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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form
Department Collectivity of Mayotte Conventional short form MayotteDependency status
Departmental collectivity of France Government type
NA
Capital
Name Mamoudzou
Geographic coordinates 12 46 S, 45 13 E Time difference UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions
None (territorial overseas collectivity of France) Independence
None (territorial overseas collectivity of France) National holiday
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Constitution
4 October 1958 (French Constitution) Legal system
The laws of France where applicable apply Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch
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 NAElections 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 2014 Legislative branch
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 Judicial branch
Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel Political parties and leaders
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] Political pressure groups and leaders
NA
International organization participation
InOC, UPU
Diplomatic representation in the us
None (territorial overseas collectivity of France) Diplomatic representation from the us
None (territorial overseas collectivity of France) Flag description
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 National anthem
Note
As an overseas collectivity of France, "La Marseillaise" is official (see France)
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Mayotte was ceded to France along with the other islands of the Comoros group in 1843. It was the only island in the archipelago that voted in 1974 to retain its link with France and forego independence. In March 2009, Mayotte voted overwhelmingly to become France's 101st department - and fifth overseas department - a change scheduled to become official in 2011.