijackers.

In 1997, the Comoros nation began to fall apart as Anjouan and Moheli seceded. Grande Comore became the only island under federal control. By 2002, however, Grande Comore was reunited with the other islands under the new constitution. Abdou Soule Elbak was elected President of Grande Comore in May 2002. He received only 17% of the vote in the first round, coming in first place, and received 60% of the vote in the runoff. He remained in his post until the July 2007 elections, at which point Mohamed Abdoulwahab won the island's presidency. The position of the President of Grande Comore was later transferred into the position of Governor of Grande Comore.

Grande Comore is the largest island of the [[Comoros]] islands.

Transport

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport serves the island.

References

(September 26, 2007). "Doing Business 2008". World Bank Publications.
"Figure 1. Map of the Comoros showing the islands of Ngazidja (Grande...".

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