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Status: Overseas Department
Prefect: Pierre-Henry Maccioni
(2006)
Land area: 965 sq mi (2,499 sq km); total
area: 972 sq mi (2,517 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 798,094 (growth
rate: 1.3%); birth rate: 18.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.5/1000;
life expectancy: 74.4; density per sq mi: 827
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Saint-Denis, 142,600
Other large cities: Saint-Paul,
95,100; Saint-Pierre, 74,700; Le Tampon, 65,400
Monetary unit: Euro
Languages: French (official), Creole
Ethnicity/race: French, African, Malagasy,
Chinese, Pakistani, Indian
Religions: Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu,
Muslim, Buddhist (1995)
Literacy rate: 89% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005
est.): $4.811 billion; per capita $6,200. Real growth rate:
2.5%. Inflation: n.a. Unemployment: 36% (1999 est.).
Arable land: 14%. Agriculture: sugarcane, vanilla,
tobacco, tropical fruits, vegetables, corn. Labor force:
309,900 (2000); agriculture 13%, industry 12%, services 75% (2000).
Industries: sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft items, flower
oil extraction. Natural resources: fish, arable land,
hydropower. Exports: $214 million (f.o.b., 1997): sugar 63%,
rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%, (1993).
Imports: $2.5 billion (c.i.f., 1997): manufactured goods,
food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment,
raw materials, and petroleum products. Major trading
partners: France, Japan, Comoros, Bahrain, Germany, Italy
(2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 300,000 est. (2001); mobile cellular: 489,800 (2002).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (2001).
Television broadcast stations: 35 (plus 18 low-power
repeaters) (2001). Internet hosts: n.a. Internet
users: 150,000 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 1,214 km (including 88 km of four-lane
roads) (2001). Ports and harbors: Le Port. Airports: 2
(2004 est.).
International disputes: none.
Major sources and definitions
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