Port Louis

Port Louis (Template:IPA-fr) is the caipital o Mauritius. It is the lairgest ceety o the kintra an main port, which borders the Indian Ocean. It is locatit in the Port Louis Destrict. The population is 147,688 (2003 census).

Port Louis Centre

History

Port Louis wis awready in uise as a harbor in 1638. In 1735, unner French govrenment, it became the admeenistrative center o Mauritius an a major reproveesionin halt for French ships travellin aroond the Cape o Guid Howp. The Port is named in honour o Keeng Louis XV. The first Govrenor wis Coont Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.

Sister ceeties

• Ahmedabad Ahmedabad
• Saint-Malo, syne 1999.
• Quebec Quebec

References

• Malcolm de Chazal, Petrusmok, The Standard Printing Est., 1951, La Table Ovale, 1979.
• Marie-Thérèse Humbert , La montagne des signaux, Paris : Stock, 1994
• Khal Torabully, Kot sa parol la - Rôde parole, poésie en créole et français, éditions Le Printemps, 1996, Maurice.

Freemit airtins

• Port Louis Travel Guide
• Municipal wabsteid

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