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- Island of the Comoros
- former internationally not recognized secessionist island-state
- own name: Ndzuwani
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since 2012,
National flag,
ratio = 5:8,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)
1997–2012,
National flag,
Source, by:
Wikipedia (D),
Flags of all Nations
Red is in the region of the Indian Ocean a flag color with a great tradition and wide dissemination, from the coasts of Arabia, over Zansibar to the Maldives, which stands in dense context to the islam. Red flags had and have all islamic dynasties, which come from the Alawites (Alides, descentants of Ali) like today Morokko or former North Yemen, the Arabian Emirates and Oman. Oman incorporated to 1730 the african eastern coast, to an in the today Mocambique. They moved their capital to Zansibar (ca. 1830) and founded a new empire which had its red flag, too. The on the between 1997 and 2012 used flag showed hand is probably the Hand of Fatima, a spread symbol of luck. Fatimas was the daughter of the prophet Mohammed. The since 2012 used flag shows a white half-moon and four white stars, like in the national flag of the Comoro Islands.
Source: Die Welt der Flaggen,
Volker Preuß
Location:
Source: CIA World Factbook
Map of the country:
Source: CIA World Factbook
Area: 164 square miles
Inhabitants: 240.000
Density of Population: 1.466 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Mutsamudu, 23.600 inh.
official Language: French, Arabic
other Language: Comoric
Time Zone: GMT + 3 h
Source: Wikipedia (D)
1416 · Arabian colonization of the Comoros
1866 · French possession
6th of July 1975 · independence of the Comoros
1997 · declaration of independence by Anjouan
1998 · civil war conditions
23th of April 1999 · status of autonomy refused by Anjouan
23th of January 2000 · plebiscite against OAU's peace plan – for independence of the state
2001 · new constitution, Anjouan Island returns into the state of the Comoros
Source: Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (D)
