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Republic of Mauritius
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Capital: Port Louis
Total Area: 718.15 sq mi,1,860.00 sq km,(almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC)
Population: 1,189,825 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 1,451,156
Languages: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
Literacy: 82.9% total, 87.1% male, 78.8% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
Life Expectancy: 67.26 male, 75.31 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: parliamentary democracy
Currency: 1 Mauritian rupee (MauR) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita): $10,400 (2000 est.)
Industry: food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing; chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery; tourism
Agriculture: sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
Arable Land: 49%
Natural Resources: arable land, fish
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