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Where is Mauritius?

Mauritius is a country in East Africa.

Mauritius in gold. Drawn from the outlines the game uses.
Type
Country
Continent
Africa
Region
East Africa
Land borders
None. It shares no land border with another country.
Area
About 1,600 km² on the game’s map
Hemispheres
Southern; Eastern
Capital city
20.16° S, 57.50° E

About Mauritius

Mauritius is an Indian Ocean island country about 2,000 kilometres off southeastern Africa and east of Madagascar, with Port Louis as its capital. Once the Dutch, French and British sugar colony that was the only home of the dodo, it became independent in 1968 and a republic in 1992. It is the only African country where Hinduism is the most practised religion.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 5 on 9 October 2026 (#38), hardest clue first:

  1. In 1832 a man named d'Epinay launched the island's first newspaper free of government control.
  2. Its rare Post Office stamps were the first issued anywhere in the British Empire outside Britain.
  3. This welfare state provides free health care and free education all the way through university.
  4. Together with Rodrigues and nearby Reunion it makes up the Mascarene Islands.

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Sources: Wikipedia: Mauritius. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.