Mauritius

Guide to MAURITIUS

MAURITIUS which official name is Republic of Mauritius or Mauritius, is a country from Africa located at the Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. MAURITIUS is divided in 9 districts and 3 dependencies . MAURITIUS's capital is Port Louis which is the most populated city with about 155,226 inhabitants.

History of MAURITIUS

MAURITIUS's government is parliamentary democracy; a Republic with a Ceremonial government type, with President Anerood Jugnauth as head of state and Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam as head of government.

Other symbols of MAURITIUS are Mauritian motto " Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Latin, Star and key of the Indian Ocean) Mauritian anthem "Motherland Mauritian flag.Mauritian flag is composed by four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green .

MAURITIUS's history is quite long: Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in 1505; it was subsequently held by the Dutch, French, and British before independence was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attracted considerable foreign investment and has earned one of Africa's highest per capita incomes. Recent poor weather and declining sugar prices have slowed economic growth, leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community.

MAURITIUSs geography

Guide to travel to MAURITIUS

If you are thinking on traveling to MAURITIUS, you will have to take in consideration some points like MAURITIUS's currency, MAURITIUS's weather, MAURITIUS's national holiday and MAURITIUS's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. MAURITIUS`s currency is called rupee ( Mau Rs), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, rupee's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.26.5000000000.

MAURITIUS's weather is characterized to be tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May). So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to MAURITIUS.

You can also consider to visit MAURITIUS on it's national holiday to get in MAURITIUS's culture. If you do so, MAURITIUS's national holiday is called Independence Day, 12 March.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of MAURITIUS: Mont Piton 828 m. And try also to get to MAURITIUS's lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit MAURITIUS's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to MAURITIUS, with more than 6 airports and 1 airlines, you will get to MAURITIUS without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. MAURITIUS has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Mauritian Culture

MAURITIUS is known by Mauritians as Republic of Mauritius or Mauritius in the shortened way. Mauritian, about 1,250,882 people, are composed by different ethnics: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%. And they also have different languages: English, French.

Another relevant point nowadays it's MAURITIUS's religion. Mauritians are divided in Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census). So you can visit any of it's1 like 0.

But if want to know more about MAURITIUS's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Mauritian novelists' books like Carl de Souza (1949– ), Abhimanyu Unuth or Ananda Devi.

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