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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritius:

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

– sovereign island nation located in the southwest

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

about east of

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. In addition to the Island of Mauritius, the republic includes the islands of St. Brandon, Rodrigues and the

Agaléga Islands Agaléga (french: îles Agaléga) is a dependency of Mauritius which consists of two outer islands located in the Indian Ocean, about north of Mauritius Island. The population of the islands as at July 2011 was estimated at 289. The islands h ...

. Mauritius is part of the

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Their ...

, with the French island of Réunion 200 km (125 mi) to the southwest and the island of Rodrigues 570 km to the northeast.

General reference

Pronunciation Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct pronunciation") or simply the way a particular ...

: ** ''English'': or ** ''French'': or * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: The

Republic of Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

* Official endonym (s):

(English),

Maurice Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...

(French) * Common endonym (s):

Île Maurice Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

(French), Moris ( Mauritian Creole), मॉरिशस (

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

) * Adjectival(s):

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably ...

* Demonym(s):

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

: Maurice, Prince of Orange * International rankings of Mauritius *

ISO country codes ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

: MU, MUS, 480 *

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: See ISO 3166-2:MU *

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.mu .mu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mauritius. It is administered by the Mauritius Network Information Centre and registrations are processed via accredited registrars. Some registrars market it as the .music and .mu ...

Geography of Mauritius

* Mauritius is: an

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* Location: ** Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere **

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

(off its east coast, east of

) *** East Africa ***

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...

: Mauritius Time (

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) ** Extreme points of Mauritius *** High:

Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire (''Little Black River Peak'') is the highest mountain on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. Located in the Rivière Noire District and rising to a height of 828 m (2717 ft) above sea level. ...

*** Low:

0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline:

177 km * Population of Mauritius: 1,262,000 – 151st most populous country * * Area of Mauritius: 2,040 km² * Atlas of Mauritius

Environment of Mauritius

L'île Maurice vue par Sentinel 2 (cropped)

* Climate of Mauritius * Protected areas of Mauritius ** National parks of Mauritius * Wildlife of Mauritius **

Fauna of Mauritius The wildlife of Mauritius consists of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemism, en ...

***

Birds of Mauritius Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

***

Mammals of Mauritius Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

Natural geographic features of Mauritius

* Glaciers in Mauritius: noneThe only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in

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and the

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Rivers of Mauritius A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

* World Heritage Sites in Mauritius **

Aapravasi Ghat The Immigration Depot ( hi, आप्रवासी घाट, ISO: ''Āpravāsī Ghāta'') is a building complex located in Port Louis on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, la ...

Le Morne Brabant Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit above sea level. The summit covers an are ...

Regions of Mauritius

Ecoregions of Mauritius

List of ecoregions in Mauritius

Administrative divisions of Mauritius

= Districts of Mauritius

= * Black River * Flacq *

Grand Port Grand Port () is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island. The name means "large port" in French. The district has an area of 260.3 km2 and the population estimate was at 112,997 as of 31 December 2015. History Grand Por ...

Moka Moka () is a village in Mauritius located in the Moka District, the western part of the village also lies in the Plaines Wilhems District. Since 1967 it forms part of Constituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka. The village is administered by ...

Pamplemousses Pamplemousses () is a district of Mauritius, located in the north west of the island, and is one of the most densely populated parts of the island. The name of the district comes from the French word for grapefruits. The district has an area of ...

Plaines Wilhems Plaines Wilhems () is a district of Mauritius. It is the most populous district, with its population estimated at 366,506 as the end of 2018. The district is mainly urban; it consists of four towns, the village of Midlands and part of two other ...

Port Louis Port Louis (french: Port-Louis; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Polwi or , ) is the capital city of Mauritius. It is mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's e ...

* Rivière du Rempart * Savanne

= Towns of Mauritius

= *

Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill Beau Bassin-Rose Hill (or Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill; french: Villes sœurs; ) is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District. It is administered by the Municipal Council of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill and has a population of 147,066 habi ...

Curepipe Curepipe () also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepipe ...

: Capital of Mauritius *

Quatre Bornes Quatre Bornes () also known as ''La Ville des Fleurs'' (The City of Flowers), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the western part also lies in the Rivière Noire District. The town is administered by the Municipal ...

Vacoas-Phoenix Vacoas-Phoenix () also known as French: ''Villes Jumelles'' (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vacoa ...

Demography of Mauritius

Demographics of Mauritius

Government and politics of Mauritius

Politics of Mauritius Politics of Mauritius (french: Politique à Maurice) takes place in a framework of a parliamentary democracy. The separation of powers is among the three branches of the Government of Mauritius, namely the legislative, the executive and the Judi ...

* Form of government: * Capital of Mauritius:

Elections in Mauritius Since 1967, Mauritius has experienced 12 free and fair democratic general elections to choose a government. The National Assembly has 70 members elected for a five-year term, 62 by plurality in 21 multi-member constituencies and 8 additional "be ...

Political parties in Mauritius This article lists Mauritius political parties in alphabetical order. Mauritius has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to fo ...

Branches of the government of Mauritius

Government of Mauritius The Government of Mauritius () is the main authority of the executive power in the Republic of Mauritius. The head of the Government is the Prime Minister of Mauritius, who manages the main agenda of the Government and direct the ministers. The ...

Executive branch of the government of Mauritius

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President of Mauritius The president of the Republic of Mauritius (french: président de la République de Maurice) is the head of state of the Republic of Mauritius. Mauritius is a parliamentary republic, and the president functions as a ceremonial figurehead, ele ...

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Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

Prime Minister of Mauritius The prime minister of Mauritius (french: link=no, Premier Ministre de Maurice) is the head of government of Mauritius. He presides over the Cabinet of Ministers, which advises the president of the country and is collectively responsible to the ...

, ** Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius *

Cabinet of Mauritius The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Mauritius is the official council which advises the President of the Republic in the making of major decisions. It is led by the Prime Minister and a total of 23 ministers and the Attorney General, who ...

Legislative branch of the government of Mauritius

* Parliament of Mauritius (

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

)

Judicial branch of the government of Mauritius

Court system of Mauritius * Supreme Court of Mauritius

Foreign relations of Mauritius

Foreign relations of Mauritius Foreign may refer to: Government * Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries ** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government ** Foreign office and foreign minister * Unit ...

* Diplomatic missions in Mauritius *

Diplomatic missions of Mauritius This is a list of diplomatic missions of Mauritius, excluding honorary consulates. Mauritius has a small presence worldwide. Africa * ** Cairo (Embassy) * ** Addis Ababa (Embassy) * ** Antananarivo (Embassy) * ** Maputo (High Commission) * ** Pr ...

International organization membership

The Republic of Mauritius is a member of: *

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(ACP) *African Development Bank Group (AfDB) *African Union (AU) *Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) *Commonwealth of Nations *''Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa'' (CPLP) (associate) *Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) *Group of 77 (G77) *Indian Ocean Commission (InOC) *International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) *International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) *International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) *International Criminal Court (ICCt) *International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) *International Development Association (IDA) *International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) *International Finance Corporation (IFC) *International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) *International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) *International Labour Organization (ILO) *International Maritime Organization (IMO) *International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) *International Monetary Fund (IMF) *International Olympic Committee (IOC) *International Organization for Migration (IOM) *International Organization for Standardization (ISO) *International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) *International Telecommunication Union (ITU) *International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) *International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) *Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) *Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *Nonaligned Movement (NAM) *''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OIF) *Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) *South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (observer) *Southern African Development Community (SADC) *United Nations (UN) *United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) *United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) *Universal Postal Union (UPU) *World Confederation of Labour (WCL) *World Customs Organization (WCO) *World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) *World Health Organization (WHO) *World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) *World Meteorological Organization (WMO) *World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) *World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Mauritius

Law of Mauritius * Constitution of Mauritius * Crime in Mauritius * Human rights in Mauritius ** LGBT rights in Mauritius * Law enforcement in Mauritius ** Mauritius Police Force

Military of Mauritius

Military of Mauritius * Command ** Commander-in-chief: * Forces ** Army of Mauritius

Local government in Mauritius

History of Mauritius

History of Mauritius *Current events of Mauritius

Culture of Mauritius

Culture of Mauritius * Cuisine of Mauritius * Languages of Mauritius * Media of Mauritius * National symbols of Mauritius ** Coat of arms of Mauritius ** Flag of Mauritius ** National anthem of Mauritius * List of newspapers in Mauritius, Newspapers in Mauritius ** ''L'Express (Mauritius), L'Express'' ** ''Le Mauricien'' * Prostitution in Mauritius * Public holidays in Mauritius * Religion in Mauritius ** Christianity in Mauritius ** Hinduism in Mauritius ** Islam in Mauritius ** Judaism in Mauritius * World Heritage Sites in Mauritius

Art in Mauritius

* Since 2009 there is an Opera Festival in Mauritiu
Opera Mauritius and The Friends
* Literature of Mauritius * Music of Mauritius

Sports in Mauritius

Sports in Mauritius * Football in Mauritius * Mauritius at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Mauritius

Economy of Mauritius * List of countries by GDP (nominal), Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 130th (one hundred and thirtieth) * Communications in Mauritius ** Internet in Mauritius * List of companies of Mauritius, Companies of Mauritius *Currency, Currency of Mauritius: Mauritian rupee, Rupee **ISO 4217: MUR * Health care in Mauritius * Mining in Mauritius * Mauritius Stock Exchange *Sugar industry of Mauritius * Tourism in Mauritius **Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority ** Visa policy of Mauritius * Transport in Mauritius ** List of airports in Mauritius, Airports in Mauritius ** Rail transport in Mauritius

Education in Mauritius

References

External links

Government of Mauritius
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