East African Islands
Mauritius
Rivière Noire District

Bambous

Bambous is a small town in located in the . The village is administered by the Bambous Village Council under the aegis of the Rivière Noire District Council.
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  • 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.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The Germain Comarmond Stadium is a multi-use in Bambous, , . It is currently used mostly for staging football matches and athletics events.

Peak
is a 720-metre-high mountain of volcanic origin, in the area Palma in the Black River district of . The name derived from the fact that a French military post was once established on its slope to control the bands of runaway slaves. is situated 3½ km east of Bambous.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Albion and Flic en Flac.

Village
is a locality situated within the 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. is situated 6 km north of Bambous.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a seaside village on the west coast of in the district of . The name most likely comes from an Old Dutch phrase, "Fried Landt Flaak", meaning free, flat land.

Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as La Ville des Fleurs, is a town in , located mainly in the . Its western part lies in the .

Bambous

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
node 889907441
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
934778
Wiki­data ID
Q431990
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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”
  • Swahili: “Bambous, Morisi”
  • Swedish: “Bambous”
  • Turkish: “Bambous”
  • Yue Chinese: “班布斯”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bambous”. Photo: carrotmadman6, CC BY 2.0.