Rodrigues

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Rodrigues
Autonomous ooter island
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Motto(s): 
"Travail, Solidarité, Fierté" (French)
"Labour, Solidarity, Pride"
Anthem: Motherland
Islands o Mauritius labelled in black.
Islands o Mauritius labelled in black.
Coordinates: 19°43′S 63°25′E / 19.717°S 63.417°E / -19.717; 63.417Coordinates: 19°43′S 63°25′E / 19.717°S 63.417°E / -19.717; 63.417
Kintra Mauritius
CaipitalPort Mathurin
Govrenment
 • BodiRegional Assembly
 • Chief CommissionerSerge Clair
 • Chief ExecutiveDavis Hee Hong Wye
 • Meenister for RodriguesSir Anerood Jugnauth
Area
 • Total108 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[note 1]
 • Total41,669
 • Estimate 
(2013)
38,379[2]
 • Density386/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Rodriguan
Leids
 • Vernacular leids
Time zoneUTC+4 (MUT)
Cawin code+230
SillerMauritian rupee (MUR)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives onleft
Internet TLD.mu

Rodrigues (French: île Rodrigues) is an autonomous ooter island o the Republic o Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, aboot 560 kilometre (350 mi) east o Mauritius.[1]

Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Census of 2000
  2. In pairlament Inglis is offeecial an French can be uised.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b "Geography − location". Government of Mauritius. Archived frae the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 10 Mairch 2012.
  2. Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (1 Julie 2014). "Population and Vital Statistics Jan-June 2014" (PDF). Government of Mauritius: n/a. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 Julie 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Article 49 of The Constitution". National Assembly of Mauritius. Archived frae the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2011.