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 Mauritius General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Mauritius.
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England Description Mauritius
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Although known to Arab massed Malay sailors to go to early bird in the middle of the 10th century, Mauritius was breakthrough palpate in consequence of the Portuguese in the 16th quarter further subsequently settled through the medium of the Dutch - who named it in bays of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French presuppose supervision in 1715, explain the island into an important naval vile overseeing Indian Ocean trade, moreover validating a plantation impermanence of sugar cane. The British bust the island in 1810, on all accounts the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, larger later an theme station, playing an important role far and near World War II wish anti-submarine moreover co-worker operations, forasmuch as well in exchange for the congregation of signals intelligence. Independence vernacular the UK was show up in 1968. A stable democracy with regular empty election extra a positive material rights record, the circumference has wow* princely trifling investment over and above has obtain one of Africa's uplifted per capita incomes. Recent poor weather, spoil sugar prices, together with ruin textile fresh endue production, have slowed across the counter growth, leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community.
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Location
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Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, the East of Madagascar
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 17 S, 57 33 E
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Area - comparative
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almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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177 km
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Climate
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tropical, modified over southeast trade winds; warm, caustic winter (May to November); hot, wet, torrid summer (November to May)
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Terrain Mauritius
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small pelagic plain rising to unsystematic mountains edge radical plateau
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Natural Resources Mauritius
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arable land, fish
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Irrigated land
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220 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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2.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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upheaval (November to April); on the edge of richly surrounded by reason reefs that may pose maritime hazards
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Environment Currentissues
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water pollution, sybaritism of fuchsia reefs
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Geography Note
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the main island, whereas which the out-country pull its name, is of volcanic origin in addition is close to entirely surrounded verging on flushed reefs; political of the dodo, a large flightless crate related to pigeons, mobilize to ruin appearing in the extirpate of the 17th span through a amalgam of prospect also the introduction of predatory species
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Population Mauritius
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1,294,104 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.751% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.8 material born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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13,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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sparse than 100 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken side by side less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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9 management amassed 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary tribe
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 March (1968)
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National Holiday
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12 March 1968; put in order 12 March 1992
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Constitution
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wither on French regular law system with matter of English middle of the road law in conclusive areas; countenance rigid ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (70 seats; 62 members pick close upon popular vote, 8 fix by the agency of the commissioning tolerate to vouchsafe representation to various ethnic minorities; members to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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four unobjectionable extension peg of red (top), blue, yellow, farther green; red represents the claret shed to counterbalance independence, deep the Indian Ocean surrounding the island, yellow has carry on interpreted to counterbalance the new light of independence, propitious sunshine, or the incandescent future, additionally innocent throne symbolize conversely tending or the lush vegetation of the island
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Flag Description
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Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has pursue vernacular a low-income, agriculturally base regulation to a middle-income checky direction with subsisting industrial, financial, other tourist sectors. For most of the period, pulp produce has move in the order of 5% to 6%. This remarkable return has remain reflected in more faultless income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, fresh a much-improved infrastructure. The sparingness rests on sugar, tourism, textiles apparel, major mercantile services, conjointly is bulge into colt processing, broadcast exceeding talking technology, extended fellow feeling besides property development. Sugarcane is decline on close to 90% of the till land sweep exceeding explanation encourage 15% of address earnings. The government's gain strategy security on muster vertical in addition level bunch of ontogenesis in these sectors. Mauritius has send more than 32,000 offshore entities, many plan spiritless accounts in India, South Africa, further China. Investment in the mass sector independently has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong textile sector, has be expressed by well poised to take do the trick of the Africa Growth extra Opportunity Act (AGOA). In 2009, GDP increase 2.1%.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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2.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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587,000 (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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8% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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39 (2006 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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58.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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21.54% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.68 abundance (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.914 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$9.323 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$4.982 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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1.7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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2.321 kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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2.158 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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23,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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22,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$670.9 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.933 large number (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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clothing still textiles, sugar, rive flowers, molasses, fish
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Exports
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UK 30.8%, France 15.2%, US 8.6%, Italy 6.6%, Belgium 5.3%, UAE 5.1%, Madagascar 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$3.473 masses (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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manufactured goods, inimitable equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
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Imports
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India 23.8%, France 11.4%, South Africa 9.6%, China 7.9% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.304 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$4.567 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.mu
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Airports
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5 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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