{"id":62224,"date":"2026-09-05T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62224"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:04:14","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 Vice President of India met the parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Seychelles at Parliament House, New Delhi.\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 <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/madagascar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madagascar<\/a><\/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 <\/span><b>south,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Maldives 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 climate is <\/span><b>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>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahe Group is volcanic 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<\/ul>\n<\/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 Morne Seychellois.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2306309&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/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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