Country Profile
Official Name of country: Republic of Seychelles
Physical Geography
Climate: tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)
Relative Location: archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar
Absolute Location: 4.35 S, 55.4 E
Political Geography
Type of government: Republic
Major political parties: Democratic Party, Seychelles National Party, People's Party
Capital: Victoria
International Organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
Cultural Geography
Official language: Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2%
Population: 87,476
---Age structure:
0-14 years: 22.8% (male 10,201/female 9,732)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male 31,870/female 29,439)
65 years and over: 7.1% (male 2,321/female 3,913) (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Average life expectancy: total: 73.02 years
Religion: Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6%
Economic Geography
GDP: $1.683 billion
Natural resources: fish, copra, cinnamon trees
Currency: 1.00 USD = 11.0657 SCR
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