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Documents for "Mauritius and Runion Political Geography":
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Mascarene Islands
in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. They include Mauritius , Réunion , and Rodriguez. Apparently known to the Arabs, they were rediscovered by the Portuguese at the beginning of the 16th...
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Mauritius
officially Republic of Mauritius, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,231,000), 790 sq mi (2,046 sq km), in the SW Indian Ocean. It is part of the Mascarene Islands , c.500 mi (800 km) E of Madagascar. The...
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Port Louis
city (1996 est. pop. 135,371), capital of Mauritius, NW Mauritius, a port on the Indian Ocean. It is the nation's largest city and its economic and administrative center. Its economy is dominated...
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Réunion
island and overseas department of France (2005 est. pop. 777,000), c.970 sq mi (2,510 sq km), one of the Mascarene Islands , in the Indian Ocean c.430 mi (690 km) E of Madagascar. Saint-Denis (the...
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Rodriguez
or Rodrigues , island (1996 est. pop. 34,883), 42 sq mi (109 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, c.350 mi (560 km) E of Mauritius , of which it is a dependency. One of the Mascarene Islands , it is surrounded by coral reef. Port Mathurin is the chief town. Most of the inhabitants are of African descent; some persons are of European, Indian, and Chinese descent. The population is...
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Saint-Denis
city (1990 pop. 122,875), capital of the French overseas department of Réunion. It is a port on the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the St.-Denis River and exports sugar and rum. St.-Denis is...
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