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Transportation of Mauritius

Airports:6 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Roadways:total: 2,020 km
paved: 2,020 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 6 ships (1000 GRT or over) 22,386 GRT/23,214 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, passenger/cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: 4 (India 2, Switzerland 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Port Louis

Mauritius Quickstats

  • Population: 1,250,882 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 2,040 sq km
  • Density: 616 /km² (17th)
  • GDP (total): $16.0 billion (119th)
  • GDP (per capita): $13,703 (51st)
  • Literacy: 84.4%

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  • Currency: Mauritian rupee (MUR)
  • Dial code: +230

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