Union of the Comoros

  • الاتحاد القمري (Arabic)
  • al-Ittiḥād al-Qumurī/Qamarī
  • Union des Comores (French)
  • Udzima wa Komori (Swahili)
• Discovery by Portuguese explorers
1503
• Ngazidja, Ndzuwani, Mwali under French rule
1886
• Protectorate of the Comoros
6 September 1887
• Territory under French Madagascar
9 April 1908
• Overseas territory
27 October 1946
• State of Comoros
22 December 1961
• Independence from France
6 July 1975
• Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros
24 May 1978
• Union of the Comoros
23 December 2001
• Current constitution
17 May 2009