Riche Terre

Riche Terre is a neighborhood in Pamplemousses, Mauritius. Riche Terre is situated nearby to the neighborhood Morcellement Elizabethville, as well as near Fort Albert.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aapravasi Ghat and Mauritius Postal Museum.

Aapravasi Ghat

Protected area

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Aapravasi Ghat is a building complex located in Port Louis, Mauritius, the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labour workforce from many countries. Aapravasi Ghat is situated 3½ km south of Riche Terre.

Mauritius Postal Museum

Museum

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The Mauritius Postal Museum is the Postal museum in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. Mauritius Postal Museum is situated 4 km south of Riche Terre.

Citadelle de Port-Louis

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Citadelle de Port-Louis is situated 4 km south of Riche Terre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baie du Tombeau and Sainte-Croix.

Baie du Tombeau

Town

Baie du Tombeau is a village in Mauritius located in the Pamplemousses District, situated near the Rivière du Tombeau. The village is administered by the Baie du Tombeau Village Council under the aegis of the Pamplemousses District Council.

Sainte-Croix

Suburb

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Sainte-Croix is a suburb of the capital city, Port Louis, in Mauritius, an independent island in the Indian Ocean. It is most famous for its association with the Roman Catholic beatus Jacques-Désiré Laval, who worked in Sainte-Croix as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864. Sainte-Croix is situated 2½ km southeast of Riche Terre.

Port Louis

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Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius, and with around 150,000 inhabitants the island nation's most populous city. Sitting in a bay surrounded by mountains, Port Louis is a lively and modern city also with charming districts from colonial times.

Riche Terre

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Pamplemousses, Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude

-20.12872° or 20° 7′ 43″ south

Longitude

57.51539° or 57° 30′ 55″ east

Elevation

38 metres (125 feet)

Open location code

5HFVVGC8+G5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12462579991

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

12168273

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