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The Republic of Mauritius
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Flag Colors & Description

The flag of Mauritius consists of four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green.

People

Population: 1,240,827 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): 0.82% (2006 estimate)

Gdp: $16.72 billion (2006 estimate) (per capita): $13,500 (2006 estimate)

Languages:
 Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)

Government

Capital: Port Louis

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Geography

Natural Resources: arable land, fish

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