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Mamoudzou is the capital of the French overseas region and department of
MayotteMayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting of a main island, Grande-Terre , a smaller island, Petite-Terre , and several islets around these two. The archipelago is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and...
, in the
Indian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. Mamoudzou, known as Momoju in the local
Shimaore languageMaore Comorian, or Shimaore , is one of the two indigenous languages spoken in the French-ruled Comorian islands of Mayotte; Shimaore being a dialect of the Comorian language, while KiBushi is an unrelated Malayo-Polynesian language originally from Madagascar...
, is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), the main island of Mayotte. The former capital of Mayotte was
DzaoudziDzaoudzi is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. The commune of Dzaoudzi , made up of the twin towns of Dzaoudzi and Labattoir, is located on the small island of Petite-Terre...
, on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), but Mamoudzou was chosen as the capital in 1977.
The island is located in the Mozambique Channel, between northern Mozambique and northern Madagascar.
Administration
The commune is composed of 6 villages in addition to its central habitation, also called Mamoudzou. These are: Kawéni, Mtsapéré, Passamainti, Vahibé, Tsoundzou I and Tsoundzou II.
The commune is also subdivided into 3 cantons; Mamoudzou I, Mamoudzou II and Mamoudzou III.
Demographics
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Population history
| 1985 | 1991 | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 |
| 12 026 |
20 307 |
32 733 |
45 485 |
53 022 |
| Statistics accurate as of 1991 |
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Village Populations
| Village | 1997 | 2002 |
| Kavani |
3 948 |
5 488 |
| Kaweni |
6 206 |
9 604 |
| Mamoudzou |
5 666 |
6 533 |
| Mtsapéré |
6 979 |
10 495 |
| Passamainty |
5 173 |
6 008 |
| Tsountsou 1 |
2 093 |
3 058 |
| Tsountsou 2 |
574 |
1 063 |
| Vahibé |
2 135 |
3 236 |
| Statistics accurate as of 1997 |
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