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Mauritius
| Location |
Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar |
| Latitude and longitude |
20 17 S, 57 33 E |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Republic of Mauritius" |
| Population |
1,179,368 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
1,850 |
| Capital |
Port Louis |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius,
from the Institute of Environmental and Legal Studies, Mauritius |
| Constitution
of Mauritius, from the Parliament of the Republic of Mauritius |
Other legal documents online
|
| Bills,
including enacted bills,
from the Parliament of the Republic of Mauritius; prior years' bills are
linked in the Archives
section of this website |
| Laws
and Regulations from the Government of Mauritius |
|
Environmental
Laws, from the Institute of Environmental and Legal
Studies, Mauritius |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Central
Statistics Office, Mauritius |
| Country
profile: Mauritius, from the BBC News |
| Description du droit national,
from Droit Francophone (French) |
| Government of
Mauritius |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Mauritius,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2002) |
| Mauritius,
from the World Bank Group |
| Mauritius,
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1994) |
| Mauritius
and its Environment, from the Institute of Environmental
and Legal Studies, Mauritius |
| Parliament
of the Republic of Mauritius |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth
Office, Country
Profile: Mauritius |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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