Réunion Island

La Réunion is a volcanic island of the Indian Ocean. It is next to Madagascar, in the south of Africa.
It´s a region membershiped to France, the country that began to introduce settlers and slaves from Africa, India and Indochina in 1642.
It has an area of 2,520 Km2, and it has two volcanos: the “Piton des Neiges” has been dormant for a long time, and the “Piton de la Fournaise” has had its last eruption on 2004.
Because of trades winds, one half of the island has waterfalls and green ladscapes; and the other half is drier and there are more beaches for tourists.
The temperature doesn´t go down more than 19ºC, and the maxims don´t exceed 32-34ºC.
It has a population of 785,000 and the majority is urban: an 91.5 %. The capital of the island is Saint Denis, located in the north.
There is a very varied etnology of the population. Westerners, Africans, Hindus, Arabs and two tribes, Komoro and Tamil live in harmony.
The economy has traditionally been based on agriculture. Sugarcane has been the primary crop for more than a century. Tourism is also an important source of income.
The official language is French, but there are different dialects depending on the zone.