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Encyclopedia > Pamplemousses
Pamplemousses District
Location of Pamplemousses District in Mauritius
 
Capital Triolet
Population 122,352 (2000)
Ranked N/A
Area 179 km² Ranked N/A
Population density 2,906.48/km²
Number of places N/A
Area codes N/A
ISO 3166-2 code MU-PA (Pamplemousses)
Website NA

Pamplemousses is a district of Mauritius in the north of the island, and is one of the most densely populated parts of the island. The name of the district comes from the French word for grapefruits. Its capital is Triolet. It hosts the SSR botanical garden. The garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre (1719-1786) in 1770. The area is 25 hectares. The garden features spices, ebonies, sugar canes and many more. It also features lotuses as well as 85 varieties of palms from Central America, Asia, Africa and the islands around the Indian Ocean. Image File history File links Mauritius-Pamplemousses. ... A triolet (IPA: , or ) is a poetic form. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... The island of Mauritius itself is divided into 9 districts (capitals in parentheses): Black River (Tamarin) Flacq (Centre de Flacq) Grand Port (Mahebourg) Moka (Moka) Pamplemousses (Pamplemousses) Plaines Wilhems (Rose Hill) Port Louis (Port Louis) Riviére du Rempart (Poudre dOr) Savanne (Souillac) Three islands or island groups also... Binomial name Citrus paradisi Macfad. ... A triolet (IPA: , or ) is a poetic form. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square meters, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Shop with spices in Morocco A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavouring. ... Binomial name Diospyros ebenum Koenig ex Retz. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Lotus berthelotii, Trailing Lotus Nelumbo lutea, the American Lotus The term lotus has a variety of uses. ... Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae), the Palm Family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order, Arecales. ... Map of Central America Central America is a central region of the Americas. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...


Places

Fond du Sac is a town in the northern part of the island of Mauritius. ... Triolet, the largest village in the district of Pamplemousses in the island of Mauritius. ...

See also

  • Pamplemousses Botanical Gardens
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North: Indian Ocean
West: Indian Ocean Pamplemousses East: Riviére du Rempart
Southwest: Port Louis South: Moka Southeast: Flacq


Rivière du Rempart is a district of Mauritius. ... Port Louis District is a district of Mauritius. ... Moka brewing is the term used for Italys most popular domestic method of brewing coffee. ... Flacq is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island. ...

 
Districts and dependencies of Mauritius
Flag of Mauritius
Districts
Black River | Flacq | Grand Port | Moka | Pamplemousses | Plaines Wilhems | Port Louis | Rivière du Rempart | Savanne
Dependencies
Agalega Islands | Cargados Carajos Shoals | Rodrigues

  Results from FactBites:
 
Pampemousses Botanical Garden (368 words)
The Royal Botanical Gardens of Pamplemousses is the highlight of any visit to the north.
Pamplemousses is believed to have taken its name from a citrus plant commonly called the pamplemoucier which was imported by the Dutch from Java.
The Tamils call it the bambolmas and it is believed that this is the origin of the French word pamplemousse or grapefruit.
Pamplemousses - Wikipédia (568 words)
Pamplemousses est un district du nord-ouest de l'île Maurice.
On y trouve notamment un remarquable jardin botanique, le Jardin de Pamplemousses.
Cette propriété deviendra le jardin de Pamplemousses, un jardin d'acclimatation sans précédent, d'où le botaniste diffuse vers Madagascar et les Antilles les végétaux tant convoités, enrichissant ainsi l'escarcelle des planteurs et des commerçants français.
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