Districts of Mauritius

The Districts of the Republic of Mauritius are the second-level administrative divisions after the Outer Islands of Mauritius.

Mauritius Island

Savanne

Flacq

Rivière
Noire

Port Louis

Rivière
du
Rempart

Pamplemousses

Plaines
Wilhems

Grand Port

Moka

Mauritius Island is divided into nine districts which consist of 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.^[1]

Districts	Area km2	Population ('000, 2021)[2]
Flacq	297.9	138.7
Grand Port	260.3	112.6
Moka	230.5	83.8
Pamplemousses	178.7	142.4
Plaines Wilhems	203.3	365.4
Port Louis	42.7	117.5
Rivière du Rempart	147.6	108.1
Rivière Noire	259	85.2
Savanne	244.8	68.2
Total	1864.8	1 266.1

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.

Autonomous region	Area km2	Population (2025)[3]
Rodrigues	108	44.3k

Dependencies of Mauritius

1. Agaléga.
2. Saint Brandon
3. Chagos Archipelago

The capital of Agaléga is Vingt-Cinq.

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

Chagos Archipelago was an overseas British territory given to Mauritius. Its capital is Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)

See also

• Africa portal
• Geography portal

• ISO 3166-2:MU
• List of places in Mauritius
• Outer Islands of Mauritius