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Plaines Wilhems District
District in Mauritius From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plaines Wilhems (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [plɛn wilɛmz]) is a district of Mauritius. It is the most populous district, with an estimated population of 366,506 at the end of 2018.[1] The district is mainly urban; it consists of four towns, the village of Midlands and part of two other villages. The Plaines Wilhems district does not have a District Council; it has four Municipal Town Councils. The towns are Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes and Vacoas-Phoenix. The villages are Midlands, Cascavelle (East – West in Rivière Noire district) and Moka (West- East in Moka district).[2][3] The district was named after Wilhem Leicknig. Of Prussian origin, he settled on the island of Mauritius, then known as Isle de France, in 1721.[4][5]
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Education
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Secondary schools in the district include:
- Lycée La Bourdonnais – Curepipe[6]
- Dr. Regis Chaperon S.S.S
- Lycée des Mascareignes – Moka
- Royal College Curepipe – Curepipe
- Queen Elizabeth College – Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
- Collège du Saint-Esprit – Quatre-Bornes
- Doha Academy – Curepipe
- Gaetan Raynal State College – Quatre Bornes
- John Kennedy College – Beau Bassin Rose Hill
- Vacoas State Secondary School – Vacoas
- Forest Side State Secondary School – Curepipe
- Notre Dame College – Curepipe
- Eden College Boys – Quatre Bornes
- Sodnac State Secondary School – Quatre Bornes
- Loreto College Quatre Bornes – Quatre Bornes
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