Fomboni prefecture

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Fomboni prefecture
Basic data
Country Comoros
Main island Mohéli
Capital Fomboni
founding July 28, 2011

Fomboni is one of the three prefectures on the autonomous island of Mohéli in the Comoros .

Surname

The prefecture of Fomboni is named after the capital of the prefecture of Fomboni . Fomboni is the only town on the island and its center.

flora

The soil is of volcanic origin and therefore fertile. There are also several freshwater springs and rivers in the interior and the southern part of the prefecture. It is precisely there that tropical rainforests grow in the higher elevations. Most of the remaining areas are used for farming by the local population. The ylang-ylang tree also grows here.

geography

The prefecture of Fomboni is northeast and west of the up to 70 m high range of hills in the center of Mohéli. In the south of the island is the Mzé Koukoulé, the highest mountain Mohélis. The interior of the prefecture is thus characterized by valleys, hills and mountains. This is also where the Mihogoni valley lies , at the western end of which is the equally high mountain Ouongobabounou . On the west coast is the Djirani cliff . On the north coast, the four larger rivers Nkouahini , Mro Oualembini , Mouhoudzoundzou and Mro oua Bouéni flow into the Indian Ocean .

Islands

Fomboni is almost exclusively on Mohéli , but some offshore islands also belong to the prefecture. On the west coast is the island of Damou, connected by a narrow isthmus , and the islands of Île Avourina , Chissioua Bouélachamba and Roches Chiconi .

history

Arrival by boat in Fomboni before 1928

→ older history of the island: see Mohéli

The prefecture Fomboni was 28 July 2011 by an administrative reform in the form of laws for decentralization ( French Les lois de décentralisation ), as previously no clear administrative levels exist below the level of the autonomous islands (in the case Moheli).

population

The inhabitants speak Comorian on a daily basis , French is mainly used as the language for public areas (e.g. laws ). Almost all residents profess Sunni Islam . There is the Great Mosque of Fomboni in Fomboni. The majority of the population lives from subsistence farming and practices agriculture .

Administrative division

There are three parishes in the prefecture of Fomboni, one of which is an urban parish in which there are not several villages.

local community Villages
Fomboni Borough
Moimbassa M'Batsé , Hoani , Domoni
Moili Mdjini Boingoma , Bandaressalame , Djoezi

traffic

A ship transports cars

In the prefecture of Fomboni, Mohéli-Bandar Es Eslam Airport is the only airport on the island of Mohéli and one of the four airports in the Comoros . The Moheli Bandar airport There Eslam is located near the village Bandaressalame (also Bandar It Eslam ) in the municipality of Moili Mdjini .

There are only a few roads in the prefecture, and some villages are almost undeveloped. However, the prefecture of Fomboni is the only prefecture in which there is the only major connection road on Mohéli with the road from Fomboni to Domoni.

In the southeast of the capital, Fomboni, there is a small port with a pier . It is the largest port on the island and is located between Fomboni and Mohéli-Bandar Es Eslam Airport.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Union des Comores: Les lois sur la decentralization / Decentralization laws (PDF). July 28, 2011, accessed September 12, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Position Mihogoni on Google Maps. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Position Ouongobabounou on Google Maps. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Djirani. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Nkouahini. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Mro Oualembini. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  7. ^ GeoNames.org. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Mro oua Boueni (Boueni Mrooua) Carte (map), Photos et la meteo - (Comores): flux - Latitude: -12.2561 and Longitude: 43.6706. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (French).
  9. ↑ Damou. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ Île Avourina. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ Chissioua Bouélachamba. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ Roches Chiconi. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).
  13. ↑ Great Mosque of Fomboni on Google Maps. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  14. ↑ World Aero Data: BANDARESSALAM - FMCI. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Mohéli Bandar Es Eslam Airport. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).