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The Tour de Maurice is a multi-day road cycling race annually held in Mauritius.Since 2023 it has been held as a 2.2 category event on the UCI Africa Tour. [1]Chris Froome notably won the 2006 edition of the race, while still riding under Kenyan nationality.
Road signs in Mauritius are standardised traffic signs used in Mauritius according to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1990 (French: Règlement sur la Signalisation Routière 1990). They are heavily modelled on road signs in the United Kingdom , since Mauritius is a former British colony and drives on the left .
Rivière du Rempart (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [ʁivjɛː dʒi ʁɑ̃pɑː]) is a district of Mauritius, located in the north-east of the island. It has an area of 147.6 km² and an estimated population of 108,005, as of 31 December 2015.
Over 35 sports federations are organized under the aegis of the Mauritius Sports Council. [25] Popular activities include football, volleyball, a range of martial arts (Karate, Taekwon Do, Wushu), table tennis, badminton, and pétanque, which is a form of boules. The Mauritius National Olympic committee is also based in Port Louis.
Even though Mauritius was a British colony, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C) began to come to Mauritius only from 1962. The Mauritius-London itinerary took 26 hours, with 4 stops. In 1967, a Boeing 707, capable of carrying 160 passengers was introduced on the Paris-Mauritius line, decreasing the travel time to 18 hours. [1]
In 2019, Mauritius recognised one of its new Hope Spots, the Black River District Hope Spot, in support of unifying the local marine conservation community. [ 4 ] Hope Spots were pioneered by Dr. Sylvia Alice Earle, an American marine biologist , oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.
Places of interest include the "La Cave Madame" in the Royal Road, the public beach, the lava tubes and the "Pointe de Roches Noires", also known as "La mer Milles". [2] There are currently plans to build a smart city in the area. It would encompass 10% of the 359 hectares between the village of Roches Noire and the coastal road.
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).