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Comoros

 

Contents

Flag

Historical Flags

Regional Flags
Anjouan
Mohéli

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Coat of Arms

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

Map

Numbers and Facts

History

Origin of the Country's Name



Flag

Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
from 2002,
National flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DE)



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Historical Flags

Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
13th of Jul. 1963–12th of Nov. 1975,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D), World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
12th of Nov. 1975–23rd of May 1978,
National flag,
ratio = 5:7,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D), Flags of the World, World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
24th of May 1978–7th of June 1992,
National flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D), Flags of the World, World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
ca. 1982,
National flag,
doubtful,
Source, by: Flaggen und Wappen, Länder der Erde




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
7th of June 1992–3rd of Oct. 1996,
National flag
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D), Flags of the World, World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
3rd of Oct. 1996–21st of Jan. 2002,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D), Flags of the World, World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros Anjouan Ndzuwani
1997–2012,
Flag of Anjouan (Ndzuwani),
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)



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Regional Flags

Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
Flag of Grande Comore (Njazidja),
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
Flag of Anjouan (Ndzuwani),
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)




Flagge Fahne flag Komoren Comoros
Flag of Mohéli (Mwali),
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The today's flag of the Comoros was introduced on 21st of January in 2002. It shows four same-wide horizontal stripes in yellow, white, red and blue. On the leech is positioned a green triangle with a half-moon and four stars. There is no definition of the colors of the flag, only the color values ​​that were deposited by the International Olympic Committee on the occasion of the 2012 Olympics: green = Pantone 355, yellow = Pantone 109, red = Pantone 32, blue = Pantone 293. The green triangle as well the half-moon and the stars remember the hitherto valid flags of the Comoros. The flag of the Comoros had initially consisted in a green bunting, on it a white half-moon and four stars. The green colour and the half-moon symbolize the islam, the stars the four main islands of the archipelago. The colours yellow, white, red and blue in the four stripes in the flying part of the flag stand likewise for the four main islands of the Comoros. The first flag for the French colony of the Comoros was introduced in 1963. On the occasion of the UN-membership in 1975, was introduced a flag with a narrow red stripe on the lower end. After numerous changes of government were introduced other flags, the moon and the stars turned in different directions, were grouped and arranged in varying ways. Finally were even added Arabic letters. They meaned "Allah" and "Mohammed".

Source: Die Welt der Flaggen, Flags of the World, Wikipedia (DE)

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Coat of Arms


Wappen coat of arms Komoren Comoros Comores
to 1978,
Coat of arms of the Comoros,
Source: Thommy [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons


Wappen coat of arms Komoren Comoros Comores
1978–2001,
Coat of arms of the Comoros,
Source: Tonyjeff, based on national symbol,
with the help of users AnonMoos, Kafka1, Omar86 and زهير حرب.
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Wappen coat of arms Komoren Comoros Comores
from 2016,
Coat of arms of the Comoros,
Source: Tonyjeff, based on national symbol,
with the help of users AnonMoos, Kafka1, Omar86, زهير حرب and Thommy.
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The first and from 1975 to 1978 valid coat of arms of the Comoros showed besides an five-pointed star placed on an lying half-moon surrounded by a wreath of many stars. The between 1978 and 2001 valid coat of arms of the Comoros showed the lying crescent with four stars on it, placed on an eight-pointed star, surrounded by the name of the country (Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros) in French and Comorian (written in Arabic), a wreath from Olive branches and a banner with the motto of the state in French: "Unité, Justice, Progress" → "Unity, Justice, Progress". In 2016, the name of the state was changed (Union of the Comoros) and also the motto. It now reads: "Unité, Solidarité, Développement" → "Unity, Solidarity, Development".

Source: Flaggen Wappen Hymnen, Wikipedia (DE)

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Map

Location:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Map of the country:

Source: CIA World Factbook

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 863 square miles, thereof

   Grande Comore (Ngazidja), 391 sq.mi., 345.000 inh.
   Mohéli (Mwali) ← click here, 116 sq.mi., 38.000 inh.
   Anjouan (Ndzuwani), ← click here, 164 sq.mi., 240.000 inh.

   Mayotte ← click here, 144 sq.mi., 94.500 inh. is a French possession.

Inhabitants: 851.000 (2019), thereof 97% Comoroians, 3% Indians, Persians, Europeans

Religions: 99% Muslim, 1% Christian

Density of Population: 986 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Moroni, 111.329 inh. (2013)

official Languages: Comoroian, Arabic, French

Currency: 1 Comoros Franc (KMF, FC) = 100 Centimes

Time Zone: GMT + 3 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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History

ca. 600 · beginning settlement by Melanesians, Polynesians, Africans and Persians

1416 · the Arabs conquer the islands, in the afteryears islamization

1500–1505 · the Portugese rule over the Comoros

1506 · unification of the islands under an Arabic Sultan, later the state disintegrates and every single island is ruled by one Sultan

ca. 1700 · Madagascar tryes to conquer the islands, the islands become a center of the piracy

1803 · settle of from France exiled Jacobins

1841 · Mayotte Island becomes a French protectorate by deliberation of the Sultan of Mayotte and the island becomes administered from Réunion Island

1849–1873 · French colonization on all islands of the Comoros

1886 · the French protectorate gets expanded over all Comoro Islands

1909 · the Comoros become a French colony and get administered from French Madagascar

1946 · the Comoros become a French Overseas Territory with own administration

1958 · a plebiscite for independence from France fails

1961 · the Comoros get interior self government

1975 · declaration of independenceby the government of the Comoros – against the resistance of the Comorians, which mostly want to remain at France

1976 · a plebiscite on Mayotte achieves the remain of the island at France

1977 · the Comoros get a socialistic constitution

1978 · overthrow of the government by French and Belgian mercenaries, new constitution, new designation of the state: Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros

1979 · one-party-system

1990 · free and democratic elections within a multi-party-system

1990–1996 · varying chiefs of state and coups d'état

1996 · new constitution

1997 · Anjouan Island and Mohéli Island declare itself for independent

1999 · Anjouan Island rejects an offer for autonomy, military coup d'état on the (remainding) Comoros

2000 · a plebiscite on Anjouan votes against a plan for peace of the OAU and for state independence

2001 · new constitution, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli return into the state, new name of the state: Islamic Union of the Comoros

2016 · new name of the state: Union of the Comoros

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, Wikipedia (D), World Statesmen

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Origin of the Country's Name

The name of the country comes from the Arabic language. The Arabs called the islands "dschuzur al-qamar", which is to translate as "Moon Islands".

Source: Atlas der wahren Namen

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