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Mauritius - Introduction 1993
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Background: Discovered by the Portuguese in 1505 Mauritius was subsequently held by the Dutch French and British before independence was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record the country has attracted considerable foreign investment and has earned one of Africa's highest per capita incomes. Recent poor weather and declining sugar prices have slowed economic growth leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community.


Mauritius - Geography 1993
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Location:
Southern Africa, in the western Indian Ocean, 900 km east of
Madagascar


Geographic coordinates

Map referenceAfrica, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 1,860 km²
Land: 1,850 km²

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 177 km
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Maritime claims

Climate: tropical modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November; hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)

Terrain

Elevation

Natural resources: arable land, fish
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 54%
Permanent crops: 4%
Meadows and pastures: 4%
Forest and woodland: 31%
Other: 7%

Irrigated land: 170 km² (1989 est.)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Mauritius - People 1993
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Population: 1,106,516 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: 0.95% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Mauritian(s)
Adjective: Mauritian

Ethnic groups:
Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%,
Franco-Mauritian 2%


Languages: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori

Religions: Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 0.95% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 19.67 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 6.44 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -3.71 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: subject to cyclones (November to April; almost completely surrounded by reefs

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 19 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 70.24 years
Male: 66.34 years
Female: 74.3 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.23 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 13 and over can read and write (1962)
Male: 72%
Female: 50%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Mauritius - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Mauritius
Conventional short form: Mauritius

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Port Louis

Administrative divisions:
9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega
Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka,
Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*,
Savanne


Dependent areas

Independence: 12 March 1968 (from UK)

National holiday
Independence Day 12 March 1968 government coalition: Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), A. JUGNAUTH
Opposition: Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), Navin RAMGOOLMAN

Constitution: 12 March 1968

Legal system: based on French civil law system with elements of English common law in certain areas

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: president, vice president, prime minister, deputy prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)

Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO


Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Chitmansing JESSERAMSING
In the us chancery: Suite 134, 4,301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,008
In the us telephone: (202) 244-1491 or 1492
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador vacant
From the us embassy: 4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Street, Port Louis
From the us mailing address: 4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Street, Port Louis
From the us telephone: 230 208-9,763 through 208-9,767
From the us fax: 230 208-9,534

Flag descriptionflag of Mauritius: four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Mauritius - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: The economy is based on sugar, manufacturing (mainly textiles), and tourism. Sugarcane is grown on about 90% of the cultivated land area and accounts for 40% of export earnings. The government's development strategy is centered on industrialization (with a view to exports), agricultural diversification, and tourism. Economic performance in FY91 was impressive, with 6% real growth and low unemployment.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: 6.1% (FY91 est.)

Real gdp per capita: $2,300 (FY91 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounts for 10% of GDP; about 90% of cultivated land in sugarcane; other products - tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses, cattle, goats, fish; net food importer, especially rice and fish

Industries: food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, wearing apparel, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 7% (1990; accounts for 25% of GDP

Labor force: 335,000
By occupation government services: 29%
By occupation agriculture and fishing: 27%
By occupation manufacturing: 22%
By occupation other:
22%
43% of population of working age (1985)

Labor force

Unemployment rate: 2.4% (1991 est.)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $557 million; expenditures $607 million, including capital expenditures of $111 million (FY90)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990)
Partners: EC and US have preferential treatment, EC 77%, US 15%
Commodoties: manufactured goods 50%, capital equipment 17%, foodstuffs 13%, petroleum products 8%, chemicals 7%

Imports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1990)
Partners: EC, US, South Africa, Japan

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: Mauritian rupees (MauRs) per US$1 - 16.982 (January 1993), 15.563 (1992), 15.652 (1991), 14.839 (1990), 15.250 (1989), 13.438 (1988)


Mauritius - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 235,000 kW capacity; 630 million kWh produced, 570 kWh per capita (1992)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Mauritius - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Mauritius - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $5 million, 0.2% of GDP (FY89)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Mauritius - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 5
Usable: 4
With permanentsurface runways: 2
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 1

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine:
7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 103,328 GRT/163,142
DWT; includes 3 cargo, 1 liquefied gas, 3 bulk


Ports and terminals


Mauritius - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international:
claims UK-administered Chagos Archipelago, which includes the island of Diego Garcia in UK-administered British Indian Ocean
Territory; claims French-administered Tromelin Island


Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade


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