Vingt-Cinq
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Location
It is located on the North Island, near a small airfield. In the town, there is a primary school (Jacques Le Chartier Government School) and a hospital. The name, Vingt-Cinq, is believed to refer to the number of lashes that slaves on the island received as punishment.
Vingt-Cinq is located north of Mauritius, and had a population of 200 in 2012. The people of the island are mostly the descendants of the first slaves from mainland Africa and Madagascar to Mauritius.
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