{"id":62224,"date":"2026-02-08T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62224"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:41:40","slug":"key-facts-about-seychelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-seychelles\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Seychelles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Seychelles Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and Seychelles explored opportunities to deepen cooperation in maritime trade, blue economy sectors and sustainable development at an Indo-Seychelles Business Roundtable, held in Mumbai.<\/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 <\/span><b>archipelagic island country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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 east of mainland Africa.\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 Maldives to the east.<\/span><\/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 climate is tropical oceanic, 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: <\/span><b>the 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\"><b>Mahe Group is volcanic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a narrow coastal strip and rocky, 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2224994&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seychelles is an archipelagic island nation in the western Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar, comprising 115 islands with Victoria as its capital. 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