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Albion is a locality situated within the Rivière Noire District of Mauritius. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 6,042 inhabitants. It is part of the District Council of Black River. The coastal area adjacent to Albion is encircled by reefs, a characteristic typical of Mauritius.
—Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Universe, 393b Pliny the Elder, in the fourth book of his Natural History likewise calls Great Britain Albion. He begins his chapter on the British Isles as follows, after describing the Rhine delta: Ex adverso huius situs Britannia insula clara Graecis nostrisque monimentis inter septentrionem et occidentem iacet, Germaniae, Galliae, Hispaniae, multo maximis ...
Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
In 2019, Mauritius recognised one of its new Hope Spots, the Black River District Hope Spot, in support of unifying the local marine conservation community. [ 4 ] Hope Spots were pioneered by Dr. Sylvia Alice Earle, an American marine biologist , oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.
Soon after the sale of Lonhro's and Illovo's sugar estates and factories in Mauritius the original Illovo Deal was conceived in 2001 in order to transfer ownership of these assets with the government's intervention. However this eventually resulted in the sale of the factories and large parcels of agricultural land to the detriment of Mauritian ...
On a chilly day, there’s nothing more comforting than curling up under a cozy blanket with a warm cup of tea. But tea offers much more than just comfort and hydration in cold weather.
Name District(s) Population (Census 2015) Albion: Rivière Noire: 5,205 Amaury: Rivière du Rempart Flacq: 2,960 Amitié-Gokhoola: Rivière du Rempart: 2,256
The Seven Coloured Earths are a geological formation and prominent tourist attraction found in the Chamarel plain of the Rivière Noire District in south-western Mauritius.It is a relatively small area of sand dunes comprising sand of seven distinct colours (approximately red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow).