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Port Louis

Capital of Mauritius

Watercolour of Port Louis, Mauritius. The historic Indian Ocean island capital, with Moka Range and Caudan Waterfront.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Moka Range; Caudan Waterfront; Citadel; Champ de Mars; Government House; Saint Louis Cathedral; Tamil
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated coastal viewpoint looking from across the harbor toward the city, showing the calm blue-green waters in the foreground, the colonial and modern skyline in the middle-ground, and the dramatic sheer peak of Le Pouce rising directly in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the steep rainforest slopes of Le Pouce and the Moka mountains, Champ de Mars turf, and royal palms.
Guarded against
Not a generic tropical resort
Population155,226Wikidata: 149,194
Coordinates20.16°S, 57.50°E
Elevation134 m
Area46,700,000 km²
Time zoneIndian/MauritiusUTC+4
Solar noon12:10clock runs 0.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Port Louis and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Bahía Tortugas, Mexico — 1,139 km from the exact antipodal point.

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VictoriaSC1,742 km
MoroniKM1,788 km
Dar es SalaamTZ2,462 km
LilongweMW2,610 km
MaputoMZ2,625 km
MombasaKE2,635 km
MatolaMZ2,637 km

Twinned cities

3 of 7 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →

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