Comoros

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The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. His capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. Comoros proclaimed his independence from France on 6 July 1975. The Comoros is the only country of the Arab League who is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. Comoros is a member state of the African Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Shikomori, French and Arabic.

Some consider Comoros to be a part of the Swahili Coast regarding the distance because his culture is heavily influenced from his neighbors there.

History

On 2001 December, Comoros decided to commit the adoption of a new constitution, transforming the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros into the new Union of the Comoros. This provided greater autonomy for the islands ( Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli) and granted them each their own president.