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(Redirected from District of Mauritius) Second-level administrative divisions of Mauritius

The Districts of the Republic of Mauritius are the second-level administrative divisions after the Outer Islands of Mauritius.

Mauritius Island

Savanne Flacq Rivière
Noire
Port Louis Rivière
du
Rempart
Pamplemousses Plaines
Wilhems
Grand Port Moka

Mauritius Island is divided into nine districts which consist of one city, four towns, and 130 villages. Its capital is Port Louis.

The Plaines Wilhems District consists mainly of four towns: Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes, and Vacoas-Phoenix. The other districts consist of different villages, some of which are further divided into suburbs. As of December 31, 2012, the urban population stood at 536,086 and the rural population was 718,925.

Districts Area km Population ('000, 2021)
Flacq 297.9 138.7
Grand Port 260.3 112.6
Moka 230.5 83.8
Pamplemousses 178.7 142.4
Plaines Wilhems 203.3 365.4
Port Louis 42.7 117.5
Rivière du Rempart 147.6 108.1
Rivière Noire 259 85.2
Savanne 244.8 68.2
 Total 1864.8 1 266.1

Autonomous region

Rodrigues used to be the tenth district of Mauritius, until the island gained autonomy in 2002. Its capital is Port Mathurin.

Autonomous region Area km Population ('000, 2021)
Rodrigues 108 44.2

Dependencies of Mauritius

  1. Agaléga.
  2. Saint Brandon

The capital of Agaléga is Vingt-Cinq.

Saint Brandon is sparsely populated, its main settlement is Île Raphael (pop. 40).

See also

References

  1. Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2012). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2012" (PDF). 31 December. Government of Mauritius: 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Statistics Mauritius. "Mauritius in Figures and Annual Digest of Statistics". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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