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Seychelles Islands

[ above is the flag of the Seychelles islands ] Seychelles island animals are tortoises, coconuts crabs, birds, bats, dolphins, whale, and geckos. Seychelles island plants are lovenuts, coconut, pitcher plants and other nepthis and Venus fly trap plants. Seychelles islands are not isolated people too also live their life's there. Praslin is the second largest island of all the Seychelles Islands. Aldrabra is more than 700 miles from Mahe, the principal island of the Seychelles and is closer to the coast of Africa and is 265 miles northwest of Madagascar and a similar distance

northeast from the Comoro Islands.The island belongs to the Aldabra Group, one of the island groups of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.

Mahe is the biggest island of all the islands.

An island nation, the Seychelles is located to the northeast of [|Madagascar] and about 1,600 km (994 mi) east of [|Kenya]. The number of islands in the archipelago is often given as 115 but the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155. The islands as per the Constitution are divided into various groups as follows. Since independence in 1976, per capita output has expanded to roughly seven times the old near-subsistence level. Growth has been led by the [|tourist] sector, which employs about 30% of the labour force and provides more than 70% of hard currency earnings, and by [|tuna] fishing. [//[|citation needed]//]

In recent years the government has encouraged foreign investment in order to upgrade hotels and other services. These incentives have given rise to an enormous amount of investment in real estate projects and new (mostly five [|star] ) resort properties. Hilton, Four Seasons and Banyan Tree are all new entrants to Seychelles. Development projects projected in the hundreds of millions of dollars each are in the beginning stages for Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, Raffles, Shangri-La. Other private developments such as Ile Aurore, Per Aquam and Eden Island are projected at over $2 billion.

According to the 2002 census, most Seychellois are [|Christians]: 82.3% are [|Roman Catholic], 6.4% are [|Anglican], and 4.5% are of other Christian denominations. There are also small minorities that practice [|Hinduism] (2.1%) and [|Islam] (1.1%). Other non-Christian faiths account for 1.5% of the population while a further 2.1% were non-religious or did not specify a religion.[|[8]]


 * Aldabra**, the world's largest [|coral] [|atoll] , is in the [|Aldabra Group] of islands in the [|Indian Ocean] that form part of the [|Seychelles] . Uninhabited and extremely isolated Aldabra is virtually untouched by humans, has distinctive island [|fauna] including the [|Aldabra Giant Tortoise] , and is designated a [|World Heritage Site].

Aldabra was visited by Portuguese navigators in 1511.

The island is more than 700 miles from [|Mahé], the principal island of the Seychelles and is closer to the coast of Africa and is 265 miles northwest of [|Madagascar] and a similar distance northeast from the [|Comoro Islands]. The atoll is located at  [|9°24′S 46°22′E] [|﻿ /] [|9.4°S 46.367°E﻿ / -9.4; 46.367]   and belongs to the [|Aldabra Group], one of the island groups of the [|Outer Islands of the Seychelles] , which includes the island of Assumption and the atolls of Astove and Cosmoledo.

Flora
Aldabra has a number of endemic plant species. The higher areas are covered in species of [|pemphis], thick coastal shrubs, while the lower areas which are home to the giant tortoises, are a mixture of trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses.

Fauna
The atoll is home to the world's largest population of [|giant tortoises], the Aldabra Giant Tortoise //([|Dipsochelys dussumieri])//, numbering some 150,000 individuals.[|[5]] They are also known for their [|Coconut crab] //(Birgus latro)//, the world's largest land crab, and [|hammerhead sharks], [|manta rays], [|barracuda] and as a breeding ground for [|green turtles] and [|hawksbill turtles]. Birds of Aldabra include the [|Aldabra rail], the last surviving flightless bird of the Indian Ocean region, and the endangered [|Malagasy Sacred Ibis] as well as large numbers of nesting seabirds.

Seychelles is an archipelago nation comprising of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, located some 1,500 kilometers east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Seychelles, populated slightly less than 88,000 people and has its capital in Victoria, has no indigenous population as the current Seychellois are composed of people who have immigrated to the island. Seychelles pretends to be the most highly indebted country per capita in the world, according to the World Bank estimation, with total public debt around 122.8% of GDP. Seychelles is also the smallest country in the world that has a completely independent currency - that is neither pegged, nor an adopted foreign currency, nor a common currency used within a larger monetary union. When the Seychellois rupee became freely floated in 2008, its value quickly fell drastically. Being a rapidly-developing jurisdiction with modern legislation and attractive tax regimes, this amazing archipelago country certainly has ambitious to become the center of e-commerce and offshore activity.

Europeans who visited here in early days seemed to take some interest, probably due to the lack of precious natives that could be used as slaves. Though French planters set up some plantations, the lack of trade omost led to the dissolution of the colony. During the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, the islands were taken over by the British then once again "freed" by the French, but in 1814, they were officially given over to the British with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Since Mauritius was also ceded to the English at this time, the Seychelles became a dependency of Mauritius, dropping its lowly status to colony of a colony. This meager status quo remained for seventy-four years, when the islands were rewarded their own governing councils and governor. By 1903 the Seychelles had become an official colony of the British crown.
 * History**

The Seychelles Islands were believed to be the Garden of Eden.

The British contested control over the islands with the French between 1794 and 1810. Jean Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, French administrator of Seychelles during the years of war with the United Kingdom, declined to resist when armed enemy warships arrived. Instead, he successfully negotiated the status of capitulation to [|Britain], which gave the settlers a privileged position of neutrality. Britain eventually assumed full control upon the surrender of [|Mauritius] in 1810, and this was formalised in 1814 at the [|Treaty of Paris]. The Seychelles became a [|crown colony] separate from [|Mauritius] in 1903 and independence was granted in 1976, as a [|republic] within the [|Commonwealth]. In 1977, a coup d'état ousted the first president of the republic, [|James Mancham], replacing him with [|France Albert René]. The 1979 [|constitution] declared a [|socialist] one-party state, which lasted until 1991.

Here is a picture of Mahe.

Here is a picture of Praslin.

Here is a picture of La Digue.

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