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Port Louis (Port Louis)
Information
Country	Mauritius
Area	46,7 km²
Population	155 226 hab.
Location
20 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S 57 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E
Official site
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Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius.

Understand

While being a city that was for more than a century and a half administered by the British Empire, Port-Louis undeniably bears the imprint of France, to whom we owe many large-scale projects in the city. . Subsequently, the British appealed to the descendants of the French for local administration for 150 years, until independence. Indeed on their arrival, the English discovered a city so well maintained by the French that they did not consider it necessary to add much to it. To begin with, the pavements that adorn the sidewalks of the city are vestiges of the French reign, and are the pride of Mauritians who consider them an integral part of Port-Louis. The port and the Garden of the Company are also the fruit of the French contribution to the country. For a relatively small city, Port-Louis is full of other historic places. One of them, the Aapravasi Ghat, has even been part of the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2006. The particularity of this place is that it welcomed the first Indian immigrants to the country in the nineteenth century. . When we know that today more than 70% of Mauritians have Indian origins, we can easily imagine the symbolism of the Aapravasi Ghat for the country. The list of historic places in Port Louis does not stop there. In addition to the places mentioned above, we will note the Blue Penny Museum, the Place d'Armes, the Port-Louis Theater, and the Parliament.

To go

By plane

• -20.4357.6831 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (IATA : MRU, Plaisance International Airport) Magnien plain (48 km south-east of Port-Louis) (last update Dec. 2016)

On a boat

By train

By bus

By car

Circulate

By car

To see

• -20.16451757.5065071 Saint-Louis Cathedral  (last update Feb. 2018)
• -20.15960257.5051582 Jummah Mosque  (last update Feb. 2018)

Do

To learn

To work

To buy

Eat

Cheap

Average price

Luxury

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Cheap

Average price

Luxury

• -20.1605157.495551 Le Suffren Hotel and Marina (Le Caudan Waterfront),   230 202 4900 (last update Feb. 2018)

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Diplomatic representations

• Canada 18 Jules Koenig Street, c / o Blanche Birger Co. Ltd., Port Louis,   230 212-5500, fax : 230 208-3391, e-mail : [email protected]  Mon.- Fri. : 8 h - 12 h. (last update Feb. 2018)
• -20.16653157.5004941 France 14 rue Saint Georges, Port Louis,   230 20 20 100, fax : 230 20 20 110, e-mail : [email protected] – Embassy (last update Feb. 2018)
• Egypt Sun Trust Building, 2nd Floor, Edith Cavell Street Port Louis, PO Box 30,   230 2131767, fax : 230 2131768, e-mail : [email protected]  30 h 16. (last update Feb. 2018)
• United States 4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Avenue. P.O Box 544, Port Louis,   230 202-4400, fax : 230 208-9534, e-mail : [email protected] (last update Feb. 2018)
• Greece P.O. Box 747, Bell Village, Port Louis, Mauritius,   230 212-0906, fax : 230 212-0910 (last update Feb. 2018)

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