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Mauritius

Mauritius is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 39 and ITU zone 53. Its primary prefix is 3B8.

Flag of Mauritius.

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Figure 1. Mauritius and its districts. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.001295 degrees, about 144 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 20.2° S 57.5° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	165
Name in the ADIF standard	MAURITIUS
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	3B8
CQ zone	39
ITU zone	53

Prefixes

3B8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Mauritius.

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3B8

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.