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Outer islands of Mauritius
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Outer Islands of Mauritius
Outer Islands of Mauritius
is the single first-order
administrative division
of the country and consists of the islands of
Mauritius
and several outlying islands. It is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands. The
Constitution of Mauritius
provides that the country includes the islands of Mauritius,
Rodrigues
,
Agaléga
,
Saint Brandon
(Cargados Carajos),
Tromelin
and the
Chagos Archipelago
, including
Diego Garcia
and any other island comprised in the State of Mauritius. The
Government of Mauritius
claim
sovereignty
over the Chagos Archipelago, which the
United Kingdom
split from its territories to create the
British Indian Ocean Territory
before its
Independence
in 1965 (See
Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
). Mauritius also claims sovereignty over
Tromelin
island from
France
, small islands that lie 430 km to the north-east of Mauritius.
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