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Republic of Mauritius
  • République de Maurice (French)
  • Repiblik Moris (Morisyen)
Flag of Mauritius
Flag
Coat of arms of Mauritius
Coat of arms
Motto: Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Latin)[1]
"Star and Key of the Indian Ocean"
Anthem: "Motherland"
Islands of the Republic of Mauritius
Islands of the Republic of Mauritius
Islands of the Republic of Mauritius labelled in black; Chagos Archipelago and Tromelin are claimed by Mauritius.
Islands of the Republic of Mauritius labelled in black; Chagos Archipelago and Tromelin are claimed by Mauritius.
Capital
and largest city
Port Louis
20°12′S 57°30′E / 20.2°S 57.5°E / -20.2; 57.5
Official languagesNone (de jure)
  • English
  • French
(de facto)[2]
Lingua francaMauritian Creole
Language spoken at home (2022)[3]
  • 90.0% Mauritian Creole
  • 5.1% Bhojpuri
  • 4.4% French
  • 0.6% English
Ethnic groups
  • 67% Indian
  • 28% Creoles
  • 3% Chinese
  • 2% French[4]
Religion
(2011)[4][5]
  • 48.54% Hinduism
  • 32.71% Christianity
  • 17.30% Islam
  • 1.45% Others / None
Demonym(s)Mauritian
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic
• President
Prithvirajsing Roopun
• Vice President
Eddy Boissézon
• Prime Minister
Pravind Jugnauth
• Speaker of the National Assembly
Sooroojdev Phokeer
LegislatureNational Assembly
Independence 
from the United Kingdom
• Constitution of Mauritius
12 March 1968
• Republic
12 March 1992
Area
• Total
2,040 km2 (790 sq mi) (169th)
• Water (%)
0.07
Population
• 2019 estimate
1,265,475[6] (158th)
• 2011 census
1,235,260[7][8][3]
• Density
618.24/km2 (1,601.2/sq mi) (21st)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $37.012 billion[9] (139th)
• Per capita
Increase $29,349[9] (61st)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $14.819 billion[9] (143th)
• Per capita
Increase $11,751[9] (73rd)
Gini (2017)36.8[10]
medium
HDI (2022)Increase 0.796[11]
high (72nd)
CurrencyMauritian rupee (MUR)
Time zoneUTC+4 (MUT)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Driving sideleft
Calling code+230
ISO 3166 codeMU
Internet TLD.mu

Mauritius,[a] officially the Republic of Mauritius,[b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).[12][13] The island of Mauritius along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and has an exclusive economic zone covering 2,300,000 square kilometres (670,000 square nautical miles).[14]

Based on verbal accounts from Portuguese travellers and explorers and the 1502 Cantino planisphere (a purloined Portuguese map), Arab traders in the Indian Ocean may have been among the first to discover and name the uninhabited island, around 975 AD, as Dina Arobi.[15][16] In 1507, Portuguese sailors blown off course from the Madagascar channel on their way to India visited the uninhabited island naming it Cirne ('cisne' or 'swan' in modern day Portuguese), Ilha do Cerne on 16th Century Portuguese maps.[17] A Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral Van Warwyck, landed at what is now the Grand Port District and took possession of the island in 1598, renaming the uninhabited islands after Maurice, Prince of Orange. A succession of short-lived Dutch attempts at permanent settlement took place over a century with the aim of setting up a Batavia-bound ship refuelling station, exploiting the local ebony forests and establishing long term sugar and arrack production from Java sugar cane plants using over three hundred Malagasy slaves, before finally abandoning Mauritius for the Cape of Good Hope.[18] France took the uninhabited island in 1715, renaming the island "Isle de France". In 1810, the United Kingdom seized the island, and four years later, under the Treaty of Paris, France ceded Mauritius and its dependencies including St. Brandon and the Outer Islands to the United Kingdom. The British colony of Mauritius now included Rodrigues, Agaléga, St. Brandon, the Chagos Archipelago, and, until 1906, the Seychelles.[12][13] Mauritius and France dispute sovereignty over the island of Tromelin, as the treaty failed to mention it specifically.[19] Mauritius became the British Empire's main sugar-producing colony and remained a primarily sugar-dominated plantation-based colony until independence, in 1968.[20]

In 1965, the UK split off the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritian territory to create the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT).[21] The local population was forcibly expelled and the largest island, Diego Garcia, was leased to the United States.[22] On 25 February 2019, the judges of the International Court of Justice by thirteen votes to one, stated that the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible.[23]

Given its geographic location and colonial past, the people of Mauritius is diverse in ethnicity, culture, language and faith. It is the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the most practised religion.[24][25] Indo-Mauritians make up the bulk of the population with significant Creole, Sino-Mauritian and Franco-Mauritian minorities. The island's government is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system with Mauritius highly ranked for economic and political freedom being listed by the Economist's Democracy Index as the only country in Africa with full democracy.[26] Mauritius is the only African country with a very high Human Development Index, and the World Bank classifies it as a high-income economy.[27] It is amongst the most competitive and most developed economies located close to the African continent.[28] The government provides free universal healthcare, free education up through the tertiary level and free public transportation for students, senior citizens, and the disabled.[29] Mauritius is consistently ranked as the most peaceful.[30]

Along with the other Mascarene Islands and, especially the Cargados Carajos shoals, Mauritius is known for its biodiverse flora and fauna and its endemism. The main island is known for the demise of the dodo, which, along with several other avian species, became extinct soon after human settlement. Other endemic animals, such as the echo parakeet, the Mauritius kestrel and the pink pigeon, have survived and are subject to intensive and successful conservation efforts.

  1. ^ "Government Information Service – Coat of Arms". govmu.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ The Mauritian constitution makes no mention of an official language. The Constitution only mentions that the official language of the National Assembly is English; however, any member can also address the chair in French.
  3. ^ a b [1]
  4. ^ a b "Africa: Mauritius". CIA The World Factbook. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Resident population by religion and sex" (PDF). Statistics Mauritius. p. 68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Population and Vital Statistics – Year 2019". Statistics Mauritius. March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ [2]
  8. ^ [3]
  9. ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Mauritius)". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. ^ "GINI index (World Bank estimate) – Mauritius". World Bank. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Human Development Report 2023/24" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  12. ^ a b "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.
  13. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PCA Memorial Vol 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Figure 7: Mauritius' EEZ: 1977". Memorial of the Republic of Mauritius (PDF). Vol. IV. Permanent Court of Arbitration. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  15. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  16. ^ International Education: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems. Routledge. 17 March 2015. ISBN 9781317467519.
  17. ^ "Republic of Mauritius- History". govmu.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Gaymard, Hervé (20 March 2013). A. Un Différend Ancien Avec Maurice Quant À La Souveraineté Sur Tromelin. National Assembly (Report) (in French).
  20. ^ "Rise of the Sugar Economy". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Annex 11: Colonial Office Telegram No. 199 to Mauritius, No. 222 to Seychelles, 21 July 1965, FO 371/184524". Memorial of the Republic of Mauritius (PDF). Vol. II. Permanent Court of Arbitration.
  22. ^ "Visiting British Indian Ocean Territory". Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  23. ^ "UN court rules UK has no sovereignty over Chagos islands". BBC News. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Religions in Africa | African Religions | PEW-GRF". www.globalreligiousfutures.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  25. ^ "The Global Religious Landscape". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Democracy Index 2021: the China challenge". Economist Intelligence Unit.
  27. ^ Cite error: The named reference WB GROUP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  28. ^ "The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  29. ^ Stiglitz, Joseph (7 March 2011). "The Mauritius miracle, or how to make a big success of a small economy". The Guardian.
  30. ^ "GLOBAL PEACE INDEX MEASURING PEACE IN A COMPLEX WORLD GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2019" (PDF). Institute for Economics and Peace. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.


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