| Barakani | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Barakani | |
| Coordinates: 12°50′6″S45°7′41″E / 12.83500°S 45.12806°E Coordinates: 12°50′6″S45°7′41″E / 12.83500°S 45.12806°E | |
| Country |  |
| Overseas Territory | Mayotte |
| Commune | Ouangani |
Barakani is a village in the commune of Ouangani on Mayotte.
The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany or comuni in Italy. The United Kingdom has no exact equivalent, as communes resemble districts in urban areas, but are closer to parishes in rural areas where districts are much larger. Communes are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The communes are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France.
Ouangani is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France officially named the Department of Mayotte. It consists 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 off the coast of Southeast Africa, between northwestern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique. The department status of Mayotte is recent and the region remains, by a significant margin, the poorest in France. Mayotte is nevertheless much more prosperous than the other countries of the Mozambique Channel, making it a major destination for illegal immigration.
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