Black River (district)

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Black River District
Capital	Tamarin
Population	60,587 (2000) Ranked N/A
Area	259 km² Ranked N/A
Population density	223.93/km² Ranked {{{popdens_rank}}}
Number of places	N/A
Area codes	N/A
ISO 3166-2 code	MU-BL
Website	NA

Black River is a district of Mauritius on the western side of the island. Famous areas include Tamarin Falls and the Chamarel coloured Earth. The district capital is Tamarin. It is the third largest District of Mauritius in area, but the smallest in terms of population. It contains much of Mauritius' unique tropical forests, including those found in the Black River Gorge.

Flic-en-Flac is the longest beach on the island and certainly one of the most beautiful ones. Being on the west coast it gives view to beautiful sunsets.

Flic En Flac is located on the west coast of Mauritius and was once a small village with its only claim to fame a really long beach and a beautiful lagoon. There were few tourists to Mauritius in the 60’s and trade not tourism was its main feature. That is until the 70’s when the price of sugar rose and created an economic boom to the country. Many more people could now afford the luxury of a bungalow on the coast.

The west coast of Mauritius developed much slower than the northwest side, but villages such a Flic en Flac have slowly grown into small towns. Unfortunately no thought was given to taste or conformity, although it offers good accommodation and caters for tourists the overall effect is mediocre. During the rainy season flooding has become a regular occurrence especially in the rainy season.

Flic En Flac – The beach is situated on the West Coast and is fringed with Casurina Trees. It has a fine lagoon where swimming is safe and various water sports can be enjoyed

Flic en Flac has a good bus route leading to some of the islands best kept treasures. From the Coastal road you can get the bus to Port -Louis or evnture further across the island. Locally, there is a fish market and a SPAR Supermarket. For those wishing to dine out, there are a slelection of local family restaurants which offer some of the best very best lcoal cuisine - Seafood being a speciality.

Facilities existing in Flic en Flac

	North: Indian Ocean	Northeast: Port Louis
West: Indian Ocean	Black River	East: Plaines Wilhems
	South: Indian Ocean	Southeast: Savanne

Districts and dependencies of Mauritius
Districts
Black River | Flacq | Grand Port | Moka | Pamplemousses | Plaines Wilhems | Port Louis | Rivière du Rempart | Savanne
Dependencies
Agalega Islands | Cargados Carajos Shoals | Rodrigues