Where the Seychelles is located

Where the Seychelles is located

Seychelles

State of the Seychelles ( in English: Seychelles), officially called the Republic of Seychelles ( in English: Republic of Seychelles), is the smallest African country, located in the Indian Ocean. Seychelles is made up of several islands, up to 155 islands, 42 of which the island granitic rock, and 113 atolls, and the largest of these islands are Mahé Island ; where is the capital of the Republic of Seychelles, which is the city of Victoria, and comprises 90% of the population of the Republic. Seychelles called this name by the French General Corneille Nicholas Murphy; named after French Finance Minister Jean Moreau de Seychelles in 1756, and follow a system of government republican presidential, and under its rule includes 25 administrative districts. 

Seychelles Geography

Location

Seychelles is an archipelago sea, and geographically located in the Indian Ocean, north - east of the island of Madagascar , on the crossroads between the continents: Asia, Africa, and away from the coast of East Africa , 1,600 km away, and do not share borders with any country, while located Seychelles astronomically in time zone UTC and + 4H; [2] extending between coordinates '35 ° 4 south and east '40 ° 55.