Aapravasi Ghat
Aapravasi Ghat is a historic building in Port Louis District, Mauritius. Aapravasi Ghat is situated nearby to the museum Musée d’Histoire, as well as near the bus station Immigration Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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.
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 210 metres southwest of Aapravasi Ghat.
Jummah Mosque
Mosque
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The Jummah Mosque formerly "Mosque of the Arabs", is a mosque in Port Louis, Mauritius dating from the 1850s. The building combines Indian, Creole and Islamic architecture. The Jummah Mosque houses the remains of Jamal Shah in a marble tomb next to the mosque. Jummah Mosque is situated 250 metres southeast of Aapravasi Ghat.
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
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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
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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 east of Aapravasi Ghat.
Aapravasi Ghat
- Type: Historic building
- Also known as: “Immigration Depot”
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Port Louis District, Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-20.15857° or 20° 9′ 31″ southLongitude
57.50298° or 57° 30′ 11″ eastInception
1834Open location code
5HFVRGR3+H5OpenStreetMap ID
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building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Aapravasi Ghat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آبرافاسي غات”
- Chinese: “阿普拉瓦西•加特地区”
- French: “Aapravasi Ghat”
- Hindi: “आप्रवासी घाट”
- Japanese: “アプラヴァシ・ガート”
- Russian: “Ааправаси-Гхат”
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Notable Places Nearby
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