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Plaines Wilhems District

Plaines Wilhems is a district of . It is the most populous district, with an estimated population of 366,506 at the end of 2018. The district is mainly urban; it consists of four towns, the village of Midlands and part of two other villages.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Trou aux Cerfs and Trois Mamelles mountain.

Volcano
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is a dormant, crater lake, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m high and located in , . is situated 3½ km southeast of Plaines Wilhems District.

Peak
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is a peak, which is situated 3½ km west of Plaines Wilhems District.

Park
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in Route des Jardins, , is the second largest botanical garden in . It has a relatively informal layout, and contains a river, lake and the world's rarest palm tree among other attractions. is situated 4 km southeast of Plaines Wilhems District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vacoas-Phoenix and Quatre Bornes.

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also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in , located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the .

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, also known as La Ville des Fleurs, is a town in , located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its western part lies in the .

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is a sprawling town in the centre of . 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.

Plaines Wilhems District

Latitude
-20.3° or 20° 18′ south
Longitude
57.4833° or 57° 29′ east
Population
367,000
Elevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)
Open location code
5HFVPF2M+28
Geo­Names ID
934166
Wiki­data ID
Q1053595
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Plaines Wilhems District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بلينز ويلهمز”
  • Basque: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Bengali: “প্লেইন্স উইলহেম জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Cebuano: “Plaines Wilhems District”
  • Chinese: “威廉平原区”
  • Chinese: “威廉平原區”
  • Chinese: “帕萊恩-韋希姆斯區”
  • Danish: “Plaines Wilhems District”
  • Dutch: “Plaines Wilhelms”
  • Dutch: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Plaines Wilhems”
  • Finnish: “Plaines Wilhemsin kaupunginosa”
  • French: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Georgian: “პლენ-ვილემი”
  • German: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Greek: “Πλέινς Γουίλχεμς”
  • Gujarati: “પ્લેઇન્સ વિલહેમ્સ જિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פליינס וילהלמס”
  • Hindi: “प्लेन्स विल्हेम्स जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Plaines Wilhems”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Plaines Wilhems”
  • Italian: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Japanese: “プレーン・ウィルヘルム県”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ಲೈನ್ಸ್ ವಿಲ್ಹೆಮ್ಸ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “플랭윌렐름구”
  • Latvian: “Plēnvilemsas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Plen Vilemo rajonas”
  • Malay: “Plaines Wilhems District”
  • Marathi: “प्लेन्स विल्हेम्स जिल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Norwegian: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Persian: “ناحیه پلن ویلهم”
  • Polish: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Portuguese: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Plaines Wilhems”
  • Russian: “Плен-Вилем”
  • Sinhala: “ප්ලේන්ස් විල්හෙම්ස් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Plaines Wilhems”
  • Spanish: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Swedish: “Plaines Wilhems”
  • Tamil: “பிலெய்ன்சு வில்ஹெம்சு மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “ప్లెయిన్స్ విల్హెమ్స్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตเพลนส์ วิลเฮล์ม”
  • Turkish: “Plaines Wilhems Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Плен-Вілем”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Плен-Вілем”
  • Urdu: “پلیئن ویلیمز ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Plaines Wilhems”
  • Wu Chinese: “威廉平原區”
  • Yue Chinese: “威廉平原區”

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