Port Louis (district)

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Port Louis District


Capital	Port Louis
Population	127,855 (2000) Ranked N/A
Area	42.7 km² Ranked N/A
Population density	2,906.48/km² Ranked {{{popdens_rank}}}
Number of places	N/A
Area codes	N/A
ISO 3166-2 code	MU-PL (Port Louis)
Website	NA

Port Louis District is the Capital and one of the district of Mauritius. It includes many community areas including Plaine-Verte, Vallee Pitot, China Town, Ward4 and Camp Yoloff. The city is surrounded by villages like St Croix, Roche Bois, Grande Riviere North West.

Places to visit in Port Louis District include the Port-Louis harbor, Caudan Waterfront, Casinos, Desforges Street,Jummah Masjid, bazaar and shopping malls.

Port-louis has the biggest harbour on the island. A sugar terminal has been built very near to the harbor for the exportation of sugar-cane which is the number one pillar of Mauritian economy.The harbor has over the decades been extended through reclaimed land. The Caudan Waterfront for example which is just next to the harbor has been built over these reclaimed pieces of land.

The city is also the biggest business hub on the island and most government departments are situated in Port-Louis. Given the number of people that work in Port-Louis , this leads to a chaotic situation traffic-wise on week days. People from all over the island travel to Port-Louis and many roads become congested.This is why the government is trying to decentralise the business to business parks away from Port-Louis , one such example is the Ebene Cybercity.

During the night the city is empty most night life being concentrated around the Caudan Waterfront where people have dinner or watch a movie.

	North: Pamplemousses
West: Indian Ocean and Black River	Port Louis	East: Pamplemousses
Southwest: Plaines Wilhems	South: Moka

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