Pamplemousses District - People from Pamplemousses District, Triolet, Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, Anil Gayan (Paperback)

Chapters: People From Pamplemousses District, Triolet, Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, Anil Gayan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Triolet is a village on the island of Mauritius. It serves the district capital of Pamplemousses. It lies exactly 7 miles (about 11.3 Kilometres) from Port Louis, the capital of the island. The village is a patch of civilisation amid green sugarcane fields, near the north-western coast of the island. To its north lie Trou-aux-Biches, Mont-Choisy and Grand Baie which are coastal villages, while to its west are Pointe-aux-piments and Balaclava. On the south lies Arsenal and to the east are Morcellement St Andre and Plaine des Papayes. The economy of Triolet has historically mostly been agricultural. Like other agglomerations in Mauritius, it was largely set up from indentured labourers working on the sugar estates around, the latest of which to shut down was the Solitude estate. With time the population has evolved and many of the indentured labourers evolved to small planters and land-owners. Following the diversification policies of the 70's, 80's and 90's sizeable parts of the population moved to manufacturing and tourism. Recently a significant portion of the population has also gone into the civil service and service sectors, especially IT and Finance. Triolet village has a main road that is almost perfectly straight, which goes all the way to the north-western coastal village and popular tourist resort Grand Baie. Along this main road most of the infrastructure has developed. It has mostly parallel secondary roads that cross at right-angles. The village has a village hall where political and administrative decisions are taken, a women's centre and a youth centre. Triolet has most governme...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=417070