{"id":30493,"date":"2025-09-11T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30493"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:49:31","slug":"reunion-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/reunion-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Reunion Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ships of the Indian Navy\u2019s first training squadron (1TS), INS Tir and ICGS Sarathi, arrived at R\u00e9union Island, while INS Shardul reached Port Louis, Mauritius, recently, as part of their long-range training deployment in the southwest Indian Ocean Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Reunion Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>French island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Western Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies about 680 km<\/span><b> east of Madagascar <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 180 km <\/span><b>southwest of Mauritius.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of 2,511 sq. km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>almost elliptical<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in shape, about 40 miles (65 km) long and 30 miles (50 km) wide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>With Mauritius and Rodrigues <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Islands, they <\/span><b>form the Mascarene Archipelago.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of <\/span><b>volcanic origin, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R\u00e9union consists <\/span><b>mostly of rugged mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an advanced <\/span><b>state of dissection by short torrential rivers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Marsouins and Galet Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the two largest in the territory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to the <\/span><b>highest peak in the Indian Ocean, the Piton des Neiges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>one of the most active volcanoes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the planet, the<\/span><b> Piton de la Fournaise.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>capital is Saint-Denis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the northern coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R\u00e9union\u2019s coast has <\/span><b>no good natural harbours.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>tropical climate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>People<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R\u00e9union was <\/span><b>first settled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>17th century by colonists from France.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Slave labourers were brought in from East Africa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to work on plantations, and <\/span><b>later Malays, Annamites, Chinese, and Malabar Indians<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were imported <\/span><b>as indentured labourers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Today the greatest proportion <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the population is of <\/span><b>mixed descent (African, European, and South Asian).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a French overseas territory, it has the <\/span><b>same political status as other departments in mainland France<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a <\/span><b>key French military base<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the Indian Ocean region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Languages: French, plus Reunion Creole<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Its <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">economy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is based largely on the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">export of sugar. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other products include <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">meat and milk products, rum, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">molasses, tobacco, geranium essence, and vanilla.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/indian-navys-first-training-squadron-at-reunion-island-mauritius\/article70034403.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reunion Island is a French island in the Western Indian Ocean. 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