Port Louis

Port Louis
Ceety
Aerial view o Port Louis
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Motto: "Concordia et Progressio" (Laitin for "Harmony an Progress")
Port Louis Municipal Cooncil location
Coordinates: 20°9′51.7896″S 57°30′14.7738″E
Country	Mauritius
Destricts	Port Louis Destrict
Toun	25 August 1966
Ceety	12 December 2011
Govrenment
• Teep	Municipality
• Lord Mayor	Aslam Adam Hossenally
• Deputy Lord Mayor	Mrs Marie Christiane Dorine CHUKOWRY
Aurie
• Tot	46.7 km2 (18.0 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Tot	148,001
• Rank	1st in Mauritius
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Time zone	MUT (UTC+4)
Wabsteid	Municipal Council

Port Louis (French pronunciation: [pɔʁlwi]) is the caipital o Mauritius. It is the lairgest ceety o the kintra an main port, that 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 uiss as a harbour in 1638. In 1735, unner French govrenment, it becam the admeenistrative centre o Mauritius an a major reproveesionin halt for French ships traivellin 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

Le Port Réunion La Possession, syne 1979. Ahmedabad, Indie Saint-Malo, Fraunce syne 1999 Quebec Ceety, Canadae

Doha, Qatar Foshan, Cheenae Franceville, Gabon Jaipur, Indie Surat, Indie

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, Mauritius: éditions Le Printemps, 1996

Fremmit airtins

• Port Louis Travel Guide
• Municipal wabsteid