Jump to content

Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 Places of interest 2 Places 3 See also 4 References

Pamplemousses District

●Afrikaans ●العربية ●Català ●Cebuano ●Deutsch ●Español ●Esperanto ●فارسی ●Français ●한국어 ●Hrvatski ●Bahasa Indonesia ●Italiano ●ქართული ●Lietuvių ●Nederlands ●日本語 ●Norsk bokmål ●Norsk nynorsk ●Polski ●Português ●Română ●Русский ●සිංහල ●Svenska ●Türkçe ●Українська ●اردو ●吴语 ●粵語 ●中文 Edit links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version In other projects ●Wikimedia Commons ●Wikivoyage Appearance Coordinates: 20°07′S 57°35′E / 20.117°S 57.583°E From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pamplemousses
District
Pamplemousses Botanical Garden
Map of Mauritius island with Pamplemousses District highlighted
Coordinates: 20°07′S 57°35′E / 20.117°S 57.583°E / -20.117; 57.583
Country	Mauritius
Government ^[1]
• Type	District Council
• Chairman	Mr. Somaroo Kalicharan
• Vice Chairman	Mr. Coomasamy Canarapen
Area
• Total	178.7 km² (69.0 sq mi)
Population (2015)^[2]
• Total	139,966
• Rank	3rd in Mauritius
• Density	780/km² (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (MUT)

Pamplemousses (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [pɑ̃plemus]) is a districtofMauritius, located in the northwest of the island, and is one of the most densely populated parts of the island. The name of the district comes from the French word for grapefruits. The district has an area of 178.7 km² and an estimated population of 139,966, as of 31 December 2015.^[2]

Places of interest

[edit]

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2012)

The district hosts the SSR botanical garden, or Jardin Botanique Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, renamed in 1988 in honor of the first prime minister of Mauritius. The garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre (1719–1786) in 1770. The area is 25 hectares. The garden features spices, ebonies, sugar canes and many more. It also features lotuses as well as 85 varieties of palms from Central America, Asia, Africa and the islands around the Indian Ocean. The district is the home of the Pamplemousses SC local football team.

Places

[edit]

The Pamplemousses District includes different regions; however, some regions are further divided into different suburbs.^[2]^[3]

Arsenal

Grand Baie (Eastern part in Rivière du Rempart District)

Le Hochet

Montagne Longue

Mapou (Northern part in Rivière du Rempart District)

Morcellement Saint-André

Notre-Dame

Pamplemousses

Piton (Eastern part in Rivière du Rempart District)

Ville-Bague (Eastern part in Rivière du Rempart District)

References

[edit]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

^ ^a ^b ^c Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2016). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015" (PDF). August. Government of Mauritius: 19. Retrieved 23 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

^ Statistic office of Mauritius (2011). "Housing and population Census 2011" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)