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Moroni is the capital city of Comoros, an island nation located off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean. As the country's largest city and political center, it serves as the seat of government and the hub of economic and cultural activity for the nation.
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Place details
- Locality
- Moroni موروني
- Region
- Ngazidja القمر الكبرى
- Country
- Comores Komori جزر القمر
- Population
- 74,749
- Timezone
- Indian/Comoro
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- federal capital
- Demonym
- Moronais
- Country
- Comoros
- Located in
- Grande Comore
- Population
- 85400
- Area
- 30
- Elevation
- 29
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Indian Ocean
- Capital of
- Territory of the Comores
- Image
- Moroni harbour (2).jpg
- Dialing code
- 269
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- Commons category
- Moroni
- topic's main category
- Category:Moroni, Comoros
- category for people born here
- Q13335962
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Moroni, Comoros
- P8168
- Ludwig Philippson
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- P12749
- Ramesses II
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Encyclopedic overview
Moroni ( French pronunciation: [mɔʁɔni] ; Arabic: موروني, romanized: Mūrūnī) is the largest city, national capital, and seat of the government of the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean. Moroni means "at the river" (mroni in Shingazidja). Moroni is the capital of the semi-autonomous island of Ngazidja, the largest of the three main islands of the republic. The city's estimated population in 2003 was 41,557 residents. Moroni, which lies along the Route Nationale 1, has a port and several mosques such as the Badjanani Mosque.
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