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Place des Armes is one of the main streets of the capital city of Mauritius Island. It is very easy to recognize this street; all along there are palms trees on both sides. All day long there is a lot of traffic on this street. Port Louis is the largest of Mauritius and the main harbour is also located there. This also the place where are found most of the main offices, the government house, embassies. Port Louis is also one of the nine districts of Mauritius Island. There is a population of over one hundred forty thousand in Port Louis. The city was founded by the French around the year 1735, and was named in honour of King Louis XV. The first governor of Mauritius was Mahe de Labourdonnais. The streets in the city are quite narrow and a lot of them are one way streets.
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