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Port Mathurin
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About Port Mathurin
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Port Mathurin is in Rodrigues, Mauritius, with about 8,400 people.
The village of Port Mathurin (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ matyʁɛ̃]) serves as the capital of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius. Most of the population of Rodrigues is settled close to or in the city. It lies on the north coast of the Indian Ocean island and functions as the administrative, judicial andRead more
economic centre of Rodrigues. As the name suggests, it also operates the main harbour of the island.
Port Mathurin has a population of around 6,000 people (2006). Sights include its market, while the town also has the island's only bus station and a viewpoint on Mount Fanal, south of the town. There is a Roman Catholic church, an Anglican church, and a small mosque. Other landmarks of Port Mathurin include Marie, Queen of Rodrigues, a statue of the Virgin Mary located in Pointe Canon. The two ships of the Mauritius Cargo Handling Corporation, namely MV Mauritius Pride and Mauritius Trochetia, anchor at Port Mathurin five times every month.
On 1 May 1691, François Leguat and the first French landed on Rodrigues at the site of the future village, which was founded by French colonists in 1735. The place takes its name from that of an early French settler, either Mathurin Bréhinier or Mathurin Morlaix.
In 1901 Port Mathurin became home to offices for the Britain-Australia undersea cable.
There are 22 localities within the zone of Port Mathurin, which is one of 14 statistical subdivisions of Rodrigues, to which the population of 6,000 relates:
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,350
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Mauritius
- Region
- Rodrigues
- Timezone
- Indian/Mauritius
- Coordinates
- -19.6833, 63.4167
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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