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Location: East Africa, archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar
Geographical
Size: 455 sq km
Climate:
tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)
Population:
94,633 (July 2018 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 0.74% (2018 est.)
Languages: Seychellois Creole (official) 89.1%, English (official) 5.1%, French (official) 0.7%, other 3.8%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.)
Religion: Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 10.5% (Anglican 6.1%, Pentecostal Assembly 1.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.2%, other Protestant 1.7%), other Christian 2.4%, Hindu 2.4%, Muslim 1.6%, other non-Christian
1.1%, unspecified 4.8%, none 0.9% (2010 est.)
Government
Type: presidential republic
Capital
City: Victoria
Economy:
Growth in their economy has been led by the tourist sector, which directly employs about 26% of the labor force and directly and indirectly accounts for more than 55% of GDP, and by tuna fishing.
GDP
(Purchase power parity): $2.75 billion (2017 est.)
Communications: Fixed line telephone 19,652 (2017 est.) Mobile Cellular 167,282 (2017 est.), Internet users 52,664 (July 2016 est.) Information and map From
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