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Mauritius (pronounced /məˈrɪʃəs/; French: L’île Maurice pronounced: [lil mɔˈʁis], Mauritian Creole: Moris), officially the Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice) is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 km (560 mi) east of Madagascar. In addition to the island of Mauritius, the Republic includes the islands of Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues, and the Agalega Islands.

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  • Mauritius (1983: Doomsday)
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  • Mauritius (pronounced /məˈrɪʃəs/; French: L’île Maurice pronounced: [lil mɔˈʁis], Mauritian Creole: Moris), officially the Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice) is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 km (560 mi) east of Madagascar. In addition to the island of Mauritius, the Republic includes the islands of Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues, and the Agalega Islands.
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HoSname
  • Sir Anerood Jugnauth
ind date
  • 1968-03-12(xsd:date)
ind from
  • United Kingdom
HoS2name
  • Navin Ramgoolam
HoStitle
  • President
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dbkwik:althistory/...iPageUsesTemplate
CoA
  • 85(xsd:integer)
Timeline
  • 1983(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Republic of Mauritus
regime
  • Parliamentary republic
Language
  • English
Currency
  • Mauritian rupee
Population
  • 588000(xsd:integer)
motto Lang
  • Latin
Area
  • 546040(xsd:integer)
Demonym
  • Mauritian
language other
  • Mauritian Creole, French, Bhojpuri
otl
  • Mauritus, Chagos Islands
Capital
  • Port Louis
Motto
  • Stella Clavisque Maris Indici
Anthem
  • Motherland
Flag
  • 125(xsd:integer)
Common name
  • Mauritus
motto en
  • Star and Key of the Indian Ocean
HoS2title
  • Prime Minister
abstract
  • Mauritius (pronounced /məˈrɪʃəs/; French: L’île Maurice pronounced: [lil mɔˈʁis], Mauritian Creole: Moris), officially the Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice) is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 km (560 mi) east of Madagascar. In addition to the island of Mauritius, the Republic includes the islands of Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues, and the Agalega Islands. Uninhabited until the 17th century, the island was ruled first by the Dutch and then the French after the Dutch had abandoned it. The British took control during the Napoleonic Wars and Mauritius became independent from the UK in 1968. Mauritius is a parliamentary republic and is member of the Southern African Development Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa the African Union and the Commonwealth of Nations. The main languages spoken in Mauritius are Mauritian Creole, French and English. English is the main official language but the lingua franca is Creole and the newspapers and television programmes are usually in French. Ethnically, the majority of the population is Indian, but there are also many people of African descent on the island. There are also European and Chinese minorities. It is the only African nation where the largest religion is Hinduism although Christianity and Islam also have significant populations. The island of Mauritius is renowned for having been the only known home of the dodo. First sighted by Europeans around 1600 on Mauritius, the dodo became extinct less than eighty years later. Mauritius has an upper-middle income economy.
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