The Republic of Mauritius is a sovereign island nation

Island nation

An island country is a state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. As of 2011, 47 of the 193 UN member states are island countries.-Politics:...

 located in the southwest Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 about 900 kilometres (559.2 mi) east of Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

. In addition to the Island of Mauritius, the republic

Republic

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 includes the islands of St. Brandon

Cargados Carajos

Cargados Carajos Shoals are a group of about 16 small islands and islets on an extended reef in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mauritius. The islands have a total land area of 1.3 km². The reef measures more than 50 km from north to south, and is 5 km wide, cut by three passes. The...

, Rodrigues

Rodrigues (island)

Rodrigues , sometimes spelled Rodriguez but named after the Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues, is the smallest of the Mascarene Islands and a dependency of Mauritius...

 and the Agalega Islands

Agalega Islands

The Agalega Islands are two islands in the Indian Ocean, lying north of Mauritius at and are governed by that country. The islands have a total area of 24 km² , although the official figure of 70 km² appears too high when compared with data from satellite images.The North Island is home...

. Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands

Mascarene Islands

The Mascarene Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar comprising Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos shoals, plus the former islands of the Saya de Malha, Nazareth and Soudan banks...

, with the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 island of Réunion

Réunion

Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...

 200 km (125 mi) to the southwest and the island of Rodrigues 570 km to the northeast.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritius:

General reference

• Pronunciation
  International Phonetic Alphabet
  The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
  
  :
• Common English country name: Mauritius
  Mauritius
  Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
  
  
• Official English country name: The Republic of Mauritius
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Mauritian
  Mauritian
  Mauritian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Mauritius, an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 kilometres east of Madagascar...
  
  
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Mauritius
• International rankings of Mauritius
  International rankings of Mauritius
  - International rankings :...
  
  
• ISO country codes: MU, MUS, 480
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MU
  ISO 3166-2:MU
  ISO 3166-2:MU is the entry for Mauritius in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Mauritius, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
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   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .mu
  .mu
  .mu is the Internet country code top-level domain for Mauritius. It is administered by the Mauritius Network Information Centre and registrations are processed via accredited registrars. Some registrars market it as the .music and .museum TLD....
  
  

Geography of Mauritius

• Mauritius is: an island country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere
    Eastern Hemisphere
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     and Southern Hemisphere
    Southern Hemisphere
    The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
    
    
  • Africa
    Africa
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     (off its east coast, east of Madagascar
    Madagascar
    The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
    
    )
    • East Africa
      East Africa
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    • Southern Africa
      Southern Africa
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  • Indian Ocean
    Indian Ocean
    The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
    
    
  • Time zone
    Time zone
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    : Mauritius Time
    Mauritius Time
    Mauritius Time, or MUT, is a time zone used by in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius. The zone is four hours ahead of UTC ....
    
     (UTC+04)
  • Extreme points of Mauritius
    • High: Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire
      Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire
      Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire is the highest mountain on the island of Mauritius,in the Indian Ocean. Located in the Black River district and rising to a height of 828 m above sea level, it forms part of the Black River mountain range.There are two other main mountain ranges in Mauritius:...
      
       828 m (2,717 ft)
    • Low: Indian Ocean
      Indian Ocean
      The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
      
       0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: Indian Ocean
    Indian Ocean
    The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
    
     177 km
• Population of Mauritius: 1,262,000 - 151st most populous country
• Area of Mauritius: 2,040 km²
• Atlas of Mauritius

Environment of Mauritius

• Climate of Mauritius
• Environmental issues in Mauritius
• Ecoregions in Mauritius
• Renewable energy in Mauritius
• Geology of Mauritius
• Protected areas of Mauritius
  • Biosphere reserves in Mauritius
  • National parks of Mauritius
• Wildlife of Mauritius
  Wildlife of Mauritius
  The wildlife of Mauritius is composed of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world...
  
  
  • Flora of Mauritius
  • Fauna of Mauritius
    • Birds of Mauritius
    • Mammals of Mauritius

Natural geographic features of Mauritius

• Glaciers in Mauritius: none
• Islands of Mauritius
• Lakes of Mauritius
• Mountains of Mauritius
  • Volcanoes in Mauritius
• Rivers of Mauritius
  • Waterfalls of Mauritius
• Valleys of Mauritius
• World Heritage Sites in Mauritius
  • Aapravasi Ghat
    Aapravasi Ghat
    The Immigration Depot is a building complex located in Port Louis, on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, which was the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labor workforce from India. From 1849 to 1923, half a million Indian indentured labourers passed through the...
    
    
  • Le Morne Brabant
    Le Morne Brabant
    Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme south-western tip of Mauritius and the most windward side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous single standing basaltic rock with a summit of 556 metres above sea level, the most imposing sight on Mauritius. The summit covers an area of...
    
    

Administrative divisions of Mauritius

Districts of Mauritius

• Black River
• Flacq
• Grand Port
• Moka
• Pamplemousses
• Plaines Wilhems
• Port Louis
• Rivière du Rempart
• Savanne

Municipalities of Mauritius

• Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
• Curepipe
  Curepipe
  Curepipe is a town centrally situated in Mauritius, an island country in the southwest Indian Ocean. It is second in size and importance to Port Louis, the capital....
  
  
• Port Louis
  Port Louis
  -Economy:The economy is dominated by its port, which handles Mauritius' international trade. The port was founded by the French who preferred Port Louis as the City is shielded by the Port Louis/Moka mountain range. It is the largest container handling facility in the Indian Ocean and can...
  
  : Capital of Mauritius
• Quatre Bornes
  Quatre Bornes
  Quatre Bornes is a town in Mauritius, located in the Upper Plaines Wilhems District, between the towns of Rose Hill and Vacoas-Phoenix. Covering an area of over twenty thousand square kilometres, Quatre Bornes is linked by roads to the north, east, south and west of Mauritius...
  
  
• Vacoas-Phoenix

Government and politics of Mauritius

Main article: Government of Mauritius and Politics of Mauritius

Politics of Mauritius

Politics of Mauritius takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, in which the President is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government who is assisted by a council of Ministers . Mauritius has a multi-party system. Executive power is...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  :
• Capital of Mauritius: Port Louis

• Elections in Mauritius
  Elections in Mauritius
  Elections in Mauritius gives information on elections and election results in Mauritius.Mauritius elects on national level a legislature. The National Assembly has 70 members, 62 elected for a four year term in 21 multi-member constituencies and 8 additional "best loser" members appointed by the...
  
  
  • Municipal Elections in Mauritius
  • District Council Elections in Mauritius
• Political parties in Mauritius
• Political scandals of Mauritius
• Taxation in Mauritius

Executive branch of the government of Mauritius

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Mauritius,
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Mauritius,
• Cabinet of Mauritius

Legislative branch of the government of Mauritius

• Parliament of Mauritius (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Mauritius

• Supreme Court of Mauritius

Foreign relations of Mauritius

• Diplomatic missions in Mauritius
• Diplomatic missions of Mauritius
  Diplomatic missions of Mauritius
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Mauritius, excluding honorary consulates. Mauritius is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean just East of Madagascar.-Europe:** Brussels ** Paris ** Berlin ** Moscow...
  
  

International organization membership

The Republic of Mauritius is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union
  African Union
  The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...
  
   (AU)
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a free trade area with nineteen member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. COMESA formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981...
  
   (COMESA)
• Commonwealth of Nations
  Commonwealth of Nations
  The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
  
  
• Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) (associate)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• Indian Ocean Commission
  Indian Ocean Commission
  The Indian Ocean Commission , known as the Commission de l'Océan Indien in French, is an intergovernmental organization that joins Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, France , and the Seychelles together to encourage cooperation. It was started in January 1984 under the General Victoria Agreement...
  
   (InOC)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  International Atomic Energy Agency
  The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
  
   (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court
  International Criminal Court
  The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
  
   (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization
  International Hydrographic Organization
  The International Hydrographic Organization is the inter-governmental organisation representing the hydrographic community. It enjoys observer status at the UN and is the recognised competent authority on hydrographic surveying and nautical charting...
  
   (IHO)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
  The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...
  
   (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   (ISO)

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation
  International Trade Union Confederation
  The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
  
   (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
  Permanent Court of Arbitration
  The Permanent Court of Arbitration , is an international organization based in The Hague in the Netherlands.-History:The court was established in 1899 as one of the acts of the first Hague Peace Conference, which makes it the oldest institution for international dispute resolution.The creation of...
  
   (PCA)
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is an organisation of South Asian nations, founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh,...
  
   (SAARC) (observer)
• Southern African Development Community
  Southern African Development Community
  The Southern African Development Community is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African states...
  
   (SADC)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour
  World Confederation of Labour
  The World Confederation of Labour was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the end of World War II...
  
   (WCL)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Mauritius

• Capital punishment in Mauritius
• Constitution of Mauritius
• Crime in Mauritius
• Human rights in Mauritius
  • LGBT rights in Mauritius
    LGBT rights in Mauritius
    While homosexuality is currently illegal in Mauritius, the nation was one of the 66 signatories of support for the UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity, which failed to pass...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Mauritius
• Law enforcement in Mauritius
  Law enforcement in Mauritius
  Mauritius experiences moderate levels of crime by African standards. However, the National Police Force keep most crimes to a minimum.Mauritius has had a paramilitary police force since 1968. External security unofficially is the responsibility of India....
  
  

Military of Mauritius

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Mauritius
• Forces
  • Army of Mauritius
  • Navy of Mauritius
  • Air Force of Mauritius
  • Special forces of Mauritius
• Military history of Mauritius
• Military ranks of Mauritius

History of Mauritius

Main article: History of Mauritius

History of Mauritius

The known history of Mauritius begins with its discovery by Europeans and its appearance on maps in the early sixteenth century. Mauritius was successively colonized by the Dutch, the French and the British, and became independent in 1968.-Discovery:...

, Timeline of the history of Mauritius, and Current events of Mauritius

• Economic history of Mauritius
• Military history of Mauritius

Culture of Mauritius

• Architecture of Mauritius
• Cuisine of Mauritius
  Cuisine of Mauritius
  The cuisine of Mauritius is a blend of Creole, Chinese, European and Indian influences. It is common for a combination of cuisines to form part of the same meal....
  
  
• Ethnic minorities in Mauritius
• Festivals in Mauritius
• Humor in Mauritius
• Languages of Mauritius
  Languages of Mauritius
  The official language of Mauritius is English. However, the majority language and lingua franca of the country is the French based Mauritian Creole. French is also a common language in education and the dominant language of media...
  
  
• Media in Mauritius
• National symbols of Mauritius
  • Coat of arms of Mauritius
    Coat of arms of Mauritius
    The coat of arms of Mauritius are stipulated in the "Mauritius Laws 1990 Vol.2 SCHEDULE ". The arms were designed by the Lord Mayor of Johannesburg in 1906, Johann Van Der Puf...
    
    
  • Flag of Mauritius
    Flag of Mauritius
    The flag of Mauritius was adopted upon independence, March 12, 1968. It consists of four horizontal stripes of equal width, coloured red, blue, yellow, and green...
    
    
  • National anthem of Mauritius
• Newspapers in Mauritius
  • L'Express
    L'Express (Mauritius)
    L'Express is a French-language daily newspaper, published in Mauritius since 1963 and owned by La Sentinelle, Ltd. L'Express endeavours to cover Mauritian news in an independent and impartial manner, as described in its Code of Conduct for Journalists. It is the most read daily of Mauritius and...
    
    
  • Le Mauricien
    Le Mauricien
    Le Mauricien is a French-language newspaper, based and distributed in Mauritius. The newspaper, founded in 1908, is released daily and is one of the most read in Mauritius....
    
    
• People of Mauritius
• Prostitution in Mauritius
• Public holidays in Mauritius
• Records of Mauritius
• Religion in Mauritius
  • Buddhism in Mauritius
  • Christianity in Mauritius
    Christianity in Mauritius
    Christianity in Mauritius is a religion adhered to by 32.2% of the population of Mauritius. Of these, 23.6% are Roman Catholics. The Mauritian Creole and Franco-Mauritian ethnic groups are mostly Christian and significant parts of the Sino-Mauritian ethnic group are too.-History:Christianity first...
    
    
  • Hinduism in Mauritius
    Hinduism in Mauritius
    Hinduism originally came to Mauritius with Indians who worked as indentured servants of European settlers of the island. As of 2000, 52% of the country follows Hinduism, which makes Mauritius the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the dominant religion.One of the biggest festivals on the...
    
    
  • Islam in Mauritius
    Islam in Mauritius
    Muslims consitiute over 16.6% of Mauritius population. Nearly all Muslims of Mauritius are South Asians.The 1968 constitution of Mauritius recognized four religious categories: Hindus, Muslims, Sino-Mauritians, and the general population. According to a 1989 estimate of a total population of...
    
    
  • Judaism in Mauritius
  • Sikhism in Mauritius
• World Heritage Sites in Mauritius

Art in Mauritius

• Since 2009 there is an Opera Festival in Mauritius

Opera Mauritius and The Friends,

• Art in Mauritius
• Cinema of Mauritius
• Literature of Mauritius
• Music of Mauritius
  Music of Mauritius
  The music of Mauritius is known for sega music, alongside the nearby Réunion island, though reggae, zouk, soukous and other genres are also popular. Sega was originally introduced by the African ancestors and originates from East and Southern Africa...
  
  
• Television in Mauritius
• Theatre in Mauritius

Sports in Mauritius

• Football in Mauritius
  Football in Mauritius
  Football is the most popular sport in Mauritius. The national governing body is the Mauritius Football Association. Internationally, Mauritius is represented by Club M in senior competitions, and by the U-17 and U-20 teams in youth competitions...
  
  
• Mauritius at the Olympics
  Mauritius at the Olympics
  Mauritius first participated at the Olympic Games in 1984, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Mauritius also supported that American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.As of 2008, Mauritius...
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Mauritius

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 130th (one hundred and thirtieth)

• Agriculture in Mauritius
• Banking in Mauritius
  • National Bank of Mauritius
• Communications in Mauritius
  Communications in Mauritius
  Telecommunications had an early beginning in Mauritius, with the first telephone line installed in 1883, seven years after the invention of the telephone. Over the years, the network and telephony improved...
  
  
  • Internet in Mauritius
• Companies of Mauritius
• Currency of Mauritius
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Rupee
  Mauritian rupee
  The rupee is the currency of Mauritius.It is theoretically divided into 100 cents; however, as at October 2011, only 5 and 20 cent coins, are currently in circulation, the latest mintage of these two coins was in 2010. A Half Rupee coin is also in circulation.-History:The rupee was established by...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : MUR
    Mur
    Mur may refer to:* Mur River , a river in Central Europe* Mur, Switzerland, a commune in Vaud and Avenches* Mur, a large village south of Novi Pazar, Serbia* Mur, part of the village of Murzasichle, Poland...
    
    
• Economic history of Mauritius
• Energy in Mauritius
  • Energy policy of Mauritius
  • Oil industry in Mauritius
• Health care in Mauritius
• Mining in Mauritius
• Mauritius Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Mauritius
  Tourism in Mauritius
  Tourism in Mauritius tends to be high end tourism, with a focus on coastal resorts and diving.- Tourist numbers :In the past thirty years, Mauritius has developed from a low-income economy based on agriculture to a middle-income diversified economy. Much of this economic growth has been the result...
  
  
• Transport in Mauritius
  Transport in Mauritius
  - Railways :There are currently no railways in Mauritius. There were previously industrial railways, but these have been abandoned.A railway system existed from 1860s to the 1960s. Due to persistent unprofitability from 1948 to 1953, it was finally closed in 1964.To cope with increasing road...
  
  
  • Airports in Mauritius
  • Rail transport in Mauritius
    Rail transport in Mauritius
    The history of rail transport in Mauritius began in the 1860s. The Mauritian rail network was quickly built and it soon provided service to most of the island. It was a key factor in the socio-economic development of Mauritius during its period of operation...
    
    
  • Roads in Mauritius
• Water supply and sanitation in Mauritius

See also

• List of international rankings
• List of Mauritius-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
  Outline of Africa
  The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:Africa – world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia.-Geography of Africa:* Atlas of Africa* List of cities in Africa...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  

External links

• Government of Mauritius