Mare Aux Vacoas

Mare aux Vacoas is the largest reservoir in

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

. It is located in

Plaines Wilhems Plaine may refer to: * Plaine (river), a tributary of the Meurthe (river), river Meurthe in France * Plaine, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Alsace in north-eastern France * Plaine-Haute, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwester ...

, in the southwest of the island, to the south of the town of

Curepipe Curepipe (), also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its eastern part lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Cure ...

. It has a capacity of and provides water to the upper

and to

Moka Moka () is a village in Mauritius located mainly in the Moka District. The western part of the village lies in the Plaines Wilhems District. Since 1967 it forms part of Constituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka. The village is administered b ...

. It was constructed in 1885. Lakes of Mauritius {{Mauritius-geo-stub