塞舌尔,正式塞舌尔共和国,西印度洋岛国。面积:172平方英里(446平方公里)。人口:2023(美国东部时间)101500年。首都:维多利亚。混合人口的法国、非洲和亚洲血统。语言:克里奥尔语,英语,法语。宗教:基督教(主要是罗马天主教;还圣公会);较小的印度教徒和穆斯林的数量。货币:塞舌尔卢比。 Located east of northeastern Tanzania, Seychelles is composed of two main island groups: the Mahé group of more than 40 central, mountainous, granitic islands and a second group of more than 70 outlying, flat, coralline islands. The country has a developing economy that depends heavily on the service sector in general and the tourism industry in particular. Exports include fish, copra, and cinnamon. It is a multiparty republic with one legislative house; its head of state and government is the president. The first recorded landing on uninhabited Seychelles was made in 1609 by an expedition of the British East India Company. The archipelago was claimed by the French in 1756 and surrendered to the British in 1810. It became a British crown colony in 1903 and a republic within the英联邦在1976年。一个一党专政的社会主义国家自1979年以来,它在1992年举行多党选举,并于1993年通过了一项新宪法。
