Port Mathurin
The village of Port Mathurin serves as the capital of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius. Most of the population of Rodrigues is settled close to or in the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Mont Limon
Peak
Mont Limon is the highest point on the Mauritian island of Rodrigues. It is located roughly in the center of the eastern part of the island and has a height of 389 metres. Mont Limon is situated 4 km southeast of Port Mathurin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anse aux Anglais and Baie aux Huîtres.
Anse aux Anglais
Village
Photo: Dunog, Public domain.
Anse aux Anglais or English Bay is a small coastal village located in the north of the Mauritian 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.
Baie aux Huîtres
Village
Baie aux Huîtres is a coastal village located on the Mauritian 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
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Rodrigues, Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-19.68084° or 19° 40′ 51″ southLongitude
63.42211° or 63° 25′ 20″ eastPopulation
6,000Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)United Nations Location Code
MU PMAOpen location code
5JG58C9C+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 305259442OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Port Mathurin” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Port Mathurin”
- Belarusian: “Порт-Матарын”
- Bengali: “পোর্ট মাথুরিন”
- 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”
- Hebrew: “פורט מתהורין”
- Hungarian: “Port Mathurin”
- Italian: “Port Mathurin”
- Japanese: “ポート・マチュリン”
- Lithuanian: “Port Maturinas”
- Malagasy: “Port Mathurin”
- Polish: “Port Mathurin”
- Portuguese: “Port Mathurin”
- Romanian: “Port Mathurin”
- Russian: “Порт-Матюрен”
- Serbian: “Port Maturin”
- Serbian: “Порт Матурин”
- Slovenian: “Port Mathurin”
- Spanish: “Port Mathurin”
- Swedish: “Port Mathurin (distriktshuvudort i Mauritius)”
- Swedish: “Port Mathurin”
- Turkish: “Port Mathurin”
- Ukrainian: “Порт-Матурин”
- Ukrainian: “Порт-Матюрен”
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