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{{Short description|Second-level administrative divisions of Mauritius}}
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The '''Districts of the [[Mauritius|Republic of Mauritius]]''' are the second-level [[administrative division]]s after the [[Outer Islands of Mauritius]].

==Mauritius Island==
{{Mauritius Districts Labelled Map|float=right}}
Mauritius Island is divided into nine districts which consist of [[list of places in Mauritius|one city, four towns, and 130 villages]]. Its capital is [[Port Louis]].

The [[Plaines Wilhems District]] consists mainly of four towns: [[Beau Bassin-Rose Hill]], [[Curepipe]], [[Quatre Bornes]], and [[Vacoas-Phoenix]]. The other districts consist of different villages, some of which are further divided into suburbs. As of 31 December 2012, the urban population stood at 536,086 and the rural population was 718,925.<ref name="stats2012">{{cite journal|url=http://statsmauritius.gov.mu/English/Publications/Documents/Regular%20Reports/annual%20digest/annualdig12.pdf|publisher=Government of Mauritius|title=ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2012|page=22|author=Ministry of Finance & Economic Development|version=31 December|year=2012|access-date=20 October 2013|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070337/http://statsmauritius.gov.mu/English/Publications/Documents/Regular%20Reports/annual%20digest/annualdig12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"
! Districts !! Area&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> !! Population ('000, 2021)<ref name="stats2021">{{cite web |last1=Statistics Mauritius |title=Mauritius in Figures and Annual Digest of Statistics |url=https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Statistics/By_Subject/Other/SB_Other.aspx |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Flacq District|Flacq]] || 297.9 || 138.7 
|-
| [[Grand Port District|Grand Port]] || 260.3 || 112.6 
|-
| [[Moka District|Moka]] || 230.5 || 83.8
|-
| [[Pamplemousses District|Pamplemousses]] || 178.7 || 142.4 
|-
| [[Plaines Wilhems District|Plaines Wilhems]] || 203.3 || 365.4
|-  
| [[Port Louis District|Port Louis]] || 42.7 || 117.5 
|- 
| [[Rivière du Rempart District|Rivière du Rempart]] || 147.6 || 108.1 
|-
| [[Rivière Noire District|Rivière Noire]] || 259 || 85.2
|- 
| [[Savanne District|Savanne]] || 244.8 || 68.2 
|- 
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|&nbsp;Total || 1864.8 || 1&nbsp;266.1 
|}

==Autonomous region and Villages==
[[Rodrigues]] used to be the tenth district of Mauritius, until the island gained autonomy in 2002. Its capital is [[Port Mathurin]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;";"
|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"
! Autonomous region !! Area&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> !! Population ( 2025)<ref name="stats2025"/>
|- 
| [[Rodrigues]] || 108  || 44.3k
|}

==Dependencies of Mauritius==
# [[Agaléga]].
# [[St. Brandon|Saint Brandon]]
# [[Chagos Archipelago]]

The capital of [[Agaléga]] is [[Vingt-Cinq]].

[[St. Brandon|Saint Brandon]] is sparsely populated, its main settlement is [[Île Raphael]] (pop. 40).

[[Chagos Archipelago]] was an overseas british territorry given to mauritius, its capital is [[Diego Garcia]] (British Indian Ocean Territory)

==See also==
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* [[ISO 3166-2:MU]]
* [[List of places in Mauritius]]
* [[Outer Islands of Mauritius]]

==References==
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