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. 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).

Arab sailors be de first persons wey go discover de uninhabited island, around 975, den dem bell am *Dina Arobi*. 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. 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. 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. Mauritius remain primarily plantation-based colony give United Kingdom until dema independence insyd 1968.

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## 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:. 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

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* WikiSatellite view of Mauritius at WikiMapia