What the records say
- When
- 1975
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Comoros
- Coordinates
- 11.73° S, 43.32° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 252000
- Area km2
- 1862
- Losing
- France
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Comoros
African island country in the Indian Ocean
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeast Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The predominant religion of the population—and the official state religion—is Islam. Comoros proclaimed its independence from France on 6 July 1975.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation