:Mamoudzou

The former capital of Mayotte was Dzaoudzi, on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamandzi), but Mamoudzou was chosen as the capital in 1977. In the 1985 census, 12,026 people were recorded in the main town.{{cite book|last=Wright|first=John|title=New York Times Almanac 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHKPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1589|date=23 May 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-45586-6|page=1589}}

There have been environment concerns about marine pollution in the area; "important degradation in the quality of the coastal waters" between 1977 and 2007 has been reported in the Coral Reef Lagoon in the Mamoudzou–Dzaoudzi strait, and in the Mamoudzou–Majikavo conurbation.{{cite book|last=Ceccaldi|first=Hubert J.|title=Global Change: Mankind-Marine Environment Interactions: Proceedings of the 13th French-Japanese Oceanography Symposium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLI2jBSjL78C&pg=PA407|date=12 January 2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-90-481-8630-3|page=407}}

In December 2024, Cyclone Chido destroyed most homes, administrative buildings and part of the town hall in Mamoudzou.{{cite news|title=Cyclone Chido: "S'il n'y a pas de morts ou de blessés, ça serait vraiment un miracle", selon le président de l'association des maires de Mayotte|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/france/mayotte/cyclone-chido-s-il-n-y-a-pas-de-morts-ou-de-blesses-ca-serait-vraiment-un-miracle-selon-le-president-de-l-association-des-maires-de-mayotte_6955169.html|language=fr|date=14 December 2024|access-date=14 December 2024|publisher=France Info}}

Mamoudzou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Mamoudzou is {{cvt|27.4|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1342.4|mm}} with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in April, at around {{cvt|28.7|C}}, and lowest in August, at around {{convert|25.8|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Mamoudzou was {{cvt|34.8|C}} on 21 April 2010; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|9.5|C}} on 18 July 1999.

{{Weather box

|location= Mamoudzou (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1999−present)

|metric first= Y

|single line= Y

|collapsed = y

|Jan record high C = 34.5

|Feb record high C = 34.2

|Mar record high C = 34.7

|Apr record high C = 34.8

|May record high C = 34.7

|Jun record high C = 33.2

|Jul record high C = 32.3

|Aug record high C = 32.2

|Sep record high C = 33.8

|Oct record high C = 33.4

|Nov record high C = 33.8

|Dec record high C = 34.0

|year record high C = 34.8

|Jan high C = 30.9

|Feb high C = 31.2

|Mar high C = 31.9

|Apr high C = 32.3

|May high C = 31.4

|Jun high C = 30.1

|Jul high C = 29.3

|Aug high C = 29.6

|Sep high C = 30.1

|Oct high C = 30.7

|Nov high C = 30.9

|Dec high C = 31.1

|year high C = 30.8

|Jan mean C = 27.9

|Feb mean C = 28.1

|Mar mean C = 28.5

|Apr mean C = 28.7

|May mean C = 28.0

|Jun mean C = 26.8

|Jul mean C = 25.9

|Aug mean C = 25.8

|Sep mean C = 26.2

|Oct mean C = 27.0

|Nov mean C = 27.6

|Dec mean C = 28.0

|year mean C = 27.4

|Jan low C = 25.0

|Feb low C = 25.0

|Mar low C = 25.1

|Apr low C = 25.1

|May low C = 24.6

|Jun low C = 23.5

|Jul low C = 22.4

|Aug low C = 22.0

|Sep low C = 22.3

|Oct low C = 23.3

|Nov low C = 24.3

|Dec low C = 24.9

|year low C = 24.0

|Jan record low C = 21.6

|Feb record low C = 22.0

|Mar record low C = 21.5

|Apr record low C = 22.0

|May record low C = 21.7

|Jun record low C = 20.5

|Jul record low C = 18.5

|Aug record low C = 19.5

|Sep record low C = 19.8

|Oct record low C = 18.6

|Nov record low C = 21.8

|Dec record low C = 22.0

|year record low C = 18.5

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 315.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 257.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 251.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 86.5

|May precipitation mm = 40.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 22.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 11.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 15.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 23.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 49.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 97.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 170.9

|year precipitation mm = 1342.4

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 16.5

|Feb precipitation days = 14.4

|Mar precipitation days = 14.5

|Apr precipitation days = 7.5

|May precipitation days = 4.0

|Jun precipitation days = 3.0

|Jul precipitation days = 2.5

|Aug precipitation days = 2.5

|Sep precipitation days = 3.1

|Oct precipitation days = 4.9

|Nov precipitation days = 7.8

|Dec precipitation days = 12.1

|year precipitation days = 92.8

|source 1 = Météo-France{{cite web

| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_98511001.pdf

|title=Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records

| publisher = Météo-France

| access-date = 26 August 2022}}}}

File:Mamoudzou_City_Hall_(10030018363).jpg]]

The commune is composed of six villages in addition to its central habitation, also called Mamoudzou. These are: Kawéni, Mtsapéré, Passamainti, Vahibé, Tsoundzou I and Tsoundzou II.

The commune is also subdivided into three cantons: Mamoudzou-1, Mamoudzou-2 and Mamoudzou-3.

The government owns the radio station in Mamoudzou and broadcasts in French and Mahorian. The government departments, including Agriculture and Forestry, Education, Health and Social Security, Public Works, Work, Employment and training and Youth and Sports are situated on the Rue Mariaze in the town.{{cite book|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C&pg=PA243|date=31 October 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-131-5|page=243}} The government departments have been based in the town since before it became the capital, from World War II. France Télécom operates in the town.{{cite book|author=Routledge|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIgRAQAAMAAJ|date=9 November 2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781857434217 }}

The Hôtel de Ville was inaugurated in July 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.mayottehebdo.com/actualite/en_bref/24-06-09-une-quinzaine-de-festivites-pour-l-inauguration-de-la-mairie-de-mamoudzou/|date=24 June 2009|title=Une quinzaine de festivités pour l’inauguration de la mairie de Mamoudzou|newspaper=Mayotte Hebdo|access-date=28 February 2025}}

{{Historical populations

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| source = SPLAF (1966-2007)[http://splaf.free.fr/976des.html Description de Mayotte], SPLAF and INSEE (2012-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2120826 Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2012], INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3291775 Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2017], INSEE

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|1966 |4556

|1978 |7798

|1985 |12026

|1991 |20307

|1997 |32733

|2002 |45485

|2007 |53122

|2012 |57281

|2017 |71437

}}

File:Marché-Mamoudzou-2.jpg

Mamoudzou has a bank and shopping centre. The economic centre of the town is the Place du Marche, where the bank, Air France and Ewa Air offices, and the tourist office are located.{{cite book|last=Hodd|first=Michael|title=East African Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5wNBFhvyaUC|year=1994|publisher=Trade & Travel Publications|isbn=978-0-8442-8983-0|page=706}} The headquarters of the magazine Jana na Leo, "primarily concerned with articles on social life of the island of Mahore", is published in Mamoudzou.{{cite book|last=Ottenheimer|first=Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of the Comoro Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ruu0JZGFcXAC&pg=PA92|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-2819-3|page=92}} Noteworthy restaurants in Mamoudzou include the Les Terrasses, Hotel Restaurant Isijiva, Le Barfly and ''Mamoudzou La Kaz.{{cite book|last1=Nourault|first1=Gilles|last2=Perrin|first2=François|title=Mayotte: guide touristique et culturel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TscwAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Orphie|language=French|page=315|isbn=9782877632072 }}

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A ferry service is provided for tourists to the island of Petite Terre.{{cite book|title=Madagascar & Comoros|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMq-2xYmCwQC&pg=PA257|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-608-3|page=257}}

• Manou Mansour (born 1980), French poet

• Our Lady of Fatima Church, Mamoudzou

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• [http://villedemamoudzou.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}

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