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   Note: This section last updated 17th May 2021

In French:

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

In English:

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

In Morisyen:

   1 234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 17th May 2021

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English is the official language, with some 3 000 speakers. Other languages are Bhojpuri (330 000 speakers); Morisyen (600 000 first-language and 200 000 second-language speakers); Tamil (22 000 speakers) and Urdu (64 000 speakers).

Mauritian company types include:

   Company limited by guarantee
   Foreign company
   General partnership
   Global business company 1 (GBC 1) (Offshore company)
   Global business company 2 (GBC 2) (International company)
   Limited partnership
   Private company limited by shares
   Sole proprietorship
   Trust

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 20th August 2020

Addresses are written in English and usually do not contain a house number – only the thoroughfare, settlement name and postal code. If the address does contain a building number, it is written in front of the street name, sometimes followed by a comma.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written P.O. Box.

   Note: This section last updated 19th November 2018

Mauritian postal codes (known locally as Post Code), introduced on 15th August 2014, contain five characters in the format 99999 or A9999. Each code covers a settlement or part of a larger settlement. The first digit indicates the district, the second and third the village council area and the final two digits the sub-locality.

Codes from a previous (trial) format with the format 999AA999 may be found.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Mauritius - Postal code format

Mauritius - Postal code specifics

Mauritius - Postal code regular expression

Mauritius - Postal code level of coverage

Mauritius - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 19th November 2018

Mauritius has 9 districts and 3 dependencies (shown in the list below using an asterisk):

District/Dependency	Postal code first digit
Agalega Islands *	A
Black River/Rivière Noire	9
Cargados Carajos *
Flacq	4
Grand Port	5
Moka	8
Pamplemousses	2
Plaines Wilhems	7
Port Louis	1
Rivière du Rempart	3
Rodrigues *	R
Savanne	6

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   Note: This section last updated 21st April 2023

Telephone numbers in Mauritius have no area codes. Fixed geographic subscriber numbers have 7 digits when called from abroad. Mobile numbers have 8 digits and commence with 5 or 7 ^[2].

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm