Mayotte Island is located in the Mozambique Channel, forming the Comoros Archipelago together with Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli Islands. It covers an area of 374 square kilometers, with an economy primarily based on agriculture, mainly producing spices like vanilla. In the past, it was an overseas region of France, consisting of one province, Mayotte Province.
In 1870, there were six key regions in the French colonies. The first was North Africa (French Algeria), whose importance is self-evident, being the closest to mainland France and the area France most wishes to integrate as part of its homeland.
