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Geography
Area
- land
- 50 sq km
- total
- 374 sq km
Continent
Africa
Geographic coordinates
-12.83333333, 45.16666666
Land boundaries
- border countries
- SXM
- number of neighbors
- 1
Land use
- forest
- 24.8%
Landlocked
No
Map links
- Google Maps
- https://goo.gl/maps/1e7MXmfBwQv3TQGF7
- OpenStreetMap
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1259885
Map references
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- number of time zones
- 1
People and Society
Age structure
- 0-14 years
- 21.34%
- 15-64 years
- 60.26%
- 65 years and over
- 18.41%
Birth rate
17 births/1,000 population
Death rate
- 9 deaths/1,000 population
- adult female
- 37 per 1,000
- adult male
- 79 per 1,000
Dependency ratios
- elderly dependency ratio
- 30.54%
- total dependency ratio
- 65.95%
- youth dependency ratio
- 35.41%
Drinking water source
- improved total
- 96.63%
Languages
- languages
- French
- number of languages
- 1
Life expectancy at birth
- female
- 84 years
- male
- 77 years
- total population
- 80 years
Mother's mean age at first birth
14 births/1,000 women 15-19
Nationality
- adjective
- Mahoran
- noun
- Mahoran
Net migration rate
-1,170 migrants
Population
- total
- 320,901
Population growth rate
-5.17%
Total fertility rate
3 children born/woman
Urbanization
- urban population
- 100%
Government
Capital
- geographic coordinates
- -12.78, 45.22
- name
- Mamoudzou
Country name
- alternative spellings
- YT, Department of Mayotte, Département de Mayotte
- conventional long form
- Department of Mayotte
- local long form (fra)
- Département de Mayotte
Flag description
The flag of Mayotte bears a white field with the national coat of arms in the center and the country's name in red above it. The coat of arms consists of a shield supported by two seahorses and the national motto in a banner below it. The shield has a white fringe and bears a blue field with an upwards-facing white crescent on the top half and a red field with two yellow ylang-ylang flowers on the bottom half.
Flag image
- svg
- https://flagcdn.com/yt.svg
Independence
No
Start of week
Monday
UN Member
No
Economy
Currency
- code
- EUR
- name
- euro (EUR) [€]
GDP (official exchange rate)
$649.21 million
GDP per capita (nominal)
$21,668
Real GDP growth rate
4.9%
Energy
Electricity generation sources
- fossil fuels
- 99.19%
- hydroelectric
- 0%
- nuclear
- 0%
- renewable
- 0.81%
Communications
Internet country code
.yt
Postal code format
#####
Telephone calling code
+262
Transportation
Driving side
Right
Vehicle registration code
F
Environment
Protected areas
92 % of total land area
Renewable electricity output
1 % of total