General Post Office
General Post Office is a post office in Port Louis District, Mauritius which is located on Sir William Newton Street. General Post Office is situated nearby to Mauritius Postal Museum, as well as near the marketplace Central Market.- Email: headquartersgpo@gmail.com
- Type: Post office
- Address: 1 Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aapravasi Ghat and Mauritius Postal Museum.
Aapravasi Ghat
Protected area
Photo: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 250 metres northeast of General Post Office.
Mauritius Postal Museum
Museum
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mauritius Postal Museum is the Postal museum in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius.
National Library of Mauritius
Library
The National Library of the Republic of Mauritius is the national library of Mauritius. It has been entrusted by law as the national institution responsible for collecting, bibliographically recording, preserving and making available the nation's collective… National Library of Mauritius is situated 450 metres south of General Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Louis and Caudan Waterfront.
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.
Caudan Waterfront
Quarter
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Caudan Waterfront is a commercial development in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. It includes shops, banking facilities, casinos, cinemas, restaurants, a marina and a five star hotel.
Sainte-Croix
Suburb
Photo: Sblaval, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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 3 km northeast of General Post Office.
General Post Office
Latitude
-20.16055° or 20° 9′ 38″ southLongitude
57.50184° or 57° 30′ 7″ eastOpen location code
5HFVRGQ2+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6364190976OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_office
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In Other Languages
“General Post Office” goes by many names.
- French: “La Poste”
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Highlights include Central Market and Marché central (fruits et légumes).
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