Nationality: noun: Mauritian(s) adjective: Mauritian
Ethnic divisions: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%,
Franco-Mauritian 2%
Religions: Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant
2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
Languages: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka,
Bojpoori
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 80%
male: 85%
female: 75%
Labor force: 335,000
by occupation: government services 29%, agriculture and fishing 27%,
manufacturing 22%, other 22%
@Mauritius:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Mauritius
conventional short form: Mauritius
Digraph: MP
Type: parliamentary democracy