Bel Air Rivière Sèche (Bel Air Rivière Sèche)
Bel Air Rivière Sèche, more often referred to simply as Bel Air, is a village in the Flacq district of Mauritius. The village is administered by the Bel Air Rivière Sèche Village Council under the aegis of the Flacq District Council. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2011, the population was at 17,605.
* Districts of Mauritius
* List of places in Mauritius
* Districts of Mauritius
* List of places in Mauritius
Map - Bel Air Rivière Sèche (Bel Air Rivière Sèche)
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Country - Mauritius
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Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it Dina Arobi. In 1507, Portuguese sailors visited the uninhabited island. The island appears with the Portuguese names Cirne or Do-Cerne on early Portuguese maps. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about 120 years, before abandoning their efforts in 1710. France took control in 1715, renaming it Isle de France. In 1810, the United Kingdom seized the island, and four years later, in the Treaty of Paris, France ceded Mauritius and its dependencies to the United Kingdom. The British colony of Mauritius included Rodrigues, Agaléga, St. Brandon, the Chagos Archipelago, and, until 1906, the Seychelles. Mauritius and France dispute sovereignty over the island of Tromelin as the Treaty of Paris failed to mention it specifically. Mauritius remained a primarily plantation-based colony of the United Kingdom until independence in 1968.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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MUR | Mauritian rupee | ₨ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
FR | French language |