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A barachois is a term used in Atlantic Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Réunion and Mauritius to describe a coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar. Sometimes the bar is constructed of boulders, as is the case at Freshwater Bay near St. John’s, Newfoundland.
A 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) railway tunnel dug in the big lava flow separating Saint-Denis from La Possession was started in 1878 and completed in 1881, allowing trains to connect Saint-Denis with the new seaport of La Réunion under construction at Le Port in replacement of the old harbor of Barachois in Saint-Denis. It was the third-longest ...
Tamarin (Mauritian Creole pronunciation:) is a village on the western coast of Mauritius. It has long been the seat of the council district of Rivière Noire (Black River). The district council recently moved to its new headquarters in Bambous , this village being more accessible to the villagers.
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
Roland Garros Airport serves the island, handling flights to mainland France, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania, Comoros, Seychelles, South Africa, China and Thailand. Pierrefonds Airport, a smaller airport, has some flights to Mauritius and Madagascar. In 2019 a light rail system was proposed to link Le Barachois with the airport. [121]
Mauritius accepted the convention on September 19, 1995, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [2] As of 2024, Mauritius has two World Heritage Sites. [2] Aapravasi Ghat was inscribed on the list at the 30th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2006. Le Morne Brabant was added
Mauritius Island is divided into nine districts which consist of one city, four towns, and 130 villages. Its capital is Port Louis. The Plaines Wilhems District consists mainly of four towns: Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes, and Vacoas-Phoenix. The other districts consist of different villages, some of which are further divided ...
Mauritius is a multi-ethnic, multilingual and a plural society with a population composed mainly of four major ethnic and religious groups. It is often depicted as a "rainbow nation". [1] [2] The island of Mauritius did not have any indigenous population and has been characterized by successive waves of European colonization and multiple ...