Local time
Sun, 5:18 AM GMT+4Indian/MauritiusCityCapital
Port Louis
20.17° S, 57.50° E
- Population
- 595,491
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 2
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 2 cities of Mauritius in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Mauritius, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Indian/Mauritius
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Practical bearings for Port Louis, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Port Louis have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Its name comes from Louis XV, who was king of France in 1736 when the port became the administrative center of Mauritius.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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