Bambous
Bambous is a small town in Mauritius located in the Rivière Noire District. The village is administered by the Bambous Village Council under the aegis of the Rivière Noire District Council.- Type: Town with 15,300 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Bambous, Mauritius”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stade Germain Comarmond and Corps de Garde.
Stade Germain Comarmond
Stadium
The Germain Comarmond Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bambous, Rivière Noire District, Mauritius. It is currently used mostly for staging football matches and athletics events.
Corps de Garde
Peak
Corps de Garde is a 720-metre-high mountain of volcanic origin, in the area Palma in the Black River district of Mauritius. The name derived from the fact that a French military post was once established on its slope to control the bands of runaway slaves. Corps de Garde is situated 3½ km east of Bambous.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albion and Flic en Flac.
Albion
Village
Albion is a locality situated within the Rivière Noire District of Mauritius. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 6,042 inhabitants. It is part of the District Council of Black River. Albion is situated 6 km north of Bambous.
Flic en Flac
Flic-en-Flac is a seaside village on the west coast of Mauritius in the district of Black River. The name most likely comes from an Old Dutch phrase, "Fried Landt Flaak", meaning free, flat land.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.Bambous
- Categories: human settlement, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Rivière Noire District, Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-20.25714° or 20° 15′ 26″ south
Longitude
57.41766° or 57° 25′ 4″ east
Population
15,300
Elevation
122 metres (400 feet)
Open location code
5HFVPCV9+43
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bambous” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bambous”
- Arabic: “بامبوس”
- Bulgarian: “Бамбоус”
- Cebuano: “Bambous”
- Chinese: “巴姆布斯”
- Chinese: “班布斯”
- Chinese: “邦布”
- Croatian: “Bambous, Mauricijus”
- Croatian: “Bambous”
- Dutch: “Bambous”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بامبوس”
- Esperanto: “Bambous”
- French: “Bambous”
- German: “Bambous”
- Hindi: “बैम्बॉस”
- Hungarian: “Bambous”
- Irish: “Bambous”
- Italian: “Bambous”
- Japanese: “バンブース”
- Polish: “Bambous”
- Romanian: “Bambous”
- Russian: “Бамбоус”
- Swahili: “Bambous, Morisi”
- Swedish: “Bambous”
- Turkish: “Bambous”
- Yue Chinese: “班布斯”
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