Port Louis (District)

Coordinates: 20 ° 10 ′  S , 57 ° 31 ′  E

Port Louis District
Port Louis (2011)
Basic data
District capital:	Port Louis
Area :	42.7 km²
Residents :	119706 (2015)
Population density :	2800 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	MU-PL
Time zone :	UTC + 4
Location in Mauritius

Port Louis is a district of Mauritius . Its district capital is the eponymous Port Louis , the capital of Mauritius and the most important city in the district. For this reason, too, the largest port in Mauritius is located there.

Communities

Mauritius is divided into villages ("Village Council Areas") (VCA) for administrative purposes. The following table names the VCA which are (at least partially) in the district of Port Louis. The boundaries of the districts are not congruent with those of the municipalities. Municipalities are therefore sometimes assigned to two or three districts. There are six districts (ward) in the district of Port Louis.

No.	Place name	Demarcation
1111	Port Louis (Ward 1, East)	West in the Black River District
1112	Port Louis (Ward 2)	0
1113	Port Louis (Ward 3)	0
1114	Port Louis (Ward 4)	0
1115	Port Louis (Ward 5)	0
1116	Port Louis (Ward 6)	0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ministry of Finance & Economic Development: ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015 (PDF; 6.18 MB) Government of Mauritius. S. August 19, 2016. Accessed December 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Statistics Mauritius: Housing and population census 2011 , Volume II: Demographic and fertility characteristics , pp. 137-141, statsmauritius.govmu.org (PDF)

Web links

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