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2,040
km² (788 sq miles) - 1,122,000 people
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 177 km
Country Code +230
local
calls
national long distance
national prefix: no
area code:
number: --- ----
(always 7 digits)
(in 2003 Mauritius
had 350 000 Land Lines)
mobile: numbers start with
49xxxxx or 7mauritius or 9Ixxxxx
(in 2003 Mauritius had
450 000 Mobile Lines)
international calls
international prefix: 00
example:
calling from Mauritius
to France
00 33 I 422I IIII
II rue des IIaIIes
PARIS Ier
calling to Mauritius
form USA 011 230
from Europe/most countries
00 230
Republic
of Mauritius
independant since 1968
became a Republic in 1992
independant from Britain
became British in 1810
discovered in 1715 by the French
Capital: Port Louis
political
head of State: President
languages: English
Mauretanic (French Creol)
Bhojipuri, Tamil, Urdu, Hindi,
Telugu,
Chineese, French
economy
currency: 1 Mauritius Rupie =
100 cents
national holiday:
Independence Day,
12 March (1968)