Bandraboua Explained

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.

Geography

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.

Sugar and rum factory in Dzoumogné

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]

Personalities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3291775?sommaire=2120838 Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017
  3. Pierre-François Puech and Bernard Puech: A Sugar Factory at Mayotte: a chimney at Dzoumogné traces the history of the production by French engineers. .
  4. Jean-René Nace: Mayotte entre héritage colonial et futurs incertains, ou la difficile émergence d'un patrimoine industriel, p. 103.