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Country
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Mauritius |
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Leader
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President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
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President: Rajkeswur " Kailash" Purryag
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Population
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186,817
| 1,322,238
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Life Expectancy
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63.860 years
| 74.940 years
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Capital City
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| Port Louis
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Largest city
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| Sao Tome (population: 53,300) | Port Louis (population: 155,226) |
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Human Development Index
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0.643
| 0.802
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| GDP per capita |
| $15,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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84.9%
| 84.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.7
| 5.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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1.8%
| 17.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 8.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| 12 March 1968 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
| 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 |
Portuguese (official)
| 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 |
| $5,768,000,000 US
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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 |
| 0.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
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| Location |
Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
| Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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| Area |
964 km sq
| 2,040 km sq
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| Coastline |
209 km
| 177 km
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| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
| tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
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