Mauritius is a
small island in the Indian Ocean close to Madagascar, South
Africa and Seychelles.
Officially
Mauritius is known as Republic of Mauritius. The country
attained independence in 1968 from the United Kingdom and
before the island was under the commonwealth.
Mauritius has a
population of around 1.2 million. It is a lot for a small
island as Mauritius.
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Even making part of
the African continent the island is considered as a
developing country not any more as a third world country.
Mauritius has been
formed years ago, around 8 million years, by undersea
volcanic eruptions. Mauritius Island forms part of the
Mascarene Islands with Reunion and Rodrigues.
There are no active
volcano on Mauritius Island contrary to Reunion Island, the
volcano is known as Piton de La Fournaise.
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Mauritius Island
has a tropical climate and has two weather seasons, summer
and winter.
The capital city of
Mauritius Island is Port Louis and some of the main towns
are Curepipe, Beau basin, Vacoas, Rose Hill, Quatre Bornes.
Mauritius is as big
as Hamburg, a city, in Germany; it has an area of 2040
square kms.
One of the main
income of Mauritius is tourism but also textile.
Mauritius is
surrounded of nice white sandy beaches and blue turquoise
sea.
