La Laura-Malenga is a village in the Moka District in Mauritius. The population was 1,230 in 2000 and was estimated to be 1,336 in 2012.[1] The village got its name "La Laura-Malenga" in 1859. The name came from a 19th-century sugar estate.[2] Le Pouce, the third-highest mountain in Mauritius, is close to this village.

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  1. ^ "World Gazetteer: La Laura-Malenga – profile of geographical entity including name variants". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ Bhurdwaz Mungur; Breejan Burrun (1993). An invitation to the charms of Mauritian localities: a survey of names and attractions of places in Mauritius. ELP Ltée. ISBN 978-99903-23-03-0. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

20°12′18″S 57°33′00″E / 20.205°S 57.55°E / -20.205; 57.55