Réunion Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the French island Réunion?

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Last updated: January 21, 2021

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Capital of Réunion	Saint-Denis
Major island located 690 km east of Réunion	Madagascar
Another island located 175 km northeast of	Mauritius
First country that "discovered" the island, visited in the early 16th century	Portugal
Language spoken by the majority of the island	Réunion Creole
Name of the island when France first claimed it (hint: Dynasty that ruled France)	Île Bourbon
Country that invaded the island in 1810	United Kingdom
M word for people who refuse to obey the orders of the authority, as dozens of them were deported to Réunion in 1642	Mutineers
The importance of Réunion as a stopover reduced after the opening of this canal in 1869	Suez Canal
Largest cities after the capital	Saint-Paul
Largest cities after the capital	Saint-Pierre
Other French island located on the east coasts of Africa	Mayotte
Population of Réunion in 1500	0
Name of the destroyer (ship) that liberated Réunion from Vichy France in the late 1942 (hint: type of wild cat)	Léopard
1,630 children from Réunion were relocated to this French department for education, many of whom were abused by the families that took them	Creuse
UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers about 40% of the island's area	Réunion National Park
Group of islands Réunion is part of	Mascarene Islands
Réunion was hit by an epidemic of this type of infection in 2005/2006 (starts with C)	Chikungunya

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