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GeographyLocation: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 177 km
PeoplePopulation: 1,127,068 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.89% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 18.91 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.38 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -3.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian2% Religions: Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1% Languages: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Port Louis Independence: 12 March 1968 (from UK) Constitution: 12 March 1968; amended 12 March 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $9.3 billion National product real growth rate: 4.7% National product per capita: $8,600 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.4% Unemployment rate: 2.4%
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |