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Comoros
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12.17° S / 44.25° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Moroni
- Population
- 866,628 2024
- Area
- 1,862 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic, French, Comorian
- Currency
- Comorian franc (KMF)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Comoros
The Comoros (French: Comores; Arabic: جزر القمر Juzur al-Qumur) is an island nation off the coast of East Africa, in the Indian Ocean between northern Mozambique and northern Madagascar.
Food & everyday culture
One speciality available on the island is the jackfruit, a large, green fruit (about 50 cm in length) with a taste resembling lychee.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-01. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +269
- Internet domain
- .km
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .km. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.