Mauritius, island republic in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. The state consists of the island of Mauritius, the island of Rodrigues, the Agalega Islands and the Cargados-Carajos Islands. The island of Mauritius is of volcanic origin. To the interior of the island, the land gently rises from the north to a high plateau with several lakes. Many rivers also spring from here. The island is almost completely surrounded by coral reefs. The capital, Port Louis, has an ocean port. The climate is tropical, the average annual temperature is 26.7 ° C, on the coast.
cultivation and processing of sugar cane is one of the main economic activities of the island. Sugar cane plantations account for more than half of the country's agricultural land. The cultivation and processing of tea, peanuts and tobacco are of greater economic importance.
Mauritius was known to the Arabs as early as the 10th century; in the early 16th century the Portuguese reached the island. It was taken over by the Dutch in 1598, and named Moritz after the then-named landowner of the Netherlands. The Dutch left the island in 1710 and in 1715 they were taken over by the French and renamed Île de France. The British captured Mauritius in 1810.
Mauritius became independendent on March 12,1968.
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In the capital, Port Luis worth seeing is the State Bank building, the garden of the East India Society, the Citadel and the theater.
Mauritius is also famous for its stamps, the Red and Blue Mauritius (known as the "Red Penny" and the "Blue Penny"). They were printed in 1847 when Mauritius became the fifth country in the world to use stamps. They are very rare today and therefore very valuable. One of the four unstamed Blue Mauritius is to be admired in the Blue Penny Museum.
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