Mayotte Civil Registration
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"France first established colonial rule in the Comoros by taking possession of Mayotte in 1841 when the Sakalava usurper sultan Andriantsoly (also known as Tsy Levalo) signed the Treaty of April 1841, which ceded the island to the French authorities."[1]
Mayotte the Department of Mayotte (French: Département de Mayotte),[3] is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France.