The Republic of Mauritius is a small island in the middle of the ocean, about 860 km from Malagasy (Madagascar). The Portuguese traveler, Pedro, Mascarenha, named Mascarenes, Rodrigues and Reunion.
The area of the Mauritius Islands is 2,500 km², and the population is about 1,078,000, according to the 1988 census. The capital of Mauritius is Port Louis, which is the first port it was established in. It is also one of the volcanic islands whose lands do not rise much, as its highest mountains are Montenegro, which reaches Its height is approximately (827) meters, and its climate is tropical, warm, with little rain in winter and mild in summer.
