COUNTRY FACTS: SEYCHELLES | |
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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 |
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. |
Embassy in Japan: |
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General Info: | |
International Phone Code: | +248 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Central Bank of seychelles
- Seychelles International Business Authority -SIBA
- Seychelles Investment Bureau -SIB
- Tourism:
- National Art Council
- Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Assoc.
- Seychelles Tourism Board
- SUBOIS FESTIVAL
- Curieuse Marine National Park
- Creole Festival
- Marine Conservation Society of Seychelles -MCSS
- Nature Seychelles
- Seychelles Secrets
- Domain de Val des Pres(craft village) -National Monument
- Anse Kerland and Petit Anse Kerland Beach, Praslin
MAJOR CITIES
Some of the Islands that make-up Seychelles are:
Mahe, Aride, La Digue, Praslin, Silhouette, Curieuse.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- COMESA
- NEPAD
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