Mauritius Districts

Mauritius is a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, small enough to cross in an afternoon. Its nine districts fill the island between them, and the country also governs three outer islands far out at sea: Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: The north, the east and centre, the south and west, and the outer islands
In the game: 12 district or islands

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What you are looking at

The nine districts of the island of Mauritius, plus the three outer islands as the country draws them. The outer islands lie hundreds of kilometres from the main island, so the map moves them into the sea to its east, true to scale, and a line marks the move. Where they really are, Rodrigues is to the east, St. Brandon to the north east and Agaléga far to the north.

The groups are not an official classification. They are the north of the island, the east and centre, the south and west, and the outer islands, a way to learn the map a piece at a time.

How to place one

Start with the capital. Port Louis is the small district on the north west coast, the smallest on the map.
Go north. Pamplemousses lies just above it and Rivière du Rempart wraps the northern tip.
Cross the middle. Moka and Plaines Wilhems sit in the central plateau, with Flacq filling the east coast.
Finish in the south. Grand Port, Savanne and Black River run around the southern and western coast.
Then the islands. Rodrigues is the largest of the three outer islands, Agaléga the two slim islands above it, and St. Brandon the speck of an atoll.

Every district, by group

North3 districts: Pamplemousses, Port Louis, Rivière du Rempart
East and centre3 districts: Flacq, Moka, Plaines Wilhems
South and west3 districts: Black River, Grand Port, Savanne
Outer islands3 districts: Agaléga, Rodrigues, St. Brandon

Worked examples

Port Louis

The capital

Port Louis is the smallest district and the capital, a strip of harbour on the north west coast with Pamplemousses to its north and Moka to its east.

Rodrigues

The largest outer island

Rodrigues is a self-governing island of Mauritius, shown here in the sea east of the main island although it lies about 560 kilometres away.

St. Brandon

The speck

St. Brandon, also called the Cargados Carajos Shoals, is a chain of low islets that is nearly invisible at this scale. Tap the dot to the north of Agaléga.