# Vacoas-Phoenix

Vacoas-Phoenix (Mauritian Creole pronunciation:) also known as French: Villes Jumelles (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix. The town lies between Quatre Bornes and Curepipe.

## History

The towns of Vacoas and Phoenix fused in 1963. Vacoas-Phoenix fully became a municipality in 1968.

## Politics

For the general elections, the town is classified as the No 15 constituency known as La Caverne and Phoenix and the No 16 Vacoas and Floreal constituency.

## Sports

The football team of the town is the AS de Vacoas-Phoenix, they play in the Mauritian League, the top football division of the island nation.
The town hosted the official 2017 FIBA Under-16 African Championship.

## Sub-locality

The town of Vacoas-Phoenix is divided into different suburbs.
* Bonne-Terre
* Camp Fouquereaux
* Castel
* Cinq Arpents
* Clairfonds
* Glen Park
* Henrietta
* Hermitage
* Highlands
* Hollyrood
* La Caverne Village
* La Marie
* Mesnil
* Phoenix
* Quinze Cantons
* Réunion
* Sadally
* Solférino
* St-Paul
* Visitation
* Vacoas

## Government

Mauritius Qualifications Authority is headquartered in this town.

## Twin towns – sister cities

Vacoas-Phoenix is twinned with:
* Antsirabe, Madagascar
* Nantong, China
* Pune, India
* Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France

## Geography
### Climate

Climate data for Vacoas (1991-2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.6 (85.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.6 (88.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 21.6 (70.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.4 (68.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 18.6 (65.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10.4 (50.7) | 9.4 (48.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 313.6 (12.35) | 338.2 (13.31) | 291.0 (11.46) | 175.8 (6.92) | 123.1 (4.85) | 102.3 (4.03) | 118.1 (4.65) | 97.0 (3.82) | 77.4 (3.05) | 61.0 (2.40) | 80.6 (3.17) | 165.0 (6.50) | 1,943.2 (76.50) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 16.6 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 12.8 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 12.2 | 174.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 215.9 | 192.6 | 215.4 | 215.4 | 226.1 | 216.9 | 217.7 | 220.9 | 220.6 | 246.1 | 233.5 | 233.1 | 2,654.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 56 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 55 | 61 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Mauritius Meteorological Services (extremes, humidity and percent sun 1971-2000) ||||||||||||||