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Politics of Réunion. Réunion is an overseas département of France. [1] The island's conventional name is the Department of Réunion, or Réunion. The French flag is used on the island. The island's capital is Saint-Denis, [1] and the island is divided into 4 arrondissements, 24 communes and 25 cantons. [2]
Réunion. Réunion, [note 1] officially Department of Réunion, [note 2] is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 km (422 mi) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of the island of Mauritius.
The Nouvelle route du Littoral transl. "New Coastal Road" or NRL is a project to reroute National route 1 from the coast to over the ocean in Réunion, a French overseas department in the south-west Indian Ocean. Built on viaducts and causeway, the road will pass over the sea for around 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) and eventually link Saint-Denis to ...
Population. As of 2021, estimates put the population of Réunion at 966,129, with a growth rate of 1.63%. The birth rate was estimated at 21.84 births per 1,000 population, and the death rate at 5.55 deaths per 1,000 population in the same year. The net migration rate was zero in 2000. The following table describes age structure and sex ratios ...
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The smallest group were Muslims (from North, South and West India, mainly from the modern day region of Gujarat .) There were also later emigrants, mostly Hindu traders and businessmen. In Réunion, Indians from South India, often Hindu, are known as Malbars and Muslim Indians from North and West India are known as Zarabes.
Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government. The 46 ...