Curepipe
Curepipe is a sprawling town in the centre of Mauritius. At an altitude of 561 m, it marks the top of the ridge on the road between Port Louis and Vieux Grand Port, and the name may indicate that travellers rested here for long enough to smoke then clean out their clay pipes.
- City with about 77,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 560 metres (1,840 feet)
- Description: administrative territorial entity of Mauritius
Places of Interest
Discover Trou aux Cerfs and Curepipe Botanic Gardens.
Trou aux Cerfs
Trou aux Cerfs is a dormant, crater lake, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater.
Royal College Curepipe
The Royal College Curepipe is a secondary school in Mauritius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vacoas-Phoenix and Glen Park.
Glen Park
Quarter
Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles…
Curepipe
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Latitude
-20.3151° or 20° 18′ 54″ south
Longitude
57.5212° or 57° 31′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
MU CUR
Open location code
5HFVMGMC+XF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Curepipe” goes by many names.
كوريبيبArabic
كوريبيبيArabic
CurepipeAsturian
CurepipeBasque
CurepipeCatalan
CurepipeCebuano
居尔皮普Chinese
居爾派普Chinese
居爾皮普Chinese
CurepipeCzech
CurepipeDanish
CurepipeDutch
كوريبيبEgyptian Arabic
CurepipeEsperanto
CurepipeFinnish
CurepipeHungarian
CurepipeIndonesian
CurepipeIrish
CurepipeItalian
キュールピップJapanese
フロレアルJapanese
쿠레피페Korean
KiurpaipasLithuanian
KiurpipasLithuanian
کورپیپPersian
CurepipePolish
КурепипеRussian
КьюрпайпRussian
КюрпипRussian
KjurpajpSerbian
КјурпајпSerbian
КурепипеSerbian
CurepipeSilesian
CurepipeSwahili
CurepipeSwedish
Curepipe (ort i Mauritius)Swedish
КурепипеTatar
กูร์ปีปThai
КьюрпайпUkrainian
کیورپیپہUrdu
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Curepipe”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Floreal and La Vigie.
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Mauritius: Highlights
Learn more about Port Louis and Rodrigues.
