| Country name: |
Mauritius |
| Capital: |
Port Louis |
| Country code: |
340 |
| Continent: |
Africa |
| Currency name: |
Mauritian rupee |
| Independence: |
1968-03-12 00:00:00 |
| Independent from: |
from the UK |
| Total area (km2): |
2,040 |
| Land area (km2): |
2,030 |
| Water area (km2): |
10 |
| Population: |
1,322,238 |
| Population note: |
1,322,238 (July 2013 est.) |
| Official language: |
In parliament English is official and French can be used. |
| All 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) |
| Time zone: |
MUT (UTC+4) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+4) |
| Date format: |
dd/mm/yyyy |
| Drive on: |
left |
| Calling code: |
+230 |
| Domain: |
.mu |
