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Mauritius

Introduction

Mauritius is an East African country established in 1968 by the French. It attained Independence on 12th March 1968.

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Political It has a presidential with legislature form of government. The last elections were held on 10th December 2014. (Source, International Foundation for Electoral Systems)
Economical

The currency is Mauritian Rupee – MUR and the main economic activity is Services.

GDP latest $12.63 billion (2014)

Gini Coefficient 35.8 (2013)

(Source, World Bank)

ICT

ccTLD is .mu

Penetration of Internet 60.0 % (Source, ICTA)

Regulator is Information and Communication Technologies Authority.

Population

The country’s population stood at 1.261 Million as at December 2014.

Urbanization/Rural population ratio as at December 2015 was at 40.2:59.8

(Source, United Nations Population Department)

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