Everything about The Agalega Islands totally explained
The
Agalega Islands are two islands in the
Indian Ocean, lying 1,100 km (700 miles) north of
Mauritius at . The islands, governed by Mauritius, have a total area of 70 km².
The
North Island is home to the islands'
airstrip and the capital of
Vingt Cinq and village of
La Fourche, while the
South Island has the village of
Sainte Rita.
The islands are known for their
coconuts, the production of which is the main industry, and for the
Agalega Island Day Gecko. At one time, no
coinage circulated on the islands; all payment was by government-issued
vouchers and debited directly from the inhabitants' salaries.
Indian lease
In early December 2006, the Indian newspaper, the
Times of India, carried a series of reports that Mauritius had suggested transferring the Agalegas to India on a long lease in order to develop tourist infrastructure,,, .
Given the facts of Mauritian politics, built around balancing the various ethnic communities, such as the Francophonic Creoles and the Indo-Mauritians, Creoles objected to and denied this suggestion .
In an interview granted to the
Times of India, the Mauritian Deputy Premier, Xavier-Luc Duval, an ethnic Creole himself, denied that there was any move by the Mauritian government to cede or lease the islands to India .
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