| Capital
: Port Louis
Land
Area : 2,040 sq km
Head
of Government : Prime Minister The Rt Hon Paul Raymond
Berenger (since 30 September 2003)
Population
: 1,230,602 (July 2005 est.)
Major
Languages : English (official), Creole, French (official),
Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bhojpuri
Major
Religion(s) : Hindu 48%, Roman
Catholic 23.6%, other Christian 8.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other
2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
Date
of Joining : 1968
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