Grande-Terre_(Mayotte)

Grande-Terre, Mayotte

Grande-Terre, Mayotte

Island in Mayotte

This article is about the main island of Mayotte. For other uses of the toponym "Grande-Terre", see Grande Terre.

Grande-Terre (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ]; Maore or Nyambo Bole in Shimaore) is the main island of the French overseas region of Mayotte.[2] The island is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique.

  • Mayotte, Grande Terre
  • The outskirts of Mayotte
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History

References

  1. [1]
    "INSEE Infos No 32" (PDF). INSEE (in French). Government of France. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  2. [2]
    "Mayotte devient le 101e département français", Portail du Gouvernement, 4 April 2011, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, C'est pourquoi Mayotte devient le 101e département français et le 5e département d'Outre-Mer et région d'Outre-Mer.



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