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| MAURITIUS |
Country Fast
Facts |
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| CAPITAL CITY |
Port
Louis |
| OFFICIAL NAME |
Republic of
Mauritius
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| VISA |
The following
information on entry requirements has been confirmed with the
Mauritian authorities. However, these requirements are subject
to change at any time. It is the traveller’s responsibility to
check with the High Commission for the Republic of
Mauritius and its consulates for up-to-date
information.
Canadians Citizens do not require a visa
to enter Mauritius . However an airport tax is charged locally
(upon departure).
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| HEALTH |
Health
requirements can change at any time. The Public Health Agency
of Canada strongly recommends that your travel plans include
contacting a travel medicine clinic or physician six to
eight weeks before departure.Based on your individual
riskassessment, a health care professional can determine your
need for immunizations and/or preventive medication
and advise you on precautions to avoid disease. Travellers are
reminded to ensure that their routine (childhood)
immunizations (e.g., tetanus, diphtheria, polio, and measles)
are up to date.
A yellow fever vaccination certificate may
be required from travellers arriving from infected
areas.
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| POPULATION |
1,250,882
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| LOCATION |
Southern
Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar
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| LANGUAGES |
English
(official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), Creole
80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1% French 3.4%, other 3.7%, unspecified
0.3%.
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| AREA |
Total 2,040
square km
Land 2,030 square km
Water 10 square
km
(Almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC.)
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| COASTLINE |
177 km
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| RELIGION |
Hindu 48%,
Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6% other Christian 8.6%, other
2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4%
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| CLIMATE |
Tropical,
modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to
November); hot, wet humid summer (November to May).
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| CURRENCY |
Mauritian
Rupee (MUR)
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| TIME |
GMT
+4
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| ELECTRICITY |
230 voltage,
50 frequency, C & G plug
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INTERNATIONAL
TELEPHONE
DIAL
CODE |
+230
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