Mauritius Travel Information
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Time Difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
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Capital City: Port Louis
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Airports: 2
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Travel Climate: Mauritius has a maritime climate with slight differences between tropical summer and subtropical winter. Humidity is high, and annual rainfall...
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Area Comparative: almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
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Travel Currency: Mauritian rupee (MUR)
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Languages: English (official), Creole, French (official), Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bhojpuri
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Ethnic Groups: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
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National Holiday: Independence Day, 12 March (1968); note - also became Republic Day (1992)
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Inflation Rate: 2.9%
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Geographic Coordinates: 20 17 S, 57 33 E
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Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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Terrain: small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
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