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stures: NA% forests and woodland: NA% other: NA% Irrigated land: NA sq km Natural hazards: cyclones during rainy season Environment--current issues: NA Environment--international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA Geography--note: part of Comoro Archipelago People Population: 149,336 (July 1999 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 47% (male 34,838; female 34,798) 15-64 years: 52% (male 42,073; female 35,068) 65 years and over: 1% (male 1,257; female 1,302) (1999 est.) Population growth rate: 5% (1999 est.) Birth rate: 46.12 births/1,000 population (1999 est.) Death rate: 8.9 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) Net migration rate: 12.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.2 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (1999 est.) Infant mortality rate: 69.06 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 60.02 years male: 57.61 years female: 62.51 years (1999 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.41 children born/woman (1999 est.) Nationality: noun: Mahorais (singular and plural) adjective: Mahoran Ethnic groups: NA Religions: Muslim 99%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) Languages: Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French Literacy: NA Government Country name: conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte conventional short form: Mayotte Data code: MF Dependency status: territorial collectivity of France Government type: NA Capital: Mamoutzou Administrative divisions: none (territorial collectivity of France) Independence: none (territorial collectivity of France) National holiday: National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789) Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) Legal system: French law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Philippe BOISADAM (since NA) head of government: President of the General Council Younoussa BAMANA (since NA 1977) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the Ge
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