Districts of Mauritius explained

The Districts of the Republic of Mauritius are the second-level administrative divisions after the Outer Islands of Mauritius.

Mauritius Island

Mauritius Island is divided into nine districts which consist of one city, four towns, and 130 villages. Its capital is Port Louis.

The Plaines Wilhems District consists mainly of four towns: Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes, and Vacoas-Phoenix. The other districts consist of different villages, some of which are further divided into suburbs. As of December 31, 2012, the urban population stood at 536,086 and the rural population was 718,925.^[1]

Districts	Area km^2	Population ('000, 2021)^[2]
	297.9	138.7
	260.3	112.6
	230.5	83.8
	178.7	142.4
	203.3	365.4
	42.7	117.5
	147.6	108.1
	259	85.2
	244.8	68.2
Total	1864.8	1 266.1

Autonomous region

Rodrigues used to be the tenth district of Mauritius, until the island gained autonomy in 2002. Its capital is Port Mathurin.

Dependencies of Mauritius

1. Agaléga.
2. Saint Brandon

The capital of Agaléga is Vingt-Cinq.

Saint Brandon is sparsely populated, its main settlement is Île Raphael (pop. 40).

See also

• • List of places in Mauritius
• Outer Islands of Mauritius

Notes and References

1. ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2012. Government of Mauritius. 22. Ministry of Finance & Economic Development. 31 December. 2012. 20 October 2013. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070337/http://statsmauritius.gov.mu/English/Publications/Documents/Regular%20Reports/annual%20digest/annualdig12.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Statistics Mauritius . Mauritius in Figures and Annual Digest of Statistics . 8 February 2023.