Domoni

Domoni is a historic coastal town on Anjouan whose compact fabric occupies a narrow strip between the sea and the island’s steep interior. It functions as one of the island’s secondary urban centres, with local administration, commerce and residential neighbourhoods concentrated around the coastal road.

The World Bank’s review of Comorian urbanisation identifies Domoni within the country’s network of secondary centres and notes the broader constraints of limited municipal capacity, infrastructure and serviced land. Road maintenance has long been critical to the town’s connection with the rest of Anjouan: national programmes include the RN21 between Mutsamudu and Domoni and the RN23 continuing south. This dependence on a single coastal transport spine helps explain both Domoni’s linear form and the importance of resilient road infrastructure to its daily functioning.