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Mayotte,officially the Department of Mayotte,is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is located in the northern part of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeastern Africa,between Northwestern Madagascar and Northeastern Mozambique. Mayotte consists of a main island,Grande-Terre,a smaller island,Petite-Terre,as well as several islets around these two. Mayotte is the most prosperous territory in the Mozambique Channel,making it a major destination for immigration.
The politics of Mayotte takes place in a framework of a French overseas region and department,until 2011 an overseas collectivity. Local politics takes place in a parliamentary representative democratic setting whereby the President of the General Council is the head of government,of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. The status of Mayotte changed in 2001 towards one very close to the status of the départements of mainland France,with the particular designation of collectivitédépartementale,although the island is still claimed by the Comoros. This change was approved by 73% in a referendum on Mayotte. After the constitutional reform of 2003 it became a collectivitéd'outre-mer while keeping the title collectivitédépartementale de Mayotte. Mayotte became an overseas department of France on 31 March 2011 following the result of the March 2009 Mahoran status referendum,which was overwhelmingly approved by around 95% of voters.
Réunion,is an overseas département of France.
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Saint-Denis is the prefecture of the French overseas department and region of Réunion,in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmost point,close to the mouth of the Rivière Saint-Denis.
The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean consist of four small coral islands,an atoll,as well as a reef in the Indian Ocean;they have constituted the fifth district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands,though sovereignty over some or all of the Islands is contested by Madagascar,Mauritius and the Comoros. None of the islands have ever had a permanent population.
Timothy Mayotte is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
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Mamoudzou is the capital city of Mayotte,a French overseas region and department in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre,the main island of Mayotte.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion is a diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Réunion. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. As such,it is not part of an ecclesiastical province,but is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis located in Saint-Denis.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambanja is a diocese located in the city of Ambanja in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antsiranana in Madagascar. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph,which was constructed in 1933.
Hubert Derache is a French civil servant who served as the Prefect of Mayotte from 17 August 2009 to 4 July 2011,having been appointed by order-in-council of the Council of Ministers of France on 2 July 2009.
Patrick Duprat is a Mayotte politician. Formerly a sub-prefect of the French commune of Yssingeaux,Duprat was appointed Secretary-General of the Prefecture of Mayotte on 10 May 2010. He then served as acting Prefect between 4 July and 21 July 2011,from the end of Hubert Derache's tenure to the appointment of Thomas Degos.
Thomas Degos,born 28 December 1971 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine),was the Prefect of Mayotte from 21 July 2011,having succeeded acting Prefect Patrick Duprat,to 30 January 2013. He was succeeded by Jacques Witkowski.
Tropical Cyclone Belna was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall over northwestern Madagascar in December 2019,becoming the first to do so since Hellen in 2014. Belna's precursor—an initially broad trough of low pressure west of Seychelles—was formally designated as a zone of disturbed weather on 2 December during a favourable period for tropical cyclogenesis in the Indian Ocean. The disturbance gradually developed over the course of several days,tracking slowly westward. Météo-France (MFR) upgraded the system to a tropical depression on 5 December and then to a tropical storm later that day. Belna reached tropical cyclone strength on 7 December as it began to turn towards the southwest,peaking with maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h (95 mph) before fluctuating in intensity over the following day as it passed just east of Mayotte. On 9 December,Belna restrengthened and reattained its peak winds upon making landfall near Soalala along the northwestern coast of Madagascar. The cyclone weakened before ultimately dissipating over southern Madagascar on 11 December.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas department and region of Mayotte on 10 March 2020. On 31 March,the first person died of COVID-19. In late April,the virus was out of control,and actively circulating on the island. On 16 August,Mayotte has been green listed.
Zakia Madi was a Mahoran activist and a member of the Chatouilleuses and who was killed by the Comorian army during a protest in 1969. Both the market and a school in Mayotte have been renamed in her honour.
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