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Country
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Mauritius |
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Leader
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President: Rajkeswur Purryag
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Head of state: Pope Benedict XVI
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Population
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1,313,095
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Life Expectancy
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74.710 years
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Capital City
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Port Louis
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Largest city
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| Port Louis (population: 155,226) | Vatican City (population: 921) |
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Human Development Index
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0.802
| NA
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| GDP per capita |
$15,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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84.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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5.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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17.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.800%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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12 March 1968 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
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| External Debt |
$5,205,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
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| Location |
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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| Area |
2,040 km sq
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| Coastline |
177 km
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| Climate |
tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
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