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  2.                                         MAURITIUS 
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  4.                                            3B8 
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  6.         OFFICIAL NAME:Mauritius.
  7.         LOCATION:Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.
  8.         LAT/LONG:20.3S/57.5E
  9.         CONTINENT:Africa.
  10.         ZONES-ITU:53  CQ:39
  11.         TIME:+4 Hrs. (+5 Hrs.during summer).
  12.         AREA:718 Sq.M.  1,860 Sq.Km.
  13.         POPULATION:1,079,627  DENSITY:1,504/Sq.M.  (581/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:1.87%
  14.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:67
  15.         LITERACY RATE:79%
  16.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:Parliamentary democracy.
  17.         CAPITAL:Port Louis.
  18.         LANGUAGES:English is official; Hindi, Chinese, French, Creole, Hakka, 
  19.         Bojpoori.
  20.         RELIGIONS:51% Hindu, 30% Christian (mostly Catholic with some 
  21.         Anglicans), 17% Muslim.
  22.         CURRENCY:Mauritian rupee.
  23.         GDP:$1 billion  ($940 per capita)  REAL GROWTH RATE:6% (1985/6 est.).
  24.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:mainly food manufacturing (largely sugar milling); 
  25.         textiles and wearing apparel, chemical and chemical products, metal 
  26.         products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery.
  27.         AGRICULTURE:sugar crop is major economic asset; about 90% of cultivated
  28.         land is planted in sugar; also sugar derivatives, tea, tobacco; most 
  29.         food is imported.
  30.         EXPORTS:sugar, textiles.  ($442 million).
  31.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:48,000 telephones; 2 AM, 4 TV stations; 1 Indian 
  32.         Ocean satellite station.
  33.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:12 March (Independence Day).
  34.         COMMERCIAL POWER:230/400V; 50Hz.
  35.         MISC:Mauritius is almost completely surrounded by reefs. It has a 
  36.         tropical climate, modified by southeast trade winds. The island is 
  37.         subject to cyclones from November to April. 54% of the land is arable. 
  38.         Mauritius is home to the Dodo bird. Member of Commonwealth of Nations.
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  40.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:no)
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