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Seychelles COUNTRY
Formal Name: Republic of Seychelles.
Short Name: Seychelles.
Term for Citizens: Seychellois.
Capital: Victoria.
Date of Independence: June 29, 1976 (from
Britain).
GEOGRAPHY
Size: Approximately 444 square kilometers.
Topography: Archipelago consists of 115 islands,
of
which some forty are granitic, within ninety kilometers of
Mahé,
and remainder coralline, stretching over 1,200 kilometers
from
northeast to southwest. Major islands are Mahé, Praslin,
and La
Digue. Granitic islands have hills up to 940 meters high,
some
narrow coastal plains, and coral reefs on east coasts.
Coralline
islands are flat with no fresh water.
Climate: Tropical with high humidity but breezy.
Cooler
weather brought by southeast monsoon from late May to
September;
northwest monsoon from March to May brings warmer weather.
Mean
average annual rainfall in Mahé 2,880 millimeters at sea
level
and 3,550 millimeters on slopes.
Data as of August 1994
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