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unusual facts about St. Mauritius



Alex Kipchirchir

In August, he completed a 800 and 1500 metres double at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics in Bambous, Mauritius.

Bambous

Bambous, Mauritius, a village in the district of Rivière Noire, Mauritius

Dombeya acutangula

The natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests but it is almost extinct due to habitat loss; some 50 plants remain in the wild, growing in a narrowly circumscribed area at Corps de garde, Trois Mamelles, Yemen, Magenta and Chamarel.

Glen Park, Mauritius

Glen Park is a suburb of Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius.

Mauritius Owl

In the 1830s, the species seems to have been not uncommonly found in the southeastern part of the island, between Souillac and the Montagnes Bambous due east of Curepipe, with the last testimony of observations referring to several encounters in 1837.

Midlands, Mauritius

Midlands is a small village (population approx 4,500 in 2006) in Mauritius situated approximately half way between Nouvelle France and Curepipe on the M2 motorway.

Peter Fuchs

In 1855 Peter Fuchs returned to Cologne, where he created such large sandstone reliefs and statue groups as the Four Prophets (1858) for the Mariensäule in the Gereonsdriesch and the life-size figures of SS Dionysius and Reinold (1866–1871) for the west front of St. Mauritius.

Souillac, Mauritius

A pairing exists between the village of Souillac and the town of Souillac in France (Lot Department) since 1987.

Inhabitants of Souillac are called Souillacois/es (which distinguishes the Souillac-Mauritius inhabitants from the Souillac-France inhabitants called "Souillagais/es").

Vicomte de Souillac left Isle de France on the 5th of November 1787.

In 1787, Vicomte de Souillac decided to create a port for the south and south-west of the then Isle de France.

Triolet, Mauritius

However, a significant portion of its population also support the Jugnauth dynasty.


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