Reunión vista general - (cia factbook)
coordenada: 21 06 S, 55 36 E
población: 787,584 (July 2006 est.)
religión: Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)
idiomas: French (official), Creole widely used
clima: tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry (May to November), hot and rainy (November to April)
elevación: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m / highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m
peligros: periodic, devastating cyclones (December to April); Piton de la Fournaise on the southeastern coast is an active volcano
historia Reunión:
The Portuguese discovered the uninhabited island in 1513. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French immigration, supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and Malabar Indians, gave the island its ethnic mix. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cost the island its importance as a stopover on the East Indies trade route.