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12 10 S, 44 15 E
Regional Information

Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique

Capital City

Moroni
Regional Relationships

claims French-administered Mayotte
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation

International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
Climate

Tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers