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Curepipe (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [kiːəpip]) also known as La Ville-Lumière (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its eastern part lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepipe. Curepipe lies at a higher elevation, often referred to as ...
The gazebo, located on the gardens' front lawn, is occasionally used for events. Entrance to the garden is free. It covers an area of roughly 27 acres, and is situated about 2 km to the west of the Curepipe town centre in Route des Jardins. The main entrance is on Botanical Garden Street at Les Casernes, and a secondary entrance is located at ...
Trou aux Cerfs (also known as Murr's Volcano) is a dormant, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m (1,985 ft) high and located in Curepipe, Mauritius.
The nature park entrance is located just off the A10 road, in the region of Forest Side, about 3 kilometres south-east of the Curepipe Town Centre. View over the indigenous forest canopy from lookout point. It is the most easily accessed of any indigenous Mauritian forest, being closest to any central urban area.
The autonomous island of Rodrigues is located 560 km (350 mi) to the east of Mauritius, with an area 108 km 2 (42 sq mi). [118] Rodrigues is a volcanic island rising from a ridge along the edge of the Mascarene Plateau .
MU-PW (P laines W ilhems) Plaines Wilhems (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [plɛn wilɛmz]) is a district of Mauritius. It is the most populous district, with an estimated population of 366,506 at the end of 2018. [1] The district is mainly urban; it consists of four towns, the village of Midlands and part of two other villages.
St. Joseph's College is a Catholic boys' secondary school located in Curepipe, Mauritius. It is one of the main secondary schools in Curepipe and Mauritius. Opened by the Brothers of Christian Schools in January 1877, it has been administered by the Diocese of Port-Louis since 1985. Its motto is Ad altiora cum Christo.
Mare aux Vacoas. Mare aux Vacoas is the largest reservoir in Mauritius. It is located in Plaines Wilhems, in the southwest of the island, to the south of the town of Curepipe. It has a capacity of 25,890,000 cubic metres (914,000,000 cu ft) and provides water to the upper Plaines Wilhems and to Moka. It was constructed in 1885.