Bandraboua | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Map: | Locator map of Bandraboua 2018.png |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte |
Canton: | Bandraboua and Mtsamboro |
Insee: | 97602 |
Postal Code: | 97650 |
Mayor: | Ahamada Fahardine[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Grand Nord de Mayotte |
Coordinates: | -12.7254°N 45.1072°W |
Area Km2: | 32.37 |
Population: | 13989 |
Population Date: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Bandraboua (in French pronounced as /bɑ̃dʁabwa/) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
The municipality of Boundraboua is located at the northern end of the main island of Mayottes. In addition to the main village of Bandraboua, the villages of Handrema, Mtsangamboua, Dzoumogné and Bouyouni make up the municipality.
The sugar and rum factory on a plantation of about 1500ha in Dzoumogné belonged to the Cougnac family until the mid-19th century and was taken over by Duperrier in 1864. It had a presumably manually operated Decauville railway. It was 1720m (5,640feet) long and had a gauge of . This indicates that it may have been laid by the Société J. F. Cail & Cie as early as 1880, when the factory building was constructed, to transport its steel girders and the steam boilers which had been imported from France. It was later used to ship the sugar and rum to the harbour. Production ceased in 1955.[3] [4]