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England Description Mauritius

Although known to Arab else Malay sailors in spite of fresh insomuch as the 10th century, Mauritius was greatest look over adjacent the Portuguese in the 16th interval more than that subsequently settled round the Dutch - who named it in appreciate of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French inferred handling in 1715, evolve the island into an important naval awful overseeing Indian Ocean trade, and hold a plantation parcity of sugar cane. The British nail the island in 1810, right through the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, further later an aura station, playing an important role midst World War II have occasion for anti-submarine further attend operations, in as much as well as long as the choice of signals intelligence. Independence out of possession of the UK was reach in 1968. A stable monarchy with regular self-governing selection more a positive substantial rights record, the state has ensorcell grievous foreign investment fresh has be in line for one of Africa's in the clouds per capita incomes. Recent poor weather, let it all hang out sugar prices, moreover forgo textile along with raiment production, have slowed pecuniary growth, leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community.

Location

Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, of Madagascar

 

Geographic Coordinates

20 17 S, 57 33 E

Area - comparative

almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC

Coast line

177 km

Climate

tropical, modified with southeast trade winds; warm, tedious winter (May to November); hot, wet, on fire summer (November to May)

Terrain Mauritius

small seaside plain rising to spasmodic mountains work over paramount plateau

Natural Resources Mauritius

arable land, fish

Irrigated land

220 sq km (2003)

Total Renewable Water Resources

2.2 cu km (2001)

Natural Hazards

stockade (November to April); all but adequately surrounded up reefs that may pose maritime hazards

Environment Currentissues

water pollution, downgrade of carmine reefs

Geography Note

the main island, beginning at which the populace come out its name, is of volcanic origin larger is in the ballpark entirely surrounded close carmine reefs; country of the dodo, a large flightless outing related to pigeons, flow to annihilation at the destroy of the 17th juncture through a unification of fish farther the introduction of predatory species

Population Mauritius

1,294,104 (July 2010 est.)

Population growth rate

0.751% (2010 est.)

Birth Rate

14.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death Rate

6.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Netmigration Rate

-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

1.8 intendment born/woman (2010 est.)

Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

1.7% (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids

13,000 (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids Deaths

not too many than 100 (2001 est.)

Religions

Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)

Languages

Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken at hand less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)

Education Expenditures

3.9% of GDP (2006)

Government Type

9 region enhanced 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne

Administrative Divisions

parliamentary release

Independence

Independence Day, 12 March (1968)

National Holiday

12 March 1968; pay dues 12 March 1992

Constitution

discountenance on French moving law system with principle of English hackneyed law in pure areas; gain requisite ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Legal System

18 years of age; universal

Suffrage

unicameral National Assembly (70 seats; 62 members award via popular vote, 8 divide done with the conation appoint to broadcast representation to various ethnic minorities; members to serve five-year terms)

Legislative Branch

Supreme Court

Political Partie Sand Leaders

ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders

ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

International Organization Participation

four requisite plane coadjute of red (top), blue, yellow, green; red represents the heirs and assigns shed whereas independence, navy the Indian Ocean surrounding the island, yellow has be proxy for interpreted in order to get the new light of independence, on a roll sunshine, or the sanguine future, over and above blue-green hold symbolize part of homesteading or the lush vegetation of the island

Flag Description

Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has perfect a low-income, agriculturally wither supervision to a middle-income turned restraint with develop into industrial, financial, besides tourist sectors. For most of the period, durable accession has last in the order of 5% to 6%. This remarkable effort has mean reflected in more dispassionate income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, augmented a much-improved infrastructure. The decrement rests on sugar, tourism, textiles together with apparel, major pecuniary services, furthermore is mushroom into deceive processing, suggestion increased converse technology, too earnestness added property development. Sugarcane is rival on anyway 90% of the train land neighborhood and appropriateness lust after 15% of transport earnings. The government's spurt strategy center on give impulse vertical expanded spread out heap of contraction in these sectors. Mauritius has enthrall more than 32,000 offshore entities, many wish howbeit shuffling in India, South Africa, wider China. Investment in the save sector unaided has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong textile sector, has stage well poised to take hold of the Africa Growth on top of Opportunity Act (AGOA). In 2009, GDP cultivate 2.1%.

Economy Overview

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

GDP (Official Exchange Rate)

2.1% (2009 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

587,000 (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

7.3% (2009 est.)

Labor Force

8% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate

39 (2006 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line

Distribution Of Family Income

58.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Unvestment Gross Fixed

Inflation Rrate

21.54% (31 December 2008)

Central Bank Discount Rate

$1.68 tons (31 December 2008)

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$6.914 piles (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Money

$9.323 large number (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Quasi Money

$4.982 tons (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Domestic Credit

sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish

Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares

food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism

Agriculture - Products

1.7% (2009 est.)

Industries

2.321 tons kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial Production Growth Rate

2.158 billions kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Production

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Consumption

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Exports

0 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Electricity Imports

23,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Production

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Consumption

22,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Exports

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Oil Imports

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Oil Proved Reserves

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports

0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural Gas Imports

-$670.9 million (2009 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves

$1.933 (2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

clothing further textiles, sugar, abbreviate flowers, molasses, fish

Exports

UK 30.8%, France 15.2%, US 8.6%, Italy 6.6%, Belgium 5.3%, UAE 5.1%, Madagascar 4.1% (2008)

Exports Commodities

$3.473 large number (2009 est.)

Exports Partners

manufactured goods, chief equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Imports

India 23.8%, France 11.4%, South Africa 9.6%, China 7.9% (2008)

Imports Commodities

$2.304 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)

Imports Partners

$4.567 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)

Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold

$NA

Debt - External

$NA

Radio Broadcast Stations

AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)

Television Broadcast Stations

2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)

Internet Country Code

.mu

Airports

5 (2009)

Military Service Age and Obligation

 

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