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Districts of Mauritius

Second-level administrative divisions of Mauritius

Summary

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

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 31 December 2012, the urban population stood at 536,086 and the rural population was 718,925.

DistrictsArea km2last1=Statistics Mauritiustitle=Mauritius in Figures and Annual Digest of Statisticsurl=https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Statistics/By_Subject/Other/SB_Other.aspxaccess-date=8 February 2023}}
Flacq297.9138.7
Grand Port260.3112.6
Moka230.583.8
Pamplemousses178.7142.4
Plaines Wilhems203.3365.4
Port Louis42.7117.5
Rivière du Rempart147.6108.1
Rivière Noire25985.2
Savanne244.868.2
Total1864.81 266.1

Autonomous region and Villages

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

Autonomous regionArea km2Population (2025)
Rodrigues10844.3k

Dependencies of Mauritius

  1. Agaléga.
  2. Saint Brandon
  3. Chagos Archipelago
  4. Tromelin Island

The capital of Agaléga is Vingt-Cinq.

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

Chagos Archipelago was an overseas British territory given to Mauritius. Its capital is Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Tromelin Island has an ongoing dispute with the French Southern And Antarctic Lands part of France. Debated on whether part of Mauritius or not.

References

References

  1. Ministry of Finance & Economic Development. (2012). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2012". Government of Mauritius.
  2. "Mauritius in Figures and Annual Digest of Statistics".
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