Repiblik Sesel
République des Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles

(In Detail)

(In Detail)

National motto: Finis Coronat Opus
(Latin: The End Crowns the Work) Official languages English, French and Seychellois Creole Capital Victoria President James Michel Area
 - Total
 - % water Ranked 197th
455 km²
Negligible Population
 - Total (year)
 - Density Ranked 199th
80,654 (2005 est.)
178/km² HDI (2003) 0.821 (51st) – high Independence
 - Date From the United Kingdom
June 29, 1976 Currency Seychelles rupee Time zone UTC +4 National anthem Koste Seselwa Internet TLD .sc Calling Code 248 Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles (pronounced or ; French: République des Seychelles, pronounced ; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,600 km east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Other nearby island countries and territories include Mauritius and Réunion to the south, Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Suvadives of the Maldives to the northeast.

History

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Main article: History of Seychelles

While Arab traders were probably the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles, the first recorded sighting of them took place in 1505, by the Portuguese. As a transit point for trading between Africa and Asia, they were occasionally used by pirates until the French began to take control of the islands starting in 1756, naming them after Jean Moreau de Sechelles, the then French finance minister.

The British contested control over the islands with the French between 1794 and 1811, with the British eventually gaining the upper hand and being ceded the islands in 1814. The Seychelles became a crown colony separate from Mauritius in 1903 and independence was granted in 1976, as a republic within the Commonwealth. The 1979 constitution declared a socialist one-party state, which lasted until 1992.

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