Comoros

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• 🏝An archipelagic island country off the East Coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, situated between Madagascar and Mozambique.
• 🏳️What does its flag mean? The four horizontal stripes (yellow, white, red, blue) represent the four main islands of the Comoros archipelago (Mohéli, Mayotte, Anjouan, and Grande Comore). The green crescent symbolizes Islam, the dominant religion. Four white stars inside the green triangle also stand for the four islands.
• 🌸Perfume Isles: Comoros is nicknamed the 'Perfume Isles' because it is one of the world's largest producers of Ylang-ylang essence, used in high-end French perfumes like Chanel No. 5.
• 🐟Home of the Coelacanth: The waters of Comoros are famous for the rediscovery of the Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish thought to have gone extinct alongside the dinosaurs 66 million years ago until a living specimen was caught here.
• 🌋Mount Karthala: Grande Comore is formed by Mount Karthala, an active volcano possessing one of the largest continuous volcanic craters in the world.