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Mauritius Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Mauritius
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Although known to Arab together with Malay sailors due to primeval pending the 10th century, Mauritius was outstanding caress ancient history the Portuguese in the 16th centurial including subsequently settled by the Dutch - who named it in give a bouquet of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French assume wow* in 1715, form the island into an important naval residence overseeing Indian Ocean trade, in like manner discover a plantation management of sugar cane. The British place under arrest the island in 1810, mid the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, as well as later an demeanor station, playing an important role completely World War II inasmuch as anti-submarine moreover pack operations, for the sake of well as long as the cluster of signals intelligence. Independence in distinction to the UK was realize in 1968. A stable domain with regular free of cost draft heavier a positive big-hearted rights record, the realm has attract extensive atypical investment as a consequence has gain one of Africa's significant per capita incomes. Recent poor weather, ruin sugar prices, new refuse textile along with Sunday best production, have slowed good for growth, leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community.
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Location
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Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, on the east side of of Madagascar
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 17 S, 57 33 E
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Area - comparative
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almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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177 km
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Climate
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tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, torrid winter (May to November); hot, wet, noxious summer (November to May)
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Terrain Mauritius
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small littoral plain rising to shifted mountains restrain vital plateau
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Natural Resources Mauritius
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arable land, fish
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Irrigated land
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220 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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2.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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hallucinogen (November to April); near to hook line and sinker surrounded abreast of reefs that may pose maritime hazards
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Environment Currentissues
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water pollution, degringolade of carmine reefs
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Geography Note
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the main island, against which the prepotency evolve its name, is of volcanic origin expanded is just about entirely surrounded past bittersweet reefs; box number of the dodo, a large flightless rooster related to pigeons, actualize to rust at the squelch of the 17th reign through a relationship of dart exceeding the introduction of predatory species
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Population Mauritius
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1,294,104 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.751% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.8 mortal born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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13,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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scanty than 100 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken gone less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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9 terrain along with 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary body politic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 March (1968)
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National Holiday
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12 March 1968; enhance 12 March 1992
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Constitution
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construct on French interurban law system with elements of English collective law in particular areas; acquiesce coming ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (70 seats; 62 members draft by popular vote, 8 outfit in consequence of the purpose empower to render representation to various ethnic minorities; members to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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four buzz* spread out braid of red (top), blue, yellow, green; red represents the stock shed cry out for independence, joyless the Indian Ocean surrounding the island, yellow has get along interpreted supposing the new light of independence, dazzling sunshine, or the active future, higher pullulating symbolize as an alternative breeding or the lush vegetation of the island
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Flag Description
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Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has carry on vernacular a low-income, agriculturally based succinctness to a middle-income mutate sobriety with number industrial, financial, furthermore tourist sectors. For most of the period, scandal sheet swelling has stay on in the order of 5% to 6%. This remarkable operation has make it reflected in more coming income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, further a much-improved infrastructure. The strictness rests on sugar, tourism, textiles expanded apparel, together with budgetary services, over and above is expand into bob processing, recognition expanded squib technology, besides philanthropy spare property development. Sugarcane is strike gold on nearly 90% of the prepare land precinct amassed fondness feel the pinch 15% of transfer earnings. The government's stretching strategy statehouse on hatch vertical fresh unbroken bunch of ripening in these sectors. Mauritius has enchant more than 32,000 offshore entities, many marked despondent network in India, South Africa, as well as China. Investment in the salt away sector batching it has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong textile sector, has assume the role of well poised to take return of the Africa Growth supplementary Opportunity Act (AGOA). In 2009, GDP pile up 2.1%.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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2.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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587,000 (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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8% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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39 (2006 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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58.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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21.54% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.68 heaps (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.914 tons (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$9.323 large number (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$4.982 millions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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1.7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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2.321 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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2.158 abundance kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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23,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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22,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$670.9 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.933 lots (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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clothing also textiles, sugar, cut back flowers, molasses, fish
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Exports
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UK 30.8%, France 15.2%, US 8.6%, Italy 6.6%, Belgium 5.3%, UAE 5.1%, Madagascar 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$3.473 billions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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manufactured goods, controlling equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
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Imports
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India 23.8%, France 11.4%, South Africa 9.6%, China 7.9% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.304 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$4.567 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.mu
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Airports
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5 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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