Port Louis

Port Louis () is the caipital o Mauritius. It is the lairgest ceety o the kintra an main port, that borders the Indian Ocean. It is locatit in the Port Louis Destrict. The population is 147,688 (2003 census).

 History 
Port Louis wis awready in uiss as a harbour in 1638. In 1735, unner French govrenment, it becam the admeenistrative centre o Mauritius an a major reproveesionin halt for French ships traivellin aroond the Cape o Guid Howp. The Port is named in honour o King Louis XV. The first Govrenor wis Coont Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.

 Sister ceeties 
  Le Port RéunionLe Port est jumelé à quatre villes portuaires  
 20px|Fraunce La Possession, syne 1979.Ville de la Possession - Jumelages 
 20px|Fraunce  Ahmedabad, Indie
 20px|Fraunce  Saint-Malo, Fraunce syne 1999
 20px|Fraunce  Quebec Ceety, Canadae 20px|Fraunce Doha, Qatar
 20px|Fraunce Foshan, Cheenae
 20px|Fraunce  Franceville, Gabon
 20px|Fraunce  Jaipur, Indie
 20px|Fraunce  Surat, Indie

 References 
 Malcolm de Chazal, Petrusmok, The Standard Printing Est., 1951, La Table Ovale, 1979
 Marie-Thérèse Humbert, La montagne des signaux, Paris: Stock, 1994
 Khal Torabully, Kot sa parol la - Rôde parole, poésie en créole et français, Mauritius: éditions Le Printemps, 1996

 Fremmit airtins 
 Port Louis Travel Guide 
 Municipal wabsteid 

Category:Port Louis
Category:Port Louis Destrict
Category:Populatit places in Mauritius
Category:Caipitals in Africae
Category:Port ceeties in Africae
Category:Ports an herbours o the Indie Ocean
Category:Populatit coastal places in Mauritius
Category:Populatit places established in the 1630s