Rivière Noire District
Rivière Noire or Black River is a district on the western side of the island of Mauritius. Rivière Noire translates to Black River. This region receives less rainfall than the others.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of Mauritius with 70,000 residents
- Description: district of Mauritius
- Also known as: “Black River”, “Black River District”, and “Riviere Noire District”
- Neighbors: Port Louis
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trois Mamelles mountain.
Trois Mamelles mountain
Peak
Photo: Georgio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trois Mamelles mountain is a peak, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Rivière Noire District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamarin and La Preneuse.
Tamarin
Tamarin is a village on the western coast of Mauritius. It has long been the seat of the council of the Rivière Noire District. The district council recently moved to its new headquarters in Bambous, this village being more accessible to the villagers.La Preneuse
Village
Photo: Contrarianmind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Preneuse is a public beach in western coast of the island Mauritius in the district of Rivière Noire located in the village of Black River. It was named after a French ship, the frigate Preneuse, which served as a commerce raider at Isle de France and was also involved in a naval battle with the British in the 18th century. La Preneuse is situated 6 km southwest of Rivière Noire District.
Rivière Noire District
- Location: Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rivière Noire District” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rivière Noire-distrik”
- Arabic: “النهر الأسود”
- Bengali: “রিভেরি নয়রে জেলা”
- Catalan: “Rivière Noire”
- Cebuano: “Black River District”
- Chinese: “黑河区”
- Chinese: “黑河區”
- Danish: “Riviere Noire District”
- Dutch: “Black River”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Black River”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Rivière Noire”
- Finnish: “Rivière Noiren kaupunginosa”
- French: “district de Rivière Noire”
- French: “district de Rivière-Noire”
- French: “Rivière Noire”
- Georgian: “რივერ-ნუარი”
- German: “Black River”
- German: “MU-BL”
- Greek: “Μπλακ Ρίβερ”
- Gujarati: “રિવિએર નોઇર જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “रिवेयर नोयर जिला”
- Indonesian: “Black River”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Black River”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Riviere Noire”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Rivière Noire”
- Italian: “Distretto di Black River”
- Japanese: “ブラックリバー県”
- Javanese: “Black River”
- Kannada: “ರಿವಿಯರ್ ನೂರ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Korean: “리비에르누아르구”
- Korean: “블랙리버 구”
- Latvian: “Blekriveras distrikts”
- Lithuanian: “Blek Riverio rajonas”
- Malay: “Riviere Noire District”
- Marathi: “रिव्हिएर नोयर जिल्हा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Black River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black River”
- Norwegian: “Black River”
- Persian: “ناحیه ریویر نوآیر”
- Polish: “Black River”
- Portuguese: “Black River”
- Romanian: “Districtul Black River”
- Russian: “Блэк-Ривер”
- Russian: “Ривьер-Нуар”
- Serbian: “Blek River Mauricijus”
- Serbian: “Блек Ривер Маурицијус”
- Sinhala: “රිවයිරේ නොයිරේ දිස්ත්රික්කය”
- Slovenian: “MU-BL”
- Slovenian: “Rivière Noire”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Black River”
- Swedish: “Black River”
- Tamil: “றிவைரே நோயிரே மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “రివియర్ నోయర్ జిల్లా”
- Thai: “เขตริเวียเรนัวร์”
- Turkish: “Black River Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Rivière Noire Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Район Рів’ер-Нуар”
- Ukrainian: “Рив’єр-Нуар”
- Urdu: “ریویر نوار ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Rivière Noire”
- Wu Chinese: “黑河區”
- Yue Chinese: “黑河區”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Magenta Dam and Coeur de Ville Tamarin.
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