Seychelles

Coordinates: 4°35′S 55°40′E / 4.583°S 55.667°E / -4.583; 55.667

Republic o Seychelles République des Seychelles (French) Repiblik Sesel (Seychelles Creole)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Finis Coronat Opus" (Laitin) "The End Crouns the Wark"
Anthem: Koste Seselwa Jyn thegither aw Seychellois
Location o  Seychelles  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Caipital	Victoria 4°37′S 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E / -4.617; 55.450
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Inglis French Seychellois Creole
Ethnic groups (2000)	93.2% Creoles 3.0% Breetish 1.8% French 0.4% Cheenese 0.4% Indian 1.2% ithers
Demonym(s)	Seychellois Seychelloise Seselwa (Creole)
Govrenment	Unitar presidential republic
• Preses	Wavel Ramkalawan[1]
• Vice President	Ahmed Afif
Legislatur	Naitional Assemmly
Unthirldom
• frae the Unitit Kinrick	29 Juin 1976
Aurie
• Total	459 km2 (177 sq mi) (181st)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate	94,228[2] (195t)
• Density	186.2/km2 (482.3/sq mi) (60t)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$2.761 billion[3]
• Per capita	$29,155[3]
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$1.475 billion[3]
• Per capita	$15,577[3]
Gini (2007)	65.8[4] verra heich
HDI (2014)	0.772[5] heich · 64th
Currency	Seychellois rupee (SCR)
Time zone	UTC+4 (SCT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4 (nae observed)
Drivin side	left
Cawin code	+248
ISO 3166 code	SC
Internet TLD	.sc

Seychelles (/[unsupported input]seɪˈʃɛlz/ say-SHELZ; French: [sɛʃɛl]), offeecially the Republic o Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an island kintra spannin an archipelago o 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east o mainland Africae, northeast o the island o Madagascar.

Ither nearbi island kintras an territories include Zanzibar tae the wast, Mauritius an Réunion tae the sooth, Comoros an Mayotte tae the soothwast. Seychelles, wi an estimatit population o 84,000, haes the smawest population o ony African state.^[6]

1. ↑ https://seychellen.com/en/wavel-ramkalawan-the-new-and-5th-president-of-the-seychelles/
2. ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} "Seychelles". International Monetary Fund.
4. ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 26 Julie 2013.
5. ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 11 Januar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)