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Seychelles

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Seychelles
republic, sovereign state, island country, country, archipelagic state
Part ofEast Africa, European Union tax haven blacklist Edit
Year dem found am29 June 1976 Edit
Official nameRepubblica delle Seychelles, Seychelles, Seychelles, la République des Seychelles Edit
Native labelRépublique des Seychelles Edit
Short name🇸🇨 Edit
Dem name afterJean Moreau de Séchelles Edit
Official languageFrench, English, Seychellois Creole Edit
AnthemKoste Seselwa Edit
Cultureculture of Seychelles Edit
Motto textFinis Coronat Opus, The End Crowns the Work, Another world, Mae Diwedd y Gwaith yn ei Goroni Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountrySeychelles Edit
CapitalVictoria Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+04:00, Indian/Mahe Edit
Located in/on physical featureEast African islands Edit
Coordinate location7°6′0″S 52°46′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point7°7′28″S 56°16′59″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point3°43′12″S 55°12′0″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point9°44′3″S 46°30′34″E Edit
Highest pointMorne Seychellois Edit
Lowest pointIndian Ocean Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Seychelles Edit
State ein headWavel Ramkalawan Edit
Office head of government holdPresident of Seychelles Edit
Government ein headWavel Ramkalawan Edit
Legislative bodyNational Assembly Edit
Central bankCentral Bank of Seychelles Edit
CurrencySeychellois rupee Edit
Dey share bother plusFrance, Comoros, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius Edit
Foundational textConstitution of Seychelles Edit
Driving sideleft Edit
Electrical plug typeBS 1363 Edit
Language dem useEnglish, English, French, Seychellois Creole Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.egov.sc/ Edit
HashtagSeychelles Edit
Top-level Internet domain.sc Edit
Flagflag of Seychelles Edit
Coat of armscoat of arms of the Seychelles Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Seychelles Edit
Get characteristicpartly free country Edit
History of topichistory of Seychelles Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Seychelles Edit
Demographics of topicDemographics of Seychelles Edit
Mobile country code633 Edit
Country calling code+248 Edit
Emergency phone number112, 133, 151, 999 Edit
Licence plate codeSY Edit
Maritime identification digits664 Edit
Unicode character🇸🇨 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Seychelles Edit
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Seychelles (/seɪˈʃɛl(z)/ , /ˈseɪʃɛl(z)/;[1][2] French: [sɛʃɛl][3][4][5] anaa [seʃɛl][6]), officially de Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Seychellois Creole: Repiblik Sesel),[7] be an island country den archipelagic state wey dey consist of 155 islands (as per de Constitution) insyd de Indian Ocean. Ein capital den largest city, Victoria, be 1,500 kilometres (800 nautical miles) east of mainland Africa. Nearby island countries den territories dey include de Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, den de French overseas departments of Mayotte den Réunion to de south; den de Chagos Archipelago to de east. Seychelles be de smallest country insyd Africa as well as de least populated sovereign African country, plus an estimated population of 100,600 insyd 2022.[8]

Seychellois culture den society be an eclectic mix of French, British, den African influences, plus infusions of Chinese den Indian elements. De country be a member of de United Nations, de African Union, de Southern African Development Community, den de Commonwealth of Nations.

Politics

Administrative divisions

Dem divide Seychelles into twenty-six administrative regions wey dey comprise all of de inner islands. Eight of de districts dey make up de capital of Seychelles wey dem referr dem to as Greater Victoria. Anoda 14 districts dem consider de rural part of de main island of Mahé. Two more districts dey divide de island of Praslin wey one dey cover La Digue as well as satellite den oda Inner Islands. De rest of de Outer Islands (Îles Eloignées) dey make up de last district dem recently create by de tourism ministry.

Greater Victoria

  • Bel Air
  • La Rivière Anglaise (English River)
  • Les Mamelles
  • Mont Buxton
  • Mont Fleuri
  • Plaisance
  • Roche Caiman
  • Saint Louis

Rural Mahé

  • Anse aux Pins
  • Anse Boileau
  • Anse Etoile
  • Au Cap
  • Anse Royale
  • Baie Lazare
  • Beau Vallon
  • Bel Ombre
  • Cascade
  • Glacis
  • Grand'Anse Mahé
  • Pointe La Rue
  • Port Glaud
  • Takamaka

Praslin

  • Baie Sainte Anne (Anse Volbert)
  • Grand'Anse Praslin (Grande Anse)

La Digue den Inner Islands wey remain

  • La Digue (Anse Réunion)

Geography

View of Praslin, de second largest island of Seychelles
Map of Seychelles

Na dem divide de islands into groups. Der be 42 granitic islands dem know as de Granitic Seychelles. Dese be for descending order of size insyd: Mahé, Praslin, Silhouette, La Digue, Curieuse, Félicité, Frégate, Ste. Anne, North, Cerf, Marianne, Grand Sœur, Thérèse, Aride, Conception, Petite Sœur, Cousin, Cousine, Long, Récif, Round (Praslin), Anonyme, Mamelles, Moyenne, Ile aux Vaches Marines, L'Islette, Beacon (Ile Sèche), Cachée, Cocos, Round (Mahé), L'Ilot Frégate, Booby, Chauve Souris (Mahé), Chauve Souris (Praslin), Ile La Fouche, Hodoul, L'Ilot, Rat, Souris, St. Pierre (Praslin), Zavé, Harrison Rocks (Grand Rocher).

Beach of Anse Source d'Argent for de island of La Digue

Der be two coral sand cays north of de granitics for de edge of de Seychelles Bank: Denis den Bird. Der be two coral islands south of de Granitic: Coëtivy den Platte.

Beach of Anse Lazio for de island of Praslin

Der be 29 coral islands insyd de Amirantes group, west of de granitic: Desroches, Poivre Atoll (wey dey comprise three islands—Poivre, Florentin den South Island), Alphonse, D'Arros, St. Joseph Atoll (wey dey comprise 14 islands—St. Joseph, Île aux Fouquets, Resource, Petit Carcassaye, Grand Carcassaye, Benjamin, Bancs Ferrari, Chiens, Pélicans, Vars, Île Paul, Banc de Sable, Banc aux Cocos den Île aux Poules), Marie Louise, Desnœufs, African Banks (wey dey comprise two islands—African Banks den South Island), Rémire, St. François, Boudeuse, Étoile, Bijoutier.

Der be 13 coral islands insyd de Farquhar Group, south-southwest of de Amirantes: Farquhar Atoll (wey dey comprise 10 islands—Bancs de Sable, Déposés, Île aux Goëlettes, Lapins, Île du Milieu, North Manaha, South Manaha, Middle Manaha, North Island den South Island), Providence Atoll (wey dey comprise two islands—Providence den Bancs Providence) den St Pierre.

Mahé Island

Der be 67 raised coral islands insyd de Aldabra Group, west of de Farquhar Group: Aldabra Atoll (wey dey comprise 46 islands—Grande Terre, Picard, Polymnie, Malabar, Île Michel, Île Esprit, Île aux Moustiques, Ilot Parc, Ilot Émile, Ilot Yangue, Ilot Magnan, Île Lanier, Champignon des Os, Euphrate, Grand Mentor, Grand Ilot, Gros Ilot Gionnet, Gros Ilot Sésame, Héron Rock, Hide Island, Île aux Aigrettes, Île aux Cèdres, Îles Chalands, Île Fangame, Île Héron, Île Michel, Île Squacco, Île Sylvestre, Île Verte, Ilot Déder, Ilot du Sud, Ilot du Milieu, Ilot du Nord, Ilot Dubois, Ilot Macoa, Ilot Marquoix, Ilots Niçois, Ilot Salade, Middle Row Island, Noddy Rock, North Row Island, Petit Mentor, Petit Mentor Endans, Petits Ilots, Pink Rock den Table Ronde), Assumption Island, Astove den Cosmoledo Atoll (wey dey comprise 19 islands—Menai, Île du Nord (West North), Île Nord-Est (East North), Île du Trou, Goélettes, Grand Polyte, Petit Polyte, Grand Île (Wizard), Pagode, Île du Sud-Ouest (South), Île aux Moustiques, Île Baleine, Île aux Chauve-Souris, Île aux Macaques, Île aux Rats, Île du Nord-Ouest, Île Observation, Île Sud-Est den Ilot la Croix).

For addition to dese 155 islands, as per de Constitution of Seychelles, der be 7 reclaimed islands: Ile Perseverance, Ile Aurore, Romainville, Eden Island, Eve, Ile du Port den Ile Soleil.

Na de sea erode South Island, African Banks. For St Joseph Atoll, Banc de Sable den Pelican Island sanso be eroded, while dem merge Grand Carcassaye den Petit Carcassaye make dem form one island. Der sanso be chaw unnamed islands for Aldabra, St Joseph Atoll den Cosmoledo. Pti Astove, though dem name am, fail make e make into de Constitution for unknown reasons. Bancs Providence no be a single island, buh a dynamic group of islands, wey dey comprise four large den about six very small islets insyd 2016.

Climate

Climate data for Victoria (Seychelles International Airport)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.8
(85.6)
30.4
(86.7)
31.0
(87.8)
31.4
(88.5)
30.5
(86.9)
29.1
(84.4)
28.3
(82.9)
28.4
(83.1)
29.1
(84.4)
29.6
(85.3)
30.1
(86.2)
30.0
(86.0)
29.8
(85.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)
27.3
(81.1)
27.8
(82.0)
28.0
(82.4)
27.7
(81.9)
26.6
(79.9)
25.8
(78.4)
25.9
(78.6)
26.4
(79.5)
26.7
(80.1)
26.8
(80.2)
26.7
(80.1)
26.9
(80.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 24.1
(75.4)
24.6
(76.3)
24.8
(76.6)
25.0
(77.0)
25.4
(77.7)
24.6
(76.3)
23.9
(75.0)
23.9
(75.0)
24.2
(75.6)
24.3
(75.7)
24.0
(75.2)
23.9
(75.0)
24.4
(75.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 379
(14.9)
262
(10.3)
167
(6.6)
177
(7.0)
124
(4.9)
63
(2.5)
80
(3.1)
97
(3.8)
121
(4.8)
206
(8.1)
215
(8.5)
281
(11.1)
2,172
(85.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 17 11 11 14 11 10 10 10 11 12 14 18 149
Average relative humidity (%) 82 80 79 80 79 79 80 79 78 79 80 82 79.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 153.3 175.5 210.5 227.8 252.8 232.0 230.5 230.7 227.7 220.7 195.7 170.5 2,527.7
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[9]
Source 2: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

References

  1. Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
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  8. "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data (insyd Latin). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  9. "World Weather Information Service – Victoria". wmo.int. World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

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