Districts of Seychelles

Seychelles
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Anse aux PinsAnse BoileauAnse EtoileAu CapAnse RoyaleBaie LazareBeau VallonBel Air, SeychellesCascade, SeychellesGlacis, SeychellesEnglish River, SeychellesMont BuxtonMont FleuriMont FleuriMont FleuriMont FleuriPlaisance, SeychellesPort GlaudPort GlaudPort GlaudPort GlaudSaint Louis, SeychellesTakamaka, SeychellesLes MamellesRoche CaïmanBel Ombre, SeychellesPointe La RueGrand'Anse MahéA clickable map of Mahe Island exhibiting its ditricts.
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Seychelles is divided into 26 districts. All but one are located on the Inner Islands; the Outer Islands (Zil Elwannyen Sesel) make up the most recent district. Eight of the districts make up Greater Victoria, 14 are located in the rural part of the main island of Mahé, two on Praslin, and one on La Digue (which includes small surrounding islands and some distant islands like Silhouette, North Island, Denis, Bird).

The capital city of Victoria consists of the districts English River, Saint Louis and Mont Fleuri.

Between 1991 and 1993, the originally 23 districts were local government units with elected councils. Since then, they have been governed by government-appointed administrators.[1]

In 1998, two new districts, Roche Caiman and Les Mamelles were created mostly from reclaimed land and from parts of Plaisance. In 2012, another new land reclamation took place, and Eve Island and Rev Island were created near the capital Victoria and Bay St. Anne in Praslin, making the area 459 km2. Also, the Outer Islands were given a status of a district by the ministry of tourism.

Praslin with division into two districts (07 und 14)

Table of districts

Nr [lower-alpha 1] District Capital Area Population Region
km² mi²
**Mahe IslandsMahe Islands163.2 63.078333
01Anse aux PinsAnse Aux Pins2.2 0.853673East Mahé
02Anse BoileauAnse Boileau12.0 4.64183West Mahé
03Anse EtoileAnse Etoile5.8 2.25018North Mahé
04Au CapLa Plaine St. André?8.7 3.43743East Mahé
05Anse RoyaleAnse Royale6.6 2.53818South Mahé
06Baie LazareBaie Lazare12.1 4.73227South Mahé
08Beau VallonBeau Vallon4.3 1.74142North Mahé
09Bel AirBel Air4.7 1.83015Greater Victoria
10Bel OmbreBel Ombre9.2 3.64163West Mahé
11Cascadecapital10.4 4.04088East Mahé
12Glaciscapital7.0 2.74157North Mahé
13Grand'AnseGrand'Anse15.4 5.92842West Mahé
16English RiverEnglish River1.7 0.664252Greater Victoria
17Mont BuxtonMont Buxton1.2 0.463173Greater Victoria
18Mont FleuriMont Fleuri6.1 2.43966Greater Victoria
19PlaisancePlaisance3.4 1.33690Greater Victoria
20Pointe La RuePointe La Rue3.9 1.53245East Mahé
21Port GlaudPort Glaud28.7 11.12378West Mahé
22Saint LouisSaint Louis1.1 0.423436Greater Victoria
23TakamakaTakamaka14.4 5.62580South Mahé
24Les MamellesLes Mamelles1.8 0.692537Greater Victoria
25Roche CaïmanRoche Caïman1.2 0.462893Greater Victoria
**Praslin Islands Praslin Islands42.2 16.37682
07Baie Sainte AnneAnse Volbert25.1 9.73626Inner Islands
14Grand'Anse PraslinGrand Anse14.4 5.64056Inner Islands
**La Digue Islands La Digue Islands41.8 16.13506
15La Digue and Inner IslandsLa Passe41.8 16.13506Inner Islands
**Outer IslandsVictoria, Seychelles211.8 81.8503
26Outer Islands(Coëtivy)211.8 81.8503Outer Islands
 SeychellesVictoria459.0 177.290024 

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-12-14.

Notes

  1. ↑ The number relates to ISO-Code for districts 01 through 26
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