The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an independent country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. Comoros proclaimed its independence from France on 6 July 1975. A member of the Arab League, it is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a member state of the African Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Shikomori, French and Arabic.
There are a number of systems of transport in the Comoros. The Comoros possesses 880 km (547 mi) of road, of which 673 km (418 mi) are paved. It has three seaports: Fomboni, Moroni and Moutsamoudou, but does not have a merchant marine, and no longer has any railway network. It has four airports, all with paved runways, one with runways over 2,438 m (7,999 ft) long, with the others having runways shorter than 1,523 m (4,997 ft).
Moroni is the largest city, federal capital, and seat of the government of the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean. Moroni means "at the river". Moroni is the capital of the semi-autonomous island of Ngazidja, the largest of the three main islands of the republic. The city's estimated population in 2003 was 41,557 residents. Moroni, which lies along the Route Nationale 1, has a port and several mosques such as the Badjanani Mosque.
A state religion is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion, while not a secular state, is not necessarily a theocracy. State religions are official or government-sanctioned establishments of a religion, but the state does not need to be under the control of the clergy, nor is the state-sanctioned religion necessarily under the control of the state.
Islam is the largest religion in the Comoros. According to the 2006 estimate by the U.S. Department of State, roughly 98% of the population in the Comoros is Muslim. Virtually all Muslims in the Comoros are Sunni belonging to Shafi'i school of jurisprudence. Most adherents are Arab-Swahili, but there are also people of Indian, largely Gujarati, descent.
Mvouni is a town located on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros. It is located 6.9 kilometers from the country's capital, Moroni.
Tsidjé is a town located on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros. It is located 2.98 miles from the country's capital, Moroni.
A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Christianity in the Comoros is a minority religion. In 2017, Roman Catholics in the Comoros number about 4,300 persons ; Protestants number about 1,678. Figures in 2020 show that this has gone down to 0.3% Catholic and 0.15% Protestant.
Freedom of religion in Comoros is addressed in the constitution which proclaims equality of rights and obligations for everyone.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Comoros:
The predominant religion in the Comoros is Islam, with a small Christian minority. Although the constitution, as revised in 2018, removed the reference to a state religion in the 2009 constitution, stating simply that Sunni Islam is the source of national identity, a 2008 law promulgated in January 2013 outlawed the practice of other forms of Islam in the country. Propagation of non-Islamic religions is prohibited.
Mavingouni is a village on the island of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) in the Comoros. According to the 1991 census, the village had a population of 1046. Mavingouni is located 2.7 kilometers from the country's capital, Moroni.
The National Museum of the Comoros is a national museum in the capital city of Moroni on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros, presenting the country's cultural heritage.
The Apostolic Vicariate of the Comoros Archipelago is a tiny Latin apostolic vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Indian Ocean between insular Madagascar and continental Africa, comprising the Comoros and Mayotte, with a church in each.
The St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church is a religious building affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and located in the city of Moroni, the capital of the archipelago and nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean.
Comoros–India relations are the international relations that exist between Comoros and India. The Embassy of India in Antananarivo, Madagascar is concurrently accredited to Comoros. India also maintains an Honorary Consulate General in Moroni. Comoros maintains an Honorary Consulate in New Delhi.
Comoros – Qatar relations are the bilateral relations between Comoros and the State of Qatar.
Comoros–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between the Comoros and Turkey. Diplomatic relations at the rank of ambassador were established in 1979.
