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Mauritius
Last update: Saturday 31st of July 2010
| Republic of Mauritius | |||||
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| Motto: "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici" (Latin) "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean" | |||||
| Anthem: Motherland | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) |  Port Louis | ||||
| Official languages | English French | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| - President | Anerood Jugnauth | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Navinchandra Ramgoolam | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | ||||
| - Date | March 12, 1968 | ||||
| - Republic | March 12, 1992 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 2,040 km² (179th) 787 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 0.05 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 1,145,000 (153rd) | ||||
| - Density | 603 /km² (17th) 1,564 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2006 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $17.08 billion (115th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $13,703 (51st) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.800 (high) (63rd) | ||||
| Currency | Mauritian rupee (MUR) | ||||
| Time zone | MUT (UTC+4) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+4) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .mu | ||||
| Calling code | +230 | ||||
Mauritius (pronounced: IPA: ; French: Maurice /mɔʀis/; Mauritian Creole: Moris), officially the Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice), is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 kilometers (560 mi) east of Madagascar and about 3,943 kilometers (2,450 mi) southwest of India. In addition to the island of Mauritius, the republic includes the islands of St. Brandon, Rodrigues and the Agalega Islands. Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands, with the French island of Réunion 200 kilometers (125 mi) to the southwest. The flag of Mauritius has red, blue, yellow and green stripes. The red stripe represents the struggle for independence. The blue stripe represents the ocean around the island. The yellow stripe represents the sun and golden light of independence. The green stripe represents fruitful soil and vegetation.
Tropical cyclone ‘Indlala” is evolving around latitude 13.0 degrees south and longitude 54.2 degrees east some 900 kilometres to the north-north-west of Mauritius.
When Mauritius obtained its independence on 12 March 1968, after a moment of brief unrest and ethnic conflicts following the August 1967 elections where the Labour party obtained a majority allowing it to claim unleashment from British rule, its population didn’t believe it’d build itself into a nation where Information Technology would play a domi
Brooklyn Brewery's brand new Brooklyn Local 1 is a Belgian-style ale brewed from raw sugar from the island of Mauritius, Belgian yeast, and German barley malt. The bottle conditioned beer, golden in color and tasting slightly of honey, boasts a whopping nine percent alcohol level.
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