Vista area from a helicopter Cialos Cirque. Cilaos is at the center of the island, in the natural amphitheater of the same name,


Vista area from a helicopter Cialos Cirque. Cilaos is at the center of the island, in the natural amphitheater of the same name, in the southern part of the Piton des Neiges. All his municipality is located in the Alto. Cilaos holds the world record of diurnal rainfall amounted to m in 1952. The surrounding communities are in Saffron Walden, Entre-Deux, Saint Benedict, Saint-Leu, St. Louis, St. Paul, Salazie and three pools. The word comes from the Malagasy word Cilaos Tsilaosa, which means "place where one is safe" one. Regarding the supposed origin, the common currency is "Cilaos, always returns." However, according to some historians, the word Cilaos ever find its origin in the name of a slave from Madagascar called "Tsilaos" shelter in the circus. It is also these slaves "brown" (or "dark brown") in Cilaos leak was first settled.


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