Moroni, Comoros

Main island

Moroni (Arabic موروني, DMG Mūrūnī ) is the capital and with 60,200 inhabitants, the largest city in the Comoros.

The city is located on the west coast of the island Njazidja, which is also known by the French name of Grande Comore.

Infrastructure

Moroni has an international airport, the Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport, which is the hub of Air Comores International. Close to the city center is also located the small airfield Moroni Iconi. There is also a port with ferry connections to the African mainland and the other Comorian islands, Mwali (French Mohéli ) and Anjouan (French Anjouan ) and to Madagascar and other island states.

In Moroni, the Stade de Beaumer, the former national stadium of the Comoros, and is one of two Catholic church buildings located on the Islamic Comoros. The Comoro Parliament, the Central Bank and all ministries and departments of the Union have their headquarters in the city. The University of the Comoros in Moroni also their headquarters in the Musee des Comores, among other things the coelacanth ( Latimeria chalumnae ), Comorian Kombessa called, issued from the sensational find of 1952.

History

Moroni was possibly founded by Arab settlers during the 10th century. Moroni was the capital of the Sultanate of Bambao. Since 1962, Moroni is the capital of the Comoros. On 20 December 2003, an agreement was signed in Moroni after the Civil War in the Comoros that free and democratic elections stipulates. Near the town is the Karthala volcano, the city overlaid when it erupted in late May 2006, a cloud of dust and smoke, which led to local evacuations. The city had about 23,400 inhabitants in 1990, 2003, approximately 60,200.

Others

  • The Latin name of the Karthalabrillenvogels, Zosterops mouroniensis refers to Moroni.
  • The Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of the archipelago of the Comoros has its episcopal seat in Moroni.

Personalities

  • Samir Bertin d' Avesnes ( born 1986 ), football player in the first division club SC Bastia.
  • Fazul Abdullah Mohammed ( 1972 or 1974-2011 ), alleged Al- Qaeda member
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