Seychelles

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.

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
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

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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]

History

Main airticle: History o Seychelles

Austronesian seafarers or Arab traders wur the first tae visit the uninhabitit Seychelles. The earliest recordit sichtin bi Europeans teuk place in 1502 bi the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Amirantes an named them efter hissel (islands o the Admiral).

A transit point for trade atween Africae an Asie, the islands wur occasionally uised bi pirates till the French began tae take control stairtin in 1756 when a Stone o Possession wis laid bi Caiptain Nicholas Morphey. The islands wur named efter Jean Moreau de Séchelles, Louis XV’s Meenister o Finance.^[7]

The Breetish contestit control ower the islands atween 1794 an 1810. Jean Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, French administrator o Seychelles durin the years o war wi the Unitit Kinrick, declined tae resist when airmed enemy warships arrived.^[8] Instead, he successfully negotiatit the status o capitulation tae Breetain which gave the settlers a privileged position o neutrality.

Breetain eventually assumed full control upon the surrender o Mauritius in 1810, formalised in 1814 at the Treaty o Paris. Seychelles became a croun colony separate frae Mauritius in 1903. Elections wur held in 1966 an 1970. Unthrildom wis grantit in 1976 as a republic athin the Commonweel.^[9] In 1977, a coup d'état oostit the first preses o the republic, James Mancham, who wis replaced bi France Albert René.^[10] The 1979 constitution declared a socialist ane-pairty state, which lastit till 1991. The first draft o a new constitution failed tae receive the requisite 60 percent o voters in 1992, but an amendit version wis approved in 1993.