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Moka

Coordinates:20°13′08″S57°29′46″E / 20.219°S 57.496°E /-20.219; 57.496
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This article is about the village in Mauritius. For other uses, seeMoka (disambiguation).
Villages in Moka District, Mauritius
Moka
Villages
Moka District
Moka is located in Mauritius
Moka
Moka
Moka's location in Mauritius
Coordinates:20°13′08″S57°29′46″E / 20.219°S 57.496°E /-20.219; 57.496
CountryMauritius
DistrictsMoka District
Elevation203 m (666 ft)
Highest elevation425 m (1,394 ft)
Population
 (October 2011)[3]
 • Total
8,846
 • Density507.2/km2 (1,314/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (Mauritius Time)
Area code230
ISO 3166 codeMU
ClimateAm

Moka (Mauritian Creole pronunciation:[moka]) is a village inMauritius located mainly in theMoka District. The western part of the village lies in thePlaines Wilhems District.[4] Since 1967 it forms part ofConstituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka.[5] The village is administered by the Moka Village Council under the aegis of the Moka District Council.[6] According to the census made byStatistics Mauritius in 2011, the population was at 8,846.[3] The elevation is 203 meters and can be up to 425 meters in some places. Moka is directly on the other side of theMoka Range fromPort Louis. The village is close to the mountainLe Pouce and the townBeau-Bassin Rose-Hill. Réduit is a suburb of the village where theState House andUniversity of Mauritius is situated. The village is also home to theMauritius Broadcasting Corporation and theMahatma Gandhi Institute.

History

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Housing boom

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Moka is centrally located in Mauritius and as such has experienced a real estate development boom in the past few years. This was mainly encouraged by the development of the CyberCity two kilometres away inEbene. Another contributing factor to this property business was that since Mauritius will not benefit from preferential prices for its sugar by the European Community andWorld Trade Organization, sugar estates quickly started real estate business units that would convert the land under sugar cane culture to residential lands. From 2004 to 2006, Moka saw five property estate developments.

Weather

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Moka has atropical wet climate. Since it is in theSouthern Hemisphere, February is the warmest month and August is the coolest. Temperatures normally can range from 28 °C (82 °F) in February to 15 °C (59 °F) at night in August. The dry season is in October, the wet season is in February. Temperature is somewhat constant.[1]

Places

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Schools

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Schools in Moka includeLe Bocage International School,[7]Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mahatma Gandhi Secondary School, St. Mary Roman Catholic School,[citation needed] and Ecole du Centre.[8]

University

University of Mauritius
Charles Telfair Institute

the Charles Telfair Institute, located in the village

Other

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Other important institutions in Moka are the:

  • Agricultural Marketing Board (AMB) which stocks vegetables (mainly potatoes) for local consumption
  • Subramaniam Bharati Eye Centre (AKA Moka Eye Hospital) which is the country's only specialized eye hospital.
  • Catholic Church

Notable people

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  • Jean Louis Brue du Garoutier, French soldier later retrieving the rank ofMaréchal de Camp (Brigade General) underNapoleon and serving as commander of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division during theWaterloo Campaign.[9]
  • Thomas Shadrach James (Peersahib), teacher, linguist and herbalist in Australia[10]
  • Fabrice Lapierre, Mauritian-born Australian long jumper
  • Reza Shah, exiled penultimateShah ofIran who lived inChateau Val Ory for 7 months after he was deposed during the 1941Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.[11]
  • Capt Joshua Slocum. It was in Moka, in September 1897, that Capt Joshua Slocum visited the then existing Moka Flower conservatory during his legendary solo sailing trip around the world. During that visit, he was honored to have a plant named after him, which is today known as the Joshua Slocum day-lily and is commercially available.

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toMoka (Mauritius).
  1. ^ab"Quick info, Local Time in Moka, Moka, Mauritius". Chinchi.com.
  2. ^"What is the elevation of Moka, Mauritius?". WolframAlpha.
  3. ^ab"Table G1 - Resident population by geographical location, whereabouts on census night and sex"(PDF). Central Statistic Office. 2011: 3. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved2012-11-29.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
  4. ^Statistics Mauritius (2011)."Housing and population Census 2011"(PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved28 November 2012.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
  5. ^"Electoral areas and Constituencies". Office of the Electoral Commissioner. Retrieved2021-08-22.
  6. ^Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands."Local Government Act 2011"(PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 14 November 2012. Retrieved28 November 2012.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
  7. ^"Home."Le Bocage International School. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  8. ^"École du Nord."AEFE. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  9. ^"Les Uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours - Belgique 1815".centjours.mont-saint-jean.com. Retrieved2021-05-21.
  10. ^Nelson, George."James, Thomas Shadrach (1859–1946)".Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography,Australian National University.ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7.ISSN 1833-7538.OCLC 70677943. Retrieved2021-08-22.
  11. ^Ahmed Khan, Iqbal."Diplomacy: what lies behind the Iran-Mauritius thaw?". L'Express. Retrieved2023-03-20.
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