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Seychelles (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 04 35 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -4.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 055 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 55.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises two groups of 115 scattered islands in the Indian Ocean; population is largely descended from French colonists and freed Africans; colonized by French in 1768; incorporated as dependency of Mauritius under British rule 1814-1903; official languages are French, English and Creole. |
Names: |
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| Sesel (preferred,C,V,Seselwa Creole French-P,U,N)
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| Repiblik Sesel (C,V,O,Seselwa Creole French,U,N)
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| Seychelles (C,V,English-P,U,B)
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| Seychelles (French-P,U,B)
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| République des Seychelles (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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| Republic of Seychelles (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| Seychelles, Colony of the (H,V)
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| República de Seychelles (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Seschellen (C,O)
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| Сейшельские Острова (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Сейшельские Острова (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 塞舌尔 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 塞舌尔共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| س ضُيَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً س ضُيَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| SYC (C,O,ISO3L)
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| SC (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO690 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| SE00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Seychellois (C,O)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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internally self-governing 1975 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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in Commonwealth, June 1976 |
| island nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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claimed by French 1744; taken by English 1794 |
| colony (H) |
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British, 1903-1976 |
| dependency (H) |
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of Mauritius, 1810 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Victoria .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Seychelles) [1092558] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1976 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1976 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République des Seychelles.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 784 |
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