Vacoas
Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District.- Type: Suburb with 115,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Mauritius
- Also known as: “Phoenix”, “Vacoa”, and “Vacoas-Phoenix”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trou aux Cerfs and Curepipe Botanic Gardens.
Trou aux Cerfs
Volcano
Trou aux Cerfs is a dormant, crater lake, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m high and located in Curepipe, Mauritius.
Curepipe Botanic Gardens
Park
Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Route des Jardins, Curepipe, is the second largest botanical garden in Mauritius. It has a relatively informal layout, and contains a river, lake and the world's rarest palm tree among other attractions. Curepipe Botanic Gardens is situated 3½ km southeast of Vacoas.
Royal College Curepipe
College
The Royal College Curepipe is a secondary school in Mauritius. Founded in 1791, it began producing laureates in the 19th century and has continued to do so over the years. Royal College Curepipe is situated 4 km southeast of Vacoas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vacoas-Phoenix and Curepipe.
Vacoas-Phoenix
Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District.Curepipe
Curepipe is a sprawling town in the centre of Mauritius. At an altitude of 561 m, it marks the top of the ridge on the road between Port Louis and Vieux Grand Port, and the name may indicate that travellers rested here for long enough to smoke then clean out their clay pipes.Quatre Bornes
Quatre Bornes, also known as La Ville des Fleurs, is a town in Mauritius, located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its western part lies in the Rivière Noire District.Vacoas
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Plaines Wilhems District, Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-20.2989° or 20° 17′ 56″ south
Longitude
57.4927° or 57° 29′ 34″ east
Population
115,000
Elevation
390 metres (1,280 feet)
Open location code
5HFVPF2V+C3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vacoas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vacoas”
- Dutch: “Vacoas”
- French: “Vacoas”
- Hungarian: “Vacoas”
- Irish: “Vacoas”
- Russian: “Вакоас”
- Swedish: “Vacoas”
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Localities in the Area
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