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Victoria is served by Seychelles International Airport, completed in 1971. [7] The inner harbour lies immediately east of the town, where tuna fishing and canning is a major industry. [ 7 ] One of the largest bridges in Victoria was destroyed by tsunami waves from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake .
Seychelles is divided into twenty-six administrative regions comprising all of the inner islands. Eight of the districts make up the capital of Seychelles and are referred to as Greater Victoria. Another 14 districts are considered the rural part of the main island of Mahé.
Mahé is the largest island of Seychelles, with an area of 157.3 square kilometres (60.7 sq mi), lying in the northeast of the Seychellois nation in the Somali Sea part of the Indian Ocean. The population of Mahé was 77,000, as of the 2010 census. [1] It contains the capital city of Victoria and
Victoria, capital and largest city; Grand Anse Mahe; See also. Districts of Seychelles; References This page was last edited on 16 January 2024, at 17:19 (UTC). ...
Seychelles began addressing the conservation problem in the late 1960s by creating the Nature Conservancy Commission, later renamed the Seychelles National Environment Commission. [4] A system of national parks and animal preserves covering 42% of the land area and about 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) of the surrounding water areas has been ...
Seychelles is divided into 26 districts. All but one are located on the Inner Islands; the Outer Islands (Zil Elwannyen Sesel) make up the most recent district.Eight districts make up Greater Victoria, 14 make up the rural part of the main island of Mahé, two make up Praslin, and one makes up La Digue (which includes small surrounding islands and some distant islands like Silhouette, North ...
An enlargeable basic map of Seychelles An enlargeable satellite image of the island of Coetivy in the Seychelles Anse Lazio seen from north-east. Pronunciation: / s eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l z / ⓘ Common English country name: Seychelles; Official English country name: The Republic of Seychelles; Common endonym(s): Sesel, Seychelles; Official endonym(s):
The Farquhar Atoll is part of the Farquhar Group of islands in the Seychelles, part of the Outer Islands chain. It is located 770 kilometres (478 miles) southwest of Mahé Island and the capital, Victoria, 258 km (160 mi) north of Madagascar, and around 1,000 km (621 mi) from the East African mainland.