Anjouan
Anjouan is an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is part of the Comoros nation. Its chief town is Mutsamudu.
Autonomous Island of the Union of the Comoros | |
| Autonomous Island of Anjouan[3] | |
Flag of Flag | |
| Anjouan is the rightmost island of the Comoros islands. Anjouan is the rightmost island of the Comoros islands. | |
| Country | Comoros |
| Capital | Mutsamudu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous Island within a federal presidential republic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 424 km2 (164 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 259,100 |
| • Estimate (2006) | 277,500 |
| • Density | 611.1/km2 (1,582.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (EAT) |
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It has also been known by the names: Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna[4] or Hinzuan.
Anjouan Media
- Mutsamudu.jpg
- Mutsamudu
- Map of Anjouan,Comoros (1748) Jacques Nicolas Bellin.png
Map of Anjouan (1748) by French hydrographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
- Residentur-France inAnjouan 1930.jpg
French Residency in Anjouan, 1900
Map of the 2008 invasion of Anjouan by Comoran and African Union troops
- Anjouan topographic map-en.svg
Topographic map in English language of Anjouan
- Ndzuwani S2 2022.jpg
Satellite imagery of Anjouan, 2022
- Teacher prescolair 2.jpg
Teaching Arabic in a prescolair class. Though students speak Shikomori, they commonly learn Arabic and French in the classroom.
- Indian Ocean Sunset (9983308503).jpg
Indian Ocean Sunset on Anjouan Island
References
- ↑ (in French) Site Officiel du Gouvernorat de l'Île Autonome d'Anjouan (Official Site of the Governorate of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan).
- ↑ Anjouan.net — Official
- ↑ Translation of the French name. (in French) Site officiel du Gouvernorat de l'île autonome d'Anjouan (Official site of the Governorate of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan)
- ↑ Stevens, Kenneth (Winter 1986). "Of Whaling Ships and Kings: The Johanna Bombardment of 1851". Prologue. 18: 241–249.
Coordinates: 12°15′S 44°25′E / 12.250°S 44.417°E
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