 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Mauritius, Rodrigues | |
| Languages | |
| Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Catholic majority), Rastafari | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mauritian Creoles, Franco-Mauritians |
General Population (French: Population Générale) on the island of Mauritius refers to the community of inhabitants who belong to the ethnic groups Mauritian Creoles and Franco-Mauritians.[1] Within the General Population, there is a further division based on skin colour and social status.[2] It also includes most of the inhabitants of Rodrigues as well as Chagossians who usually identify as Mauritian Creoles.
According to the Constitution of Mauritius there are 4 distinct communities on the island for representation in the National Assembly. Schedule I, Paragraph 3(4) of the Constitution states that:
The population of Mauritius shall be regarded as including a Hindu community, a Muslim community, and a Sino-Mauritian community, and every person who does not appear, from his way of life, to belong to one or other of those three communities shall be regarded as belonging to the General Population, which shall itself be regarded as a fourth community.[2]
Thus each ethnic group in Mauritius falls within one of the four main communities known as Hindus, General Population, Muslims and Sino-Mauritians.[3][4]
- ^ Mathur, Raj (1997). "Parliamentary Representation of Minority Communities: The Mauritian Experience". Africa Today. 44 (1): 61–82. JSTOR 4187139.
- ^ a b Mathur, Raj. "Party cooperation and the electoral system in Mauritius" (PDF). Australian National University. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ Thi Keng Lau, Jean Claude (1991). Inter-ethnicité et politique à l'île Maurice. L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-7384-1046-4. S2CID 175282041.
- ^ Virahsawmy, Dev. "Testament of A Hindocreole or Who Are We Really?". Defimedia. Retrieved 2018-11-16.