Vacoas – Dhuny Store – John Kennedy Ave – 1960s
Dhuny Store in Vacoas is located at the beginning of the John Kennedy Avenue and forming part of the main town centre. The Store is among the oldest and earliest trading activity of the town and is still standing even today, in 2014. Back in the 1960s, the street had quite some commercial activities that made the town lively, and most of the movement were also because of the HMS Headquarters not too far from this place. This helped the traders survive since most of its regular customers were at the doorstep. Today, even though Dhuny is still operating, the others couldn’t survive and had to close down when the HMS closed down. The SMF headquarters have their own assets. Image courtesy of: Mike Sinnott / Vacoassiens de tous temps.
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Vacoas-Phoenix (French: Villes Jumelles) is a town in Mauritius of the island of Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2012, the population of the town was at 109,136. The town lies between Quatre Bornes and Curepipe. The towns of Vacoas and Phoenix fused in 1963. Vacoas-Phoenix fully became a municipality in 1968.
The town of Vacoas-Phoenix is divided into different regions.
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