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COUNTRY FACTS: SEYCHELLES
Name(official): Republic of Seychelles
Name(short): Seychelles
Capital City: Victoria
Location: Archipelago in the Indian ocean, north east of Madagascar. Click to enlarge map of seychelles
Map of Seychelles
Coordinate: 4 35 S, 55 40 E
Independence: (From Britain) June 29th; 1976.
President: James Michel.
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 455sq.km.
Population: 81 541 (July 2006 est.)
People: mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab
Religion: Christians(various denominations) 93.2%, hindu 2.1%, muslims 1.1%, others 3.6%
Languages: Creole and English (official), other ethnic languages (2002 census).
Literacy: 91.9%total, 91.4%male, 92.3%female (2003 est.)
Currency: seychelles rupee (1 SCR =100cents)
GDP(per capita): $7 800 (2002 est.)
Arable Land: 2.17% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: Coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava(tapioca), bananas, broiler chickens, tuna, fish.
Natural resources: Fish, copra, cinnamon trees.
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General Info:
International Phone Code: +248


ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

MAJOR CITIES

Some of the Islands that make-up Seychelles are:
Mahe, Aride, La Digue, Praslin, Silhouette, Curieuse.

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

23 administrative districts: Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Mahe), Grand' Anse (on Praslin), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe La Rue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka

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