Grand Comore
Grand Comore is the largest island in the East African island nation of Comoros, and location of the capital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Moroni and Mount Karthala.
Moroni
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Moroni is the capital and largest city of the Comoros. It is a lively city and an ideal base to organise trips around the island, as there are several travel agencies and you can find any kind of service you may need by asking people around.
Mount Karthala
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Mount Karthala or Karthola is an active volcano and the highest point of the Comoros at 2,361 m above sea level. It is the southernmost and larger of the two shield volcanoes forming Grande Comore island, the largest island in the nation of Comoros.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koimbani and Vanadjou.
Koimbani
Village
Koimbani is a town located on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros, believed to have been built by the Portuguese.
Vanadjou
Village
Vanadjou is a village on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros. According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 1,377.
Ousivo
Village
Ousivo is a village on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros. According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 1,285.
Grand Comore
- Type: autonomous island of the Comoros with 400,000 residents
- Description: largest island of the Comoros
- Also known as: “Grande Comore” and “Inghāzījā”
- Category: volcanic island
- Location: Comoros, East African Islands, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Grand Comore” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القمر الكبرى”
- Arabic: “انغازيجا”
- Arabic: “نجازيجيا”
- Asturian: “Gran Comora”
- Azerbaijani: “Nqazica”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrand Komor”
- Basque: “Komora Handia”
- Basque: “Komore Handia”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Нгазіджа”
- Belarusian: “Гранд-Камор”
- Belarusian: “Нгазіджа”
- Bengali: “গ্রান্ডে কোমোর”
- Breton: “Grande Comore”
- Breton: “Ngazidja”
- Catalan: “Gran Comora”
- Catalan: “Gran Comore”
- Catalan: “Grande Comore”
- Cebuano: “Grande Comore”
- Chinese: “大科摩罗岛”
- Chinese: “大科摩羅島”
- Chinese: “大葛摩島”
- Chinese: “恩加济贾”
- Croatian: “Grande Comore”
- Czech: “Grande Comore”
- Czech: “Ngazidja”
- Danish: “Grande Comore”
- Dutch: “Grande Comore”
- Dutch: “Njazidja”
- Esperanto: “Granda Komoro”
- Esperanto: “Grande Comore”
- Esperanto: “Njazidja”
- Finnish: “Grande Comore”
- Finnish: “Iso-Komori”
- Finnish: “Ngazidja”
- French: “Grande Comore”
- French: “Grande-Comore”
- French: “Île Autonome de Grande Comore”
- French: “N’gazidja”
- French: “Ngazidja”
- French: “Njazidja”
- Galician: “Gran Comora”
- Georgian: “ნგაზიჯა”
- German: “Grande Comore”
- German: “Ngazidja”
- German: “Njazidja”
- Greek: “Μεγάλη Κομόρα”
- Guarani: “Komóra Guasu”
- Gujarati: “ગ્રાન્દે કોમોર”
- Hausa: “Grande Comore”
- Hebrew: “גרנד קומורו”
- Hindi: “ग्रैंडे कोमोर”
- Indonesian: “Grande Comore”
- Indonesian: “Komoro Besar”
- Italian: “Gran Comora”
- Italian: “Grande Comore”
- Italian: “Ngasidja”
- Italian: “Ngazidja”
- Japanese: “グランド・コモロ島”
- Japanese: “グランドコモロ”
- Japanese: “グランドコモロ島”
- Japanese: “ヌジャジジャ島”
- Japanese: “ンジャジジャ島”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರಾಂಡೆ ಕೊಮೊರ್”
- Korean: “그랑드코모르 섬”
- Korean: “그랑드코모르섬”
- Korean: “은자지자 섬”
- Latvian: “Nazidža (Grankomora)”
- Lithuanian: “Didieji Komorai”
- Lithuanian: “Grand Komoras”
- Lithuanian: “Grand Komoro sala”
- Lithuanian: “Ngazidja”
- Lithuanian: “Ngazidža”
- Lithuanian: “Ngazija”
- Malagasy: “Ngazidja”
- Malagasy: “Ngazija”
- Malay: “Grande Comore”
- Maore Comorian: “N’gazidja”
- Marathi: “ग्रान्दे कोमोर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grande Comore”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ngazidja”
- Norwegian: “Grande Comore”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Comòra”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ngazidja”
- Persian: “گرند قمر”
- Polish: “Grande Comore”
- Polish: “Ngazidja”
- Polish: “Wielki Komor”
- Portuguese: “Grande Comore”
- Portuguese: “Grande Comoro”
- Portuguese: “Ngazidja”
- Russian: “Гранд-Комор”
- Russian: “Нгазиджа”
- Scots: “Grande Comore”
- Serbian: “Велики Комори”
- Sinhala: “ග්රන්ඩේ කොමෝර්”
- Slovenian: “Grande Comore”
- Slovenian: “Ngazidža”
- Slovenian: “Njazidža”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Komor”
- Spanish: “Gran Comora”
- Spanish: “Gran Comore”
- Spanish: “Grande Comore”
- Spanish: “Ngazidja”
- Swahili: “Grande Comore”
- Swahili: “Ngazija”
- Swedish: “Grande Comore”
- Tamil: “கிராண்டே காமோரே”
- Telugu: “గ్రాండ్ కోమోర్”
- Thai: “เกาะกร็องด์กอมอร์”
- Turkish: “Büyük Komor”
- Turkish: “Grande Comore”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Комор”
- Urdu: “قمر الکبری”
- Vietnamese: “Grande Comore”
- Western Frisian: “Grande Comore”
- Western Frisian: “Grut Komoare”
- Western Frisian: “Njazidja”
- Wu Chinese: “大科摩罗岛”
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