Product Description
SCWPM.#65 - TBB.#B431a - Date: 2013Signature: 9 - Prefix: JA
Description: Colour: Blue. - Front: Coat of arms; Joseph Maurice Paturau; bank building façade; standing Justice with sword and scales; dodo bird. - Back: Dodo bird; Le Caudan waterfront buildings. -
No security thread. - Watermark (shadow image): RS. -
Printer: (Oberthur). - Size: 140 x 68 mm. -
Material: Polymer (Guardian).
Mauritius,
officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals). The island of Mauritius along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and has an exclusive economic zone covering 2,300,000 square kilometres (670,000 square nautical miles). The current population of Mauritius is 1,301,627 on 1 April 2024