{"id":62224,"date":"2026-06-27T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62224"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T09:27:27","slug":"key-facts-about-seychelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-seychelles\/","title":{"rendered":"Seychelles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Seychelles Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India embarked on a three-day state visit to Seychelles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Seychelles<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an archipelagic island country located in the <\/span><b>western Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located to the <\/span><b>northeast of Madagascar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>east of mainland Africa.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other major islands near Seychelles include <\/span><b>Comoros and Mauritius<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the south, and <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/maldives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maldives<\/a> to the east.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of an <\/span><b>archipelago of 115 islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (only 8 are permanently inhabited).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Seychelles<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>climate is tropical oceanic,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with little temperature variation during the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is composed of two main island groups: the <\/span><b>Mah\u00e9 group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are mountainous granitic islands and a second group are <\/span><b>coralline islands.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahe Group is volcanic with a <\/span><b>narrow coastal strip and rocky<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hilly interior; others are relatively flat coral atolls, or elevated reefs; sits atop the submarine Mascarene Plateau.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The highest point in Seychelles is <\/span><b>Morne Seychellois<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/pm-modi-to-embark-on-three-day-state-visit-to-seychelles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seychelles is an archipelagic island country located in the western Indian Ocean. 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