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Website. Municipal Council Website. Quatre Bornes (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [kat (ʁe) boːn]), also known as La Ville des Fleurs (The City of Flowers), is a town in Mauritius, located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its western part lies in the Rivière Noire District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Quatre ...
Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
The wildlife of Mauritius consists of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world. Many of these are now threatened with extinction because ...
WGSRPD code: MAU ( level 3) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of Mauritius. This category contains the native flora of Mauritius as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
Mauritius has collected some gold, silver and bronze medals at the Jeux des Iles de l'Océan Indien (JIOI). [52] The second and the fifth editions were hosted by Mauritius in 1985 and 2003 respectively. Mauritius also organised the JIOI in 2019, where the Mauritian athletes dominated the games and won numerous gold medals and the competition.
Flag of Mauritius. Four horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green. A red field with the national flag in and the coat of arms in a white circle on the fly side. A navy blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, with the coat of arms on the fly side of the flag. A white field with a blue band on each side, followed by two red ...
Mauritius was later rediscovered and visited by the Portuguese between 1507 and 1513. Mauritius and surrounding islands were known as the Mascarene Islands (Ilhas Mascarenhas) after Pedro Mascarenhas. Portuguese discoveries 1415–1543 in the Reign of D. João III (verde) An official world map by Diogo Ribeiro described "from west to east, the ...
Media in category "Featured pictures of Mauritius" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) male 2.jpg 3,050 × 2,034; 2.49 MB