Port Louis

Mauritius

Port Louis is the capital and most populous city of Mauritius, mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's financial and political centre. It is administered by the Municipal City Council of Port Louis. According to the 2018 census conducted by Statistics Mauritius, the population was 147,066.

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Country: Mauritius
Population: 595,491
Latitude: 20.17° S
Longitude: 57.5° E

Which way is Port Louis from…

From Paris, Port Louis lies at 129° to the south-east, 9,412 km as the crow flies.

Paris	129° south-east	9,412 km
London	127° south-east	9,734 km
New York	78° east	14,916 km
Madrid	124° south-east	9,236 km
Rome	137° south-east	8,307 km
Montreal	74° east	14,755 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	70° east	228 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

The capital of Mauritius is only 228 km from Saint-Denis, on Réunion: aim east, at 70°. From London, aim south-east, at 127°, 9,734 km away, while a flat map would say 145°. From Montreal, the gap grows to 44°: 119°, south-east, on the map, against 74°, east, on the compass. A distant landmark: Port Louis is due south of Muscat.