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Query: When was Comoros founded?
The history of the Comoros goes back some 1,500 years. The Comoros have been inhabited by various groups throughout this time. France colonised the islands in the 19th century, and they became independent in 1975.
The Comoros olive pigeon ("Columba pollenii") is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Comoros and Mayotte.
One of the larger Comoro Islands along with Grande Comore, Mayotte and Mohéli. Became a French protectorate in 1866, since when its history has been shared by the other islands in the Comoros group. Anjouan is now part of the Comoros Republic.
Anjouan had three issues with 30 stamps in all. The inscription used was SULTANAT D'ANJOUAN.
Glyphodes oriolalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found on the Comoros (Grand Comoro).
The national seal of the Comoros has the crescent found on the national flag in the center; within this crescent are the four stars found on the flag. A sun with rays extended is right above the crescent. Around the focal point, the name of the nation (Union of the Comoros) is written in both French and Arabic. The border is composed of two olive branches, with the national motto at the bottom in French.
Although Abdallah had been president when the Comoros broke away from France in 1975, he now moved to establish a relationship much more to France's liking. Upon Denard's departure, he gave a French military mission responsibility for training the Comoros' defense force. He also signed an agreement with France to allow its navy full use of Comoran port facilities.
Many of the species found on the mountain are unique to the Comoros and four bird species are found only on the slopes of Mount Karthala: Humblot's flycatcher, Comoro white-eye, Comoro drongo and Karthala scops owl.
Trachylepis comorensis (Comoro Island skink) is a species of skink. It is found in the Comoro Islands, Madagascar and Mozambique.
Although described as locally common in parts of Grand Comoro, the Comoros olive pigeon is in general a fairly scarce bird with a small total population. The chief threat it faces is the clearance of the forest habitat in which it lives, but it is also hunted on each of the four islands on which it is found. The population trend is unknown, but the total population is probably fewer than 10,000 individuals, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as "near threatened".
The Comoros Red Crescent Society was founded in 1982, and it is the part of the recognition by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in 2005. The national headquarters of The Comoros Red Crescent is in Moroni and the other three regional branches are each located are Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Moheli islands. The warehouse which it was built in 2013 with the help from The French Development Agency of France. But they can store 80 tonnes of relief supplies. There are 6,600 Members, 3,600 Volunteers, and 11 Salaried employees of The Comoros Red Crescent Authority.
The Comoros thrush ("Turdus bewsheri") is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Comoros Islands in the south western Indian Ocean.
The mongoose lemur ranges in size from long plus a tail of . Both sexes are born with white beards, but become obviously dimorphic at about six weeks of age when the males develop red beards and red cheeks. The males also have lighter faces than the females. Males may further distinguish themselves when scent-marking territory, as they occasionally develop a bald patch on top of the head from rubbing.
The mongoose lemur lives in dry deciduous forests on the island of Madagascar as well as in the humid forests on the islands of the Comoros. This makes the mongoose lemur one of only two lemurs found outside of Madagascar, though it is believed to be an introduced species in the Comoros.
The volcano which forms the backdrop of the Moroni city has numerous bird species including Comoro pigeon, Karthala scops owl, Comoro cuckoo-roller, Comoro drongo, Comoro thrush, Comoro bulbul, Humblot's flycatcher, Comoro cuckoo-shrike, Kirk's white-eye, Karthala white-eye, Comoro brush-warbler, Comoro green sunbird, and Comoro fody.
The Comoros blue pigeon is endemic to the Comoros and the coralline Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is found at elevations ranging from above sea level.
The Comoros green pigeon is found in evergreen forest, secondary forest and coconut plantations at higher elevations.
The history of rail transport in the Comoros began in about 1907. The only railway to be built in the Comoros was a narrow gauge industrial railway. Its owner was a plantation society, the "Société Comores Bambaoa". The railway carried only freight traffic. It is not known when the railway was abandoned.
It is a medium-large bird, inhabiting forests and woodlands in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Three subspecies are described: the nominate "L. d. discolor" is found in Madagascar and Mayotte Island, "L. d. intermedius" on Anjouan, and "L. d. gracilis" of Grand Comoro. Based on its smaller size, differences in the plumage, and minor difference in the voice, the last of these is sometimes considered a separate species, the Comoro cuckoo roller ("L. gracilis").
In Comoros, the French had a decent amount of MAS-36 rifles in storage during WWII and the Post-war era. When Comoros became in independent nation in 1975, the rifles were given to the new Comoros Army. The MAS-36 was widely used during many of the coups and attempted coups that took place on the island nation from 1975 to 1989. After a reformation of the Comoros Army in 1990, the MAS-36 was replaced with newer assault weapons such as the AK-47.
The President of the Comoros is elected for a five-year term using a version of the two-round system. The presidency rotates between the Comoros' three main islands; Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli. When it is an island's turn to hold the presidency, the first round of the presidential election is held on that island, with the top three candidates progressing to the second round, which is held on a nationwide level.
Comoros and India established diplomatic relations in June 1976, about a year after the former declared its independence. Comoros became the 20th member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), of which India was founding member, at an IORA meeting in Gurgaon on 2 November 2012.
The Military ranks of Comoros are the military insignia used by the Military of Comoros. Being a former colony of France, Comoros shares a rank structure similar to that of France. France also provides protection of territorial waters and air surveillance, as Comoros has neither a navy nor an air force.
The Grand Comoro brush warbler ("Nesillas brevicaudata") is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae.
It is found in Comoros and Mayotte.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The Grand Comoro bulbul ("Hypsipetes parvirostris") is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found on the Comoro Islands. 
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Until 2011, the Moheli bulbul was considered as a subspecies of the Grand Comoro bulbul. Alternative names for the Grand Comoro bulbul include the Comoro bulbul and Grand Comoro black bulbul.
The Comoros fody ("Foudia eminentissima"), also known as the red-headed fody, is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Comoros, Mayotte and Seychelles. The taxon "aldabrana", was previously oftenconsidered a subspecies of the Comoros fody. Previously, the forest fody from Madagascar was considered a subspecies of the Comoros fody.
The Comoro friar ("Amauris comorana") is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the Comoros, where it is only found on the island of Grand Comore.