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The Mauritian rupee (sign: Re (singular) and Rs (plural); ISO code: MUR; pronounced) is the currency of Mauritius. One rupee is subdivided into 100 cents. One rupee is subdivided into 100 cents. Several other currencies are also called rupee .
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 economy of Mauritius is a mixed developing economy based on agriculture, exports, financial services, and tourism. [14] Since the 1980s, the government of Mauritius has sought to diversify the country's economy beyond its dependence on just agriculture, particularly sugar production.
Seewoosagur "Kewal" Ramgoolam, was born on 18 September 1900 at Belle Rive, Mauritius, in the district of Flacq in a Bhojpuri speaking Hindu Indo-Mauritian family. His father, Moheeth Ramgoolam also known as Mohit Mahto was an Indian immigrant labourer belonging to the Kurmi broader Vaishya community.
The dollar circulated alongside sterling and the Indian rupee. An unofficial exchange rate of 2 rupees to the dollar was used, although this overvalued the rupee for a time. In 1877, the Mauritian rupee was introduced. It replaced the dollar at a rate of 2 rupees = 1 dollar.
Rupee (UK: / ˌ r uː ˈ p iː /, US: / ˈ r uː p iː /) [1] [2] is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien ...
Mauritius: Mauritian rupee: Re or Rs (pl.) MUR Cent: 100 Mexico: Mexican peso $ MXN Centavo: 100 Micronesia: United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100 Moldova: Moldovan leu: Leu or Lei (pl.) MDL Ban: 100 Monaco: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Mongolia: Mongolian tögrög ₮ MNT Möngö: 100 Montenegro: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Montserrat: Eastern Caribbean ...
East African rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda; French Indian rupee – French India; Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Empirates; Hyderabad rupee – Hyderabad; Indian rupee (रुपया) – India; Javan rupee – Java; Mauritian rupee – Mauritius; Nepalese rupee (रुपैयाँ) – Nepal