Port Mathurin

The village of Port Mathurin serves as the capital of the island of , a dependency of . Most of the population of Rodrigues is settled close to or in the city.
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  • Type: Town with 6,000 residents
  • Description: city in Rodrigues, Mauritius
  • Also known as: “Port Matherin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mont Limon.

Peak
is the highest point on the island of . It is located roughly in the center of the eastern part of the island and has a height of 389 metres. is situated 4 km southeast of Port Mathurin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anse aux Anglais and Baie aux Huîtres.

Village
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or English Bay is a small coastal village located in the north of the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean. Its name, French for "English Bay," is apparently linked with the fact that English troops landed on its beach in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars between France and Great Britain.

Village
is a coastal village located on the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean. It has approximately 2,500 inhabitants, living in various neighborhoods such as Acacias, Pointe la Gueule, Allée Tamarin, La Bonté, Terre Madoff, and Grand Bois Noir.

Port Mathurin

Latitude
-19.68084° or 19° 40′ 51″ south
Longitude
63.42211° or 63° 25′ 20″ east
Population
6,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MU PMA
Open location code
5JG58C9C+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305259442
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1545752
Wiki­data ID
Q1021638
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Port Mathurin” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ፖርት ማቱሪን”
  • Arabic: “بورت ماثورين”
  • Asturian: “Port Mathurin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Port Mathurin”
  • Belarusian: “Порт-Матарын”
  • Bengali: “পোর্ট মাথুরিন”
  • Bengali: “পোর্ট ম্যাথুরিন”
  • Catalan: “Port Mathurin”
  • Cebuano: “Port Mathurin”
  • Chinese: “馬蒂蘭港”
  • Chinese: “马图林港”
  • Chinese: “马蒂兰港”
  • Dutch: “Port Mathurin”
  • Esperanto: “Port Mathurin”
  • French: “Port Mathurin”
  • French: “Port-Mathurin”
  • German: “Port Mathurin”
  • Greek: “Πορτ Ματουρέν”
  • Hausa: “Port Mathurin”
  • Hebrew: “פורט מתהורין”
  • Hindi: “पोर्ट मथुरिन”
  • Hungarian: “Port Mathurin”
  • Indonesian: “Port Mathurin”
  • Italian: “Port Mathurin”
  • Japanese: “ポート・マチュリン”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・マテュラン”
  • Javanese: “Port Mathurin”
  • Kazakh: “Пор Матюрен”
  • Kirghiz: “Пор Матюрен”
  • Lithuanian: “Port Maturinas”
  • Malagasy: “Port Mathurin”
  • Malay: “Port Mathurin”
  • Oromo: “Port Mathurin”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੋਰਟ ਮਾਥੁਰਿਨ”
  • Persian: “پورت ماتورین”
  • Polish: “Port Mathurin”
  • Portuguese: “Port Mathurin”
  • Pushto: “بورت ماثورين”
  • Romanian: “Port Mathurin”
  • Russian: “Пор Матюрен”
  • Russian: “Порт-Матюрен”
  • Serbian: “Port Maturin”
  • Serbian: “Порт Матурин”
  • Slovenian: “Port Mathurin”
  • Somali: “Port Mathurin”
  • Spanish: “Port Mathurin”
  • Swahili: “Port Mathurin”
  • Swedish: “Port Mathurin (distriktshuvudort i Mauritius)”
  • Swedish: “Port Mathurin”
  • Tatar: “Port Mathurin”
  • Turkish: “Port Mathurin”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Матурин”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Матюрен”
  • Urdu: “پورٹ میتھورن”
  • Uzbek: “Port Mathurin”

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