Mauritius

Mauritius

sovereign state, island country, archipelagic state, country

Part of	East Africa
Year dem found am	12 March 1968
Official name	Mauritius, Mauritius, République de Maurice
Native label	République de Maurice
Short name	🇲🇺
IPA transcription	mæʉ'ɾɪtsɪʉs
Dey archive for	National Archives of Mauritius
Dem name after	Mauritius Island
Official language	no value, English, French
Anthem	Motherland
Culture	culture of Mauritius
Motto text	Stella Clavisque Maris Indici, L’étoile et la clé de l’océan Indien, Star and Key of the Indian Ocean, It's a pleasure, Seren ac Allwedd Cefnfor India
Continent	Africa
Country	Mauritius
Capital	Port Louis
Located in time zone	UTC+04:00, Indian/Mauritius
Located in or next to body of water	Indian Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	East African islands
Coordinate location	20°12′0″S 57°30′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	19°42′0″S 63°25′0″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	10°19′48″S 56°34′48″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	20°31′32″S 57°31′48″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	10°25′0″S 56°35′0″E
Highest point	Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire
Lowest point	Indian Ocean
Government ein basic form	parliamentary republic
Office held by head of state	President of Mauritius
State ein head	Prithvirajsing Roopun
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Mauritius
Government ein head	Pravind Jugnauth
Has cabinet	Cabinet of Mauritius
Executive body	Government of Mauritius
Legislative body	National Assembly of Mauritius
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Mauritius
Central bank	Bank of Mauritius
Currency	Mauritian rupee
Dey share bother plus	France, Seychelles, Maldives
Has boundary	borders of Mauritius
Driving side	left
Electrical plug type	Europlug, BS 1363
Dey replace	Commonwealth realm of Mauritius
Dema official website	http://www.govmu.org/
Hashtag	Mauritius, Maurice
Top-level Internet domain	.mu
Flag	flag of Mauritius
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Mauritius
Official symbol	Mauritius Kestrel, Trochetia boutoniana
Geography of topic	geography of Mauritius
Get characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of Mauritius
Economy of topic	economy of Mauritius
Demographics of topic	demographics of Mauritius
Mobile country code	617
Country calling code	+230
Emergency phone number	114, 995, 115, 999, 112
GS1 country code	609
Licence plate code	MS
Maritime identification digits	645
Unicode character	🇲🇺
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Mauritius

Mauritius (/məˈrɪʃ(i)əs, mɔː-/ (listen) mər-ISH-(ee-)əs, mor-; French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] (listen); Mauritian Creole: Moris [moʁis]), officially dem dey bell am de Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice; Mauritian Creole: Repiblik Moris), De African island country insyd de Indian Ocean, approximately 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off de southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. Edey include de main island (dem san bell am Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga den St. Brandon.^[1][2] De islands of Mauritius den Rodrigues, plus nearby Réunion (French overseas department), all be apart of Mascarene Islands. De main island of Mauritius, be where most of dema population dey plenty, edey host de capital den de largest city, Port Louis. De country dey span 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) den e get exclusive economic zone wey edey cover 2,300,000 square kilometres (670,000 square nautical miles).^[3]

Arab sailors be de first persons wey go discover de uninhabited island, around 975, den dem bell am Dina Arobi.^[4][5] Insyd 1507, Portuguese sailors go visit de uninhabited island. De island appear plus de Portuguese names Cirne anaa Do-Cerne for early Portuguese dema maps top.^[6] Dutch fleet, wey dey under de command of Admiral Van Warwyck cam land for de place wey now dem dey bell am Grand Port den take possession of de island insyd 1598, as dem rename de den uninhabited islands after Maurice, Prince of Orange. Eventually, dem establish succession give de short-lived Dutch settlements over de next 120 years, as dem cam exploit dema local ebony forests den establish sugar production, as dem import sugar cane plants from Java den over three hundred Malagasy slaves, before dem abandon dema efforts insyd 1710.^[7] France cam take control insyd 1715, wey dem rename am as Isle de France. Insyd 1810, de United Kingdom cam seize de island, den four years later, dem sign Treaty of Paris, France cede Mauritius den ein dependencies give de United Kingdom. De British colony of Mauritius dey include Rodrigues, Agaléga, St. Brandon, De Chagos Archipelago, den, until 1906, de Seychelles.^[1][2] Mauritius den France dispute sovereignty over de island of Tromelin as de Treaty of Paris make yawa say you go fi mention am.^[8] Mauritius remain primarily plantation-based colony give United Kingdom until dema independence insyd 1968.^[9]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Written Statement of the Republic of Mauritius" (PDF). International Court of Justice. 1 March 2018. pp. 23–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Memorial of the Republic of Mauritius. Vol. I. Permanent Court of Arbitration. 1 August 2012. p. 9.
3. ↑ "Figure 7: Mauritius' EEZ: 1977". Memorial of the Republic of Mauritius (PDF). Vol. IV. Permanent Court of Arbitration. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
4. ↑ "History". Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. ↑ International Education: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems. Routledge. 17 March 2015. ISBN 9781317467519.
6. ↑ "Republic of Mauritius- History". govmu.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
7. ↑ Allen, Richard B. (1 August 2003). "The Mascarene Slave-Trade and Labour Migration in the Indian Ocean during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries". Slavery & Abolition. 24 (2): 33–50. doi:10.1080/01440390308559154. ISSN 0144-039X. S2CID 143805648.
8. ↑ Gaymard, Hervé (20 March 2013). A. Un Différend Ancien Avec Maurice Quant À La Souveraineté Sur Tromelin. National Assembly (Report) (insyd French).
9. ↑ "Rise of the Sugar Economy". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
10. ↑ "Biggest Cities Mauritius". www.geonames.org.
11. ↑ "General Notice No 1218 of 2022 – Public Holidays – 2023" (PDF). Republic of Mauritius. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

• Macdonald, Fiona; et al. "Mauritius". Peoples of Africa. pp. 340–341.
• Dis article dey incorporate public domain text from de websites of de Government of Mauritius Archived 22 October 2018 at de Wayback Machine, de United States Department of State, de U.S. Library of Congress, den de CIA World Factbook.

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