| NAME: | MAURITIUS |
| FLAG: |  |
| LOCATION: |  |
| CAPITAL: | Port Louis |
| CURRENCY: | Mauritian rupee (MUR) |
| POPULATION: | 1,259,838 |
| LANGUAGE: | Mauritian Creole French English |
| INDEPENDENCE: | 12 March 1968 |
| MOTTO: | "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici" (Latin) "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean" |
| DEMONYM: | Mauritian |
| COAT OF ALMS: |  |
| ANTHEM: | Motherland |
| PRESIDENT: | Kailash Purryag |
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