ABSTRACT
Mauritius is an island of 1.18 million, located off Africa’s southeast coast. Its capital is Port Louis, a city of 142,000 people. The ethnic population of the country is mostly made up of Indo-Mauritians and Creoles. English, French, Creole, Hindi, and Urdu are the most widely spoken languages. Over half of the country is Hindu (52 percent), 28 percent are Christian, 17 percent are Muslim, and the remaining 3 percent is made up of various smaller religious groups.
