Port Louis
Port Louis | |
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Ceety | |
 Aerial view o Port Louis | |
 Banner  Seal | |
| Motto(s): "Concordia et Progressio" (Laitin for "Harmony an Progress") | |
  Port Louis Municipal Cooncil location | |
| Coordinates: 20°9′51.7896″S 57°30′14.7738″E / 20.164386000°S 57.504103833°ECoordinates: 20°9′51.7896″S 57°30′14.7738″E / 20.164386000°S 57.504103833°E | |
| Country |  Mauritius |
| Destricts | Port Louis Destrict |
| Toun | 25 August 1966 |
| Ceety | 12 December 2011 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Municipality |
| • Lord Mayor | Aslam Adam Hossenally |
| • Deputy Lord Mayor | Mrs Marie Christiane Dorine CHUKOWRY |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.7 km2 (18.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 148,001 |
| • Rank | 1st in Mauritius |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MUT) |
| Website | Municipal Council |
Port Louis (French pronunciation: [pɔʁlwi]) is the caipital o Mauritius. It is the lairgest ceety o the kintra an main port, that borders the Indian Ocean. It is locatit in the Port Louis Destrict. The population is 147,688 (2003 census).
History
Port Louis wis awready in uiss as a harbour in 1638. In 1735, unner French govrenment, it becam the admeenistrative centre o Mauritius an a major reproveesionin halt for French ships traivellin aroond the Cape o Guid Howp. The Port is named in honour o King Louis XV. The first Govrenor wis Coont Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.
Sister ceeties
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References
- ↑ "Municipal & District Councils in Mauritius". Government of Mauritius. Archived frae the original on 29 Julie 2010. Retrieved 24 Julie 2012. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2012). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2012" (PDF). 31 December. Government of Mauritius: 22. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Le Port est jumelé à quatre villes portuaires Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ↑ Ville de la Possession - Jumelages Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Malcolm de Chazal, Petrusmok, The Standard Printing Est., 1951, La Table Ovale, 1979
- Marie-Thérèse Humbert, La montagne des signaux, Paris: Stock, 1994
- Khal Torabully, Kot sa parol la - Rôde parole, poésie en créole et français, Mauritius: éditions Le Printemps, 1996
Fremmit airtins
- Port Louis Travel Guide Archived 2009-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Municipal wabsteid Archived 2006-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
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