Foreign Trade in the Seychelles, Victoria
Business in the Seychelles (highest GDP per inhabitant in Africa, Exports) Sesel, Victoria, Mahé
The Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) is an
East African
island country
- Repiblik Sesel in Seychellois Creole
- Victoria (main island of Mahé, 24,000 inhabitants) is the
economic, political and administrative capital of the Seychelles and the
largest Seychellois city
- The Seychelles have gone from being an essentially agricultural society to
an open and diversified economy based on services
- The highest nominal GDP per inhabitant in Africa
- Largest Seychellois economic activity: tourism
- Main agricultural products: sweet potatoes, vanilla, copra, cinnamon,
coconut and cinnamon
- Main export products of Seychelles: vanilla and fish (processed and
frozen)
- Port Victoria is the largest Seychellois port
- Port Victoria is
the largest tuna
transshipment port in the Indian Ocean.
- Important off-shore activity
- Neighbouring island countries: the
Comoros,
Madagascar (1,600 kilometres) and
Mauritius
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- Seychellois population: 94,000 inhabitants
- Seychellois Population density: 482 inhabitants / km²
- 90% of the Seychelles live on the island of Mahé. Most of the other Seychellois live in Praslin and Le Digue
- Area of the Seychelles: of 459 km²
- Distance from the Seychelles to East Africa mainland: 1,500 kilometres
- Seychelles International Airport
- Seychelles is a key player in the fight against piracy in the
Indian Ocean, mainly by Somalis
- The Seychelles are a unitary presidential Republic
- Independence
of the Seychelles from the United Kingdom: 1976
- Calling code of the Seychelles: 248
- Country code top-level domain of the Seychelles: .sc
- Currency of the Seychelles: Seychelles Rupee (SCR)
Districts of the Seychelles
The Seychelles are an archipelago formed by 115 islands in the
Indian Ocean- A group of 42 islands, called the inner islands (total area of 244
km², 98% of the Seychelles)
- Most uninhabited islands, with many natural reserve
The Seychelles has 26 districts
Victoria is composed of English River, Saint Louis and Mont Fleuri
Provinces (region):
- Seychelles Victoria
- Outer Islands Victoria / Seychelles
- Islands Mahé / Islands Mahé
- Grand Victoria
- Bel Air / Bel Air
- English River / English River
- Mont Buxton / Mont Buxton
- Mont Fleuri / Mont Fleuri
- Plaisance / Plaisance
- Saint Louis / Saint Louis
- Mamelles / Mamelles
- Roche Caïman / Roche Caïman
- West Mahé
- Anse Boileau / Anse Boileau
- Bel Ombre / Bel Ombre
- Great Anse / Great Anse
- Port Glaud / Port Glaud
- North Mahé
- Anse Étoile / Anse Étoile
- Beau Vallon / Beau Vallon
- Glacis
- East Mahé
- Anse aux Pins / Anse Aux Pins
- Au Cap / The Plaine Saint-André
- Cascade
- Pointe le Rue / Pointe le Rue
- South Mahé
- Anse Royale / Anse Royale
- Baie Lazare / Baie Lazare
- Takamaka / Takamaka
- Islands Praslin / Islands Praslin
- Digue Islands / Digue Islands
- Inner Islands
- Baie Sainte Anne / Anse Volbert
- Grande Anse Praslin / Grand Anse
- Digue and the inner Islands /Passe
- Outer Islands (Coëtivy)
Trade Organisations (Seychelles)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- U.S.-COMESA Agreement
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
- Indian Ocean Commission
- IORA
- United Kingdom-Mauritius-Seychelles-Zimbabwe Free Trade Agreement
- International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF)
- European Union-Eastern and Southern African States (Madagascar,
Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe) Free Trade Agreement
- Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
- African Union
- AUDA-NEPAD
- Economic Commission for Africa
- African Development Bank
Main Seychellois ethnicities:
Most of the Seychellois are descendants of the first French and African
settlers who arrived in the 19th century.
The main religion of the Seychelles is Christianity (77% of
the Seychellois).
Languages of the Seychelles
The official languages are French, English and Seychellois Creole
- Seychellois Creole (Kreol), a Creole language derived from
African and French languages, is the mother tongue of 92% of Seychellois
- English and French are also commonly used
- English (60% of the population) is the language of government and
commerce
Higher Education in the Seychelles
Minister of Education of the Seychelles
- University of the Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles
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