Aapravasi Ghat

Aapravasi Ghat is a building complex located in , , the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labour workforce from many countries.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: building complex in Port Louis, on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius
  • Also known as: “Immigration Depot” and “The Immigration Depot”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mauritius Postal Museum and Jummah Mosque.

Museum
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The is the Postal museum in , the capital city of . is situated 210 metres southwest of Aapravasi Ghat.

Mosque
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The formerly "Mosque of the Arabs", is a in , dating from the 1850s. The building combines Indian, Creole and Islamic architecture. The houses the remains of Jamal Shah in a marble tomb next to the mosque. is situated 250 metres southeast of Aapravasi Ghat.

Museum
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The a museum dedicated to history and art of Mauritius, is situated at in , the capital of . It opened in November 2001. is situated 630 metres southwest of Aapravasi Ghat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Louis and Caudan Waterfront.

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

Quarter
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Le is a commercial development in , the capital city of . It includes shops, banking facilities, casinos, cinemas, restaurants, a marina and a five star hotel.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the capital city, , in , 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 as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864. is situated 2½ km east of Aapravasi Ghat.

Aapravasi Ghat

Latitude
-20.15855° or 20° 9′ 31″ south
Longitude
57.50297° or 57° 30′ 11″ east
Open location code
5HFVRGR3+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 207178096
Wiki­data ID
Q9276
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aapravasi Ghat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آبرافاسي غات”
  • Arabic: “أبرافاسي غات”
  • Asturian: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aapravasi-Qhat”
  • Catalan: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Chinese: “阿普拉瓦西·加特地区”
  • Chinese: “阿普拉瓦西•加特地区”
  • Chinese: “阿普拉瓦西加特历史遗址”
  • Croatian: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Dutch: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Estonian: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Finnish: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • French: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Georgian: “ააპრავასი-გჰატი”
  • German: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Hausa: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Hebrew: “אפרוואסי גהאט”
  • Hindi: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Hindi: “अप्रवासी घाट”
  • Hindi: “आप्रवासी घाट”
  • Italian: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Italian: “deposito dell’immigrazione”
  • Japanese: “アープラヴァシ・ガート”
  • Japanese: “アプラヴァシ・ガート”
  • Maithili: “आप्रवासी घाट”
  • Malay: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Malayalam: “ആപ്രവാസി ഘാട്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “ഇമിഗ്രേഷൻ ഡെപ്പൊ”
  • Maltese: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Maltese: “Ċentru tal-Immigrazzjoni”
  • Mingrelian: “ააპრავასი-გჰატი”
  • Nepali: “आप्रवासी घाट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Norwegian: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Polish: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Portuguese: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Russian: “Ааправаси-Гхат”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Spanish: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Swedish: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Turkish: “Aapravasi Ghat”
  • Ukrainian: “Ааправасі-Ґхат”
  • Vietnamese: “Aapravasi Ghat”

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