Global Network Mauritius

GN Code: GNMUS

President: Roland Dubois, rdubois@IVTB.INTNET.MU

About Mauritius

National name: Republic of Mauritius

Language: English, French (both official); Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori

Capital: Port Louis

Government type: Parliamentary democracy within the British Commonwealth

National holiday: Independence Day, 12 March (1968)

Currency: Mauritian Rupee

Area: 788 sq. mile (2,040 sq. km)

Population: (2006 est.) 1,240,827

Population density: per sq.mile:1,583

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.9%
15-64 years: 69.5%
65 years and over: 6.6%

Median age:
total: 30.8 years
male: 30 years
female: 31.8 years

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $16.28 billion; per capita $13,200

Labor force: 570,000; construction and industry 36%, services 24%, agriculture and fishing 14%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, transportation and communication 7%, finance 3% (1995)

Natural resources: arable land, fish

Industries: food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism

Exports: $1.949 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Exports commodities: clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses

Imports: $2.507 billion (2005 est.)

Imports commodities: manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals