Port Louis
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Port Louis | |
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Ceety | |
 Aerial view o Port Louis | |
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| Motto(s): "Concordia et Progressio" (Laitin for "Harmony an Progress") | |
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| Coordinates: 20°9′51.7896″S 57°30′14.7738″E / 20.164386000°S 57.504103833°ECoordinates: 20°9′51.7896″S 57°30′14.7738″E / 20.164386000°S 57.504103833°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 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.7 km2 (18.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 148,001 |
| • Rank | 1st in Mauritius |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MUT) |
| Website | 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).
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
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 King Louis XV. The first Govrenor wis Coont Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.
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- ↑ "Municipal & District Councils in Mauritius". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 24 Julie 2012. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2012). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2012" (PDF). 31 December. Government of Mauritius: 22. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Le Port est jumelé à quatre villes portuaires (in French)
- ↑ Ville de la Possession - Jumelages
- 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
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