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conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte
conventional short form:
Mayotte
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departmental collectivity of France
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NA
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name: Mamoudzou
geographic coordinates:
12 46 S, 45 13 E
time difference:
UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
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none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
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Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
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4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
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the laws of France where applicable apply
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18 years of age; universal
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chief of state: President Nicolas SARKOZY (since 16 May 2007); represented by Prefect Hubert DERACHE (since 22 July 2009)
head of government:
President of the General Council Ahmed Attoumani DOUCHINA (since March 2008)
cabinet:
NA
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elections:
French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term; next election to be held in 2010
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unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
elections:
last held on 9 and 16 March 2008 (next to be held in 2011)
election results:
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 8, Diverse Right 4, independents 4, Citizens and Republic Movement 1, Democratic Movement 1, Diverse Left 1; note - political parties are the same as parties in France
note:
Mayotte elects two members of the French Senate; elections last held 21 September 2008 (next to be held in September 2014); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UC-UDF 1, UMP 1; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 10-17 June 2007 (next to be held in 2012); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 1
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Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
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Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Federation of Mahorans or UMP-RPR [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Force of the Rally and the Alliance for Democracy or FRAP; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS [Ibrahim ABUBACAR] (local branch of French Parti Socialiste); Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
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NA
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InOC, UPU, WFTU
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none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
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none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
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unofficial, local flag with the coat of arms of Mayotte centered on a white field, above which the name of the island appears in red capital letters; the main elements of the coat of arms are a blue upper half with white upturned crescent moon and a red lower half with two yellow ylang-ylang flowers, supported on either side by a white seahorse, and set above a scroll with the motto RA HACHIRI (We are Vigilant)
note:
the flag of France used for official occasions
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