Victoria, Seychelles

Victoria
Location o Victoria on Mahé Island
Victoria Location in Seychelles
Coordinates: 4°37′S 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E / -4.617; 55.450Coordinates: 4°37′S 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E / -4.617; 55.450
Kintra	Seychelles
Island	Mahé
Population  (2002)
• Total	24,970

Victoria (whiles cried Port Victoria) is the caipital ceety o the Seychelles an is situatit on the north-eastren side o Mahé island, the archipelago's main island. The ceety wis first established as the seat o the Breetish colonial govrenment. In 2009, the population o Greater Victoria (includin the suburbs) wis 25,000 oot o the kintra's tot population o 87,972. Victoria is served bi Seychelles Internaitional Airport, completit in 1971.

The principal exports o Victoria is vanilla, coconuts, coconut ile, saip, fish an guanae.

Attractions in the ceety include a clocktower modelled on that o Vauxhall Clock Touer in Lunnon, Ingland, the Coorhoose, the Victoria Botanical Gairdens, the Victoria Naitional Museum o History, the Victoria Naitural History Museum an the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Mercat. Victoria mercat is the local hetspot for the Seychellois fowk an the bricht coloured fish an fruit mercats arenae tae be missed, an thare the gallery o the weel-kent local airtist Georges Camille naurhaun an aw. The ceety is hame tae the naitional stadium, the Internaitional Schuil Seychelles an a polytechnic. The inner herbour lees immediately eastlins o the toun, whaur tuna fishin an cannin fairms a major local industry. Ane o the lairgest brigs in Victoria wis destroyed bi tsunami waves frae the 2004 Indian Ocean yirdquauk.

Victoria proper is componed o pairts o three Destricts o Seychelles:

1. Inglis River (La Riviere Anglaise) (the innermaist pairt)
2. Saunt Louis
3. Mont Fleuri

Greater Victoria encompasses thir three, an five mair o the 25 Destricts o Seychelles as follaes:

1. Mont Buxton
2. Bel Air
3. Roche Caiman
4. Les Mamelles
5. Plaisance

Kintra	Ceety
Republic o Djibouti	Djibouti

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