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Africa
Republic of Mauritius
🗺️ Port Louis, Mauritius
Capital city
📍 -20.1609°, 57.5012°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalPort Louis
TimezoneUTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population1.3M
LanguagesCreole 86.5%, Bhojpuri 5.3%, French 4.1%, two languages 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes English, one of the two official languages of the National Assembly...
Governmentparliamentary republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.mu
Internet Users80%
GDP per Capita$27,300
🌍 Geography
LocationSouthern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, about 800 km (500 mi) east of Madagascar
Size Comparisonalmost 11 times the size of Washington, D.C.
Climatetropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
Terrainsmall coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsIndo-Mauritian (compose approximately two thirds of the total population), Creole, Sino-Mauritian, Franco-Mauritian
ReligionsHindu 48.5%, Roman Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3%, other Christian 6.4%, other 0.6%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
Median Age40 years
Life Expectancy75.4 years
National HolidayIndependence and Republic Day, 12 March (1968, 1992)
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook