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Encyclopedia > Victoria, Seychelles
For other uses, see Victoria.
Port Victoria
Port Victoria
Victoria's centrally located clock tower
Victoria's centrally located clock tower

Victoria (sometimes called Port Victoria) is the capital city of the Republic of Seychelles and is situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé island, which the main island of the archipelago. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government. As of 2002, the population is 24,970, which is approximately one third of the population of the Seychelles. Victoria is served by the Seychelles International Airport (completed in 1971.) Victoria may refer to: // Victoria of the United Kingdom, aka Queen Victoria, former British monarch Victoria (Australia), a state in Australia Victoria, British Columbia, the capital of the Canadian province Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory Victoria may also refer to: Victoria (name) Main disambiguation page: Victoria of the United... ImageMetadata File history File links Victoria_(Seychelles). ... ImageMetadata File history File links Victoria_(Seychelles). ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (844x768, 277 KB) en: the famous Big Ben monument in the center of Victoria, capital of Seychelles photo : B.navez - Victoria (Seychelles)- 14 AUG 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Seychelles ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (844x768, 277 KB) en: the famous Big Ben monument in the center of Victoria, capital of Seychelles photo : B.navez - Victoria (Seychelles)- 14 AUG 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Seychelles ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... Seychelles International Airport (IATA Airport Code: SEZ) is located on the island of Mahé, Seychelles near the main town of Port Victoria. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...


The principal exports of Victoria are vanilla, coconuts, coconut oil, tortoise shell, soap, and guano. Vanilla pods Vanilla is a flavouring derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla native to Mexico. ... For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). ... Coconut oil, also known as coconut butter, is a tropical oil extracted from copra (the dried inner flesh of coconuts) with many applications. ... Tortoiseshell can refer to: a Tortoiseshell cat a pattern used in clothing and jewellery the Small Tortoiseshell, a butterfly the Hawksbill turtle Tortoiseshell, a song by The Boo Radleys which appeared on their EP Every Heaven This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise... A collection of decorative soaps used for human hygiene purposes. ... The Chincha guano islands in Peru. ...


Attractions in the city include a clocktower modelled on that of Little Ben in London, England, the Courthouse, the Victoria Botanical Gardens, the Victoria National Museum of History, the Victoria Natural History Museum and the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market. The city is also home to the national stadium and a polytechnic institute, while the inner harbour lies immediately east of the town, around which tuna fishing and canning form a major local industry. One of the largest bridges in Victoria was destroyed in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. A clock tower is a tower built with a large clock face on one or more (often all four) of its sides so as to be visible to a large number of inhabitants of an area. ... Little Ben is a cast iron miniature clock tower, situated at the intersection of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Victoria Street, in Westminster, central London, close to the approach to Victoria station. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... In most counties in the United States the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse which may also house the offices of the county treasurer, clerk and recorder and assessor. ... Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke KBE, CMG, MC, MD, FRCP, DPH, DTM&H, CStJ Barrister at Law; (1893–1976). ... Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The new Wembley Stadium in London is the most expensive stadium ever built; it has a seating capacity of 90,000 This article is about the building type. ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... For other uses, see Tuna (disambiguation). ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... For other uses, see Canning (disambiguation). ... The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ...


Greater Victoria encompasses eight of the 25 Districts of Seychelles as follows: Seychelles is divided into 25 districts: Anse aux Pins Anse Boileau Anse Etoile Anse Louis Anse Royale Baie Lazare Baie Sainte Anne Beau Vallon Bel Air Bel Ombre Cascade Glacis Grand Anse (Mahe) Grand Anse (Praslin) La Digue La Riviere Anglaise (English River) Les Mamelles Mont Buxton Mont Fleuri Plaisance...

  1. La Riviere Anglaise (English River)
  2. Mont Buxton
  3. Saint Louis
  4. Bel Air
  5. Mont Fleuri
  6. Roche Caiman
  7. Les Mamelles
  8. Plaisance

Location of La Riviere Anglaise District on Mahé Island, Seychelles La Riviere Anglaise (English River) is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Location of Mont Buxton District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Mont Buxton is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Location of Saint Louis District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Saint Louis is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Location of Bel Air District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Bel Air is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Location of Mont Fleuri District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Mont Fleuri is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Location of Roche Caiman District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Roche Caiman is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Location of Les Mamelles District Les Mamelles is an administrative district of Seychelles. ... Location of Plaisance District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Plaisance (Seychelles) is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | | ...

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