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  2. Timeline of Port Louis - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Port Louis on the island of Mauritius This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  3. Culture of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Chinatown of Mauritius, Port Louis, 1960s. The Chinatown of Mauritius is situated in Port Louis. The Chinatown emerged in a city which is marked by the strong racial segregation of the 18th century. [37]: 133 A small Chinatown was already forming in Port Louis in the mid-1780s, and in the mid-1840s, Port Louis market was dominated by Chinese ...

  4. Port Louis District - Wikipedia

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    Port Louis (French: Port-Louis) is a district of Mauritius, located in the northwest of the island, it is the island nation's smallest district and has the highest population density. The district wholly encompasses Port Louis , the capital of the country.

  5. Port Louis - Wikipedia

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    The skyline of Port Louis, dominated by the Bank of Mauritius Tower. Port Louis is the financial centre of Mauritius, which has established itself as safe and trusted location for conducting business due to its strong democracy, political stability, and multilingual population. Located in Port Louis is the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Also in ...

  6. Natural History Museum, Port Louis - Wikipedia

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    The museum is the oldest in Mauritius. The museum building was constructed in 1880. [ 1 ] On 22 December 2021, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth inaugurated the Mauritian Ex-Servicemen's World War I and World War II Tribute Gallery inside the museum.

  7. List of mayors of Port Louis - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Lord mayors of the city of Port Louis on the island of Mauritius. The island was under French rule until 1810, when the British took power. Mauritius became independent in 1968. Thomas Enouf, 1790 [1] François Fressanges, 1791; Louis Ricard de Bignicourt, 1791; Louis Etienne Gilbert Grison de Marneville, 1792

  8. History of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    He also made Port Louis become a municipality so that the citizens could administer the town through their own elected representatives. A street has been named after him in Port Louis, and his bust was erected in the Jardin de la Compagnie in 1906. [16] One of the most important events was the abolition of slavery on 1 February 1835.

  9. Joseph Tsang Mang Kin - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Tsang Mang Kin was born on 12 March 1938, in Chinatown, Port-Louis, Mauritius, as the second child of the family. Willy Tsang Mang Kin, his father, born in 1910, was a Chinese, namely Hakka , immigrant from Moyen , Canton, who settled in Mauritius in 1932, at age 22, and his mother, Solange Atuchen (Wong Sen Siou), was born at Mount ...