Mauritius | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 31/12/2018

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00:03:35 1 Etymology
00:05:13 2 History
00:05:21 2.1 Early history
00:06:07 2.2 Dutch Mauritius (1638–1710)
00:07:05 2.3 French Mauritius (1715–1810)
00:10:38 2.4 British Mauritius (1810–1968)
00:21:54 2.5 Independence (since 1968)
00:27:43 2.6 Republic (since 1992)
00:31:31 3 Geography
00:32:23 3.1 Mauritius Island
00:34:49 3.2 Rodrigues Island
00:35:36 3.3 Chagos Archipelago
00:36:14 3.4 Agalega Islands
00:36:59 3.5 Tromelin
00:38:17 3.6 St. Brandon
00:38:42 4 Districts of Mauritius Island
00:39:00 5 Territorial dispute
00:39:10 5.1 Chagos Archipelago
00:42:08 5.1.1 Permanent Court of Arbitration
00:48:28 5.1.2 International Court of Justice
00:49:10 6 Biodiversity
00:51:12 6.1 The dodo
00:52:42 7 Environment and climate
00:55:10 8 Politics
00:58:45 8.1 Military
00:59:30 8.2 Foreign relations
01:01:03 8.3 Legal system
01:02:38 9 Demographics
01:04:56 10 Languages
01:07:21 11 Education
01:08:56 12 Economy
01:11:49 12.1 Tourism
01:12:27 12.2 Transport
01:13:50 12.3 Financial services
01:14:21 12.4 Information and communication technology
01:15:09 13 Culture
01:15:17 13.1 Art
01:15:38 13.2 Architecture
01:17:31 13.3 Literature
01:18:18 13.4 Music
01:18:38 13.5 Cuisine
01:19:00 13.6 Holidays and festivals
01:19:58 13.7 Sports
01:21:12 14 See also



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Mauritius ( (listen); French: Maurice), officially the Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice), is an island nation in the Indian Ocean. The main Island of Mauritius is located about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent. The Republic of Mauritius includes the islands of Rodrigues, Agalega and St. Brandon. The capital and largest city Port Louis is located on the main island of Mauritius.
In 1598, the Dutch took possession of the Mauritius. They abandoned Mauritius in 1710 and the French took control of the island in 1715, renaming it the Isle de France. France officially ceded Mauritius including all its dependencies to the United Kingdom (UK) through the Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814 and Reunion was returned to France.   The British colony of Mauritius consisted of the main island of Mauritius along with Rodrigues, Agalega, St Brandon, Tromelin and the Chagos Archipelago, while the Seychelles became a separate colony in 1906. The sovereignty of Tromelin is disputed between Mauritius and France, depending on whether the "dependencies" mentioned in the Treaty of Paris included Tromelin (which was not specifically mentioned).In 1965, three years prior to the independence of Mauritius, the UK split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritian territory, and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles, to form the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The UK forcibly expelled the archipelago's local population and leased its biggest island, Diego Garcia, to the United States. The UK has restricted access to the Chagos Archipelago; it has been prohibited to casual tourists, the media, and its former inhabitants. The sovereignty of the Chagos is disputed between Mauritius and the UK.
The people of Mauritius are multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual. The island's government is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system, and Mauritius is highly ranked for democracy and for economic and political freedom. The Human Development Index of Mauritius is one of the highest in Africa. Mauritius is ranked as the most competitive and one of the most developed economies in the African region. The country has no exploitable natural resources, the main pillars of the Mauritian economy are manufacturing, financial services, tourism, and information and communications technology. Mauritius is a welfare state, the government provides free universal health  ...