Vacoas-Phoenix
Vacoas-Phoenix | ||
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Vacoas-Phoenix Municipal Council |
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Basic data | ||
Region: | Plaines Wilhems | |
Coordinates: | 20 ° 15 ′ S , 57 ° 33 ′ E | |
Height: | NA above d. M. | |
Founding year: | N / A | |
Surface: | 54 km² | |
Residents: | 106,183 (2017) | |
Time zone: | UTC +4 | |
Telephone code: | N / A | |
Website: | Vacoas-Phoenix community | |
Geographical location in Mauritius | ||
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Vacoas-Phoenix is the second largest city on the island of Mauritius with 106,253 inhabitants (as of 2016) and is located on a plateau in the center of the island in the Plaines Wilhems district . The city is between Curepipe and Quatre Bornes , about 16 km south of Port Louis . The city was created in 1963 by merging the towns of Vacoas and Phoenix.
history
The British Naval Office had its headquarters in Vacoas. For the first domestic flight on June 2, 1922, a British biplane from the First World War was shipped to Mauritius by sea and reassembled in Vacoas. This flight marks the beginning of the history of aviation in Mauritius .
Population development
The following overview shows the population by area since the 1983 census.
year | Residents |
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1983 (census) | 53,090 |
2000 (census) | 100,066 |
2011 (census) | 105,559 |
2017 (estimate) | 106.183 |
Town twinning
Sister cities of Vacoas-Phoenix are:
Climate table
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Vacoas-Phoenix
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Personalities
- Anerood Jugnauth (* 1930), politician
- Pravind Jugnauth (* 1961), politician
- Kailash Purryag (born 1947), politician
Web links
Commons : Vacoas-Phoenix - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mauritius: Districts, Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .
- ^ A b Aviation History in Mauritius . intnet.mu; accessed on March 12, 2016
- ↑ Ben R. Guttery: Encyclopedia of African Airlines . Ben Guttery, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7864-0495-7 , pp. 291 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Mauritius: Regions, Cities & Urban Settlements - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .