Q. Which of the following statements regarding islands and island nations along the East African coast are correct?
1.Mayotte is an overseas department and single territorial collectivity of France located in the Mozambique Channel.
2.Comoros is an island nation in the Indian Ocean and the only member state of the Arab League situated entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
3.Zanzibar is an insular autonomous region operating within the sovereign jurisdiction of Tanzania.
4.Lamu Island functions as a strategic port city operating as an independent sovereign city-state in the Atlantic Ocean.
Select the answer using the code given below:
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct: Mayotte is an insular department of France located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and mainland Africa.
- Statement 2 is correct: Comoros joined the Arab League in 1993 and is uniquely the only Arab League member state located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Statement 3 is correct: Zanzibar consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago (Unguja and Pemba) and joined Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania, maintaining autonomous regional governance.
- Statement 4 is incorrect: This is a location and political status trap. Lamu Island is a historic Swahili settlement and port located off the northern coast of Kenya in the Indian Ocean, not an independent sovereign city-state in the Atlantic Ocean.
