Mauritius

Mauritius (/məˈrɪʃ(i)əs, mɔː-/ (listen) mər-ISH-(ee-)əs, mor-; French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] (listen); Mauritian Creole: Moris [moʁis]), officially dem dey bell am de Republic of Mauritius (French: République de Maurice; Mauritian Creole: Repiblik Moris), De African island country insyd de Indian Ocean, approximately 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off de southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. Edey include de main island (dem san bell am Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga den St. Brandon."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.Memorial of the Republic of Mauritius. Vol. I. Permanent Court of Arbitration. 1 August 2012. p. 9. De islands of Mauritius den Rodrigues, plus nearby Réunion (French overseas department), all be apart of Mascarene Islands. De main island of Mauritius, be where most of dema population dey plenty, edey host de capital den de largest city, Port Louis. De country dey span 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) den e get exclusive economic zone wey edey cover 2,300,000 square kilometres (670,000 square nautical miles)."Figure 7: Mauritius' EEZ: 1977". Memorial of the Republic of Mauritius (PDF). Vol. IV. Permanent Court of Arbitration. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

Arab sailors be de first persons wey go discover de uninhabited island, around 975, den dem bell am Dina Arobi."History". Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2021.International Education: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems. Routledge. 17 March 2015. ISBN 9781317467519. Insyd 1507, Portuguese sailors go visit de uninhabited island. De island appear plus de Portuguese names Cirne anaa Do-Cerne for early Portuguese dema maps top."Republic of Mauritius- History". govmu.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023. Dutch fleet, wey dey under de command of Admiral Van Warwyck cam land for de place wey now dem dey bell am Grand Port den take possession of de island insyd 1598, as dem rename de den uninhabited islands after Maurice, Prince of Orange. Eventually, dem establish succession give de short-lived Dutch settlements over de next 120 years, as dem cam exploit dema local ebony forests den establish sugar production, as dem import sugar cane plants from Java den over three hundred Malagasy slaves, before dem abandon dema efforts insyd 1710.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. France cam take control insyd 1715, wey dem rename am as Isle de France. Insyd 1810, de United Kingdom cam seize de island, den four years later, dem sign Treaty of Paris, France cede Mauritius den ein dependencies give de United Kingdom. De British colony of Mauritius dey include Rodrigues, Agaléga, St. Brandon, De Chagos Archipelago, den, until 1906, de Seychelles. Mauritius den France dispute sovereignty over de island of Tromelin as de Treaty of Paris make yawa say you go fi mention am.Gaymard, Hervé (20 March 2013). A. Un Différend Ancien Avec Maurice Quant À La Souveraineté Sur Tromelin. National Assembly (Report) (insyd French). Mauritius remain primarily plantation-based colony give United Kingdom until dema independence insyd 1968."Rise of the Sugar Economy". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

 Demographics 
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Mauritius

Source:"Biggest Cities Mauritius". www.geonames.org.RankNameDistrictPop.1Port LouisPort Louis155,2262Vacoas-PhoenixPlaines Wilhems115,2893Beau Bassin-Rose HillPlaines Wilhems111,3554CurepipePlaines Wilhems78,6185Quatre BornesPlaines Wilhems77,3086TrioletPamplemousses23,2697GoodlandsRivière du Rempart20,9108Centre de FlacqFlacq17,7109Bel Air Rivière SècheFlacq17,67110MahébourgGrand Port17,042

 Holidays den festivals 
Public holidays insyd Mauritius for 2023 insyd"General Notice No 1218 of 2022 – Public Holidays – 2023" (PDF). Republic of Mauritius. Retrieved 14 July 2023.DateNew Year's DaySunday 1 January – Monday 2 JanuaryChinese Spring FestivalSunday 22 JanuaryAbolition of slaveryWednesday 1 FebruaryThaipoosam CavadeeSaturday 4 FebruaryMaha ShivaratriSaturday 18 FebruaryIndependence and Republic DaySunday 12 MarchUgadiWednesday 22 MarchEid ul-Fitr (Dey depend for de visibility of de moon top)Saturday 22 AprilLabour DayMonday 1 MayGanesh ChaturthiWednesday 20 SeptemberAll Saints DayWednesday 1 NovemberArrival of the Indentured LabourersThursday 2 NovemberDiwaliSunday 12 NovemberChristmas DayMonday 25 December

 References 

 Bibliography 

 Macdonald, Fiona; et al. "Mauritius". Peoples of Africa. pp. 340–341.
 Dis article dey incorporate public domain text from de websites of de Government of Mauritius Archived 22 October 2018 at de Wayback Machine, de United States Department of State, de U.S. Library of Congress, den de CIA World Factbook.

 Read further 

 Bahadur, Gaiutra (2014). Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture. The University of Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-21138-1.
 Moree, Perry J. (1998). A Concise History of Dutch Mauritius, 1598–1710: A Fruitful and Healthy Land. Routledge.
 Vink, Markus (2003). "'The World's Oldest Trade': Dutch Slavery and Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean in the Seventeenth Century". Journal of World History. 14 (2): 131–177. doi:10.1353/jwh.2003.0026. S2CID 145450338.
 External links 

References
 Country Profile from BBC News
 Key Development Forecasts for Mauritius from International Futures
 Mauritius at UCB Libraries GovPubs
 Mauritius entry at Encyclopædia Britannica
 Mauritius. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.

Government
 Board of Investment
 Mauritius Government portal Archived 22 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
 Statistics Mauritius

Geography

 Wikimedia Atlas of Mauritius
 WikiSatellite view of Mauritius at WikiMapia
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