Seychelles

E29088

archipelagic state island country sovereign state

Seychelles is an Indian Ocean island nation off the coast of East Africa, known for its tropical beaches, coral reefs, and unique biodiversity.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelagic state → island country → sovereign state →
callingCode	+248 →
capital	Victoria →
capitalIsland	Mahé →
climate	tropical →
continent	Africa →
currency	Seychellois rupee →
currencyCode	SCR →
demonym	Seychellois →
drivesOn	left →
formerColonialPower	France → United Kingdom →
governmentType	unitary presidential republic →
hasEndemicSpecies	Aldabra giant tortoise → Coco de Mer palm → Seychelles black parrot →
hasIsland	La Digue → Mahé → Praslin → Silhouette Island →
hasIslandGroup	Inner Islands → Outer Islands →
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Aldabra Atoll → Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve →
independenceDate	1976-06-29 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.sc →
knownFor	coral reefs → tropical beaches → unique biodiversity →
largestCity	Victoria →
locatedIn	Indian Ocean →
locatedOffCoastOf	East Africa →
mainEconomicSector	fisheries → offshore financial services → tourism →
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations → Indian Ocean Rim Association → Organisation internationale de la Francophonie → Southern African Development Community → United Nations →
officialLanguage	English → French → Seychellois Creole →
partOf	African Union →
region	East Africa →
religionMajority	Christianity →
timeZone	UTC+4 →
usesLegalSystem	mixed legal system of English common law and French civil law →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) →	hasMember
East Africa → Francophone Africa →	includesCountry
ECCAS → Southern African Development Community →	memberState
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Seychellois Creole →	country
ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa →	countryServed
British Indian Ocean Territory →	createdFrom
Aldabrachelys ("Seychelles region") →	geographicDistribution
Indian Ocean →	hasMajorIsland
Francophonie →	hasMajorMember
Commonwealth of Nations →	hasMemberState
Seychellois Creole →	hasOfficialStatusIn
Member States of the United Nations ("Republic of Seychelles") →	includes
Seychellois Creole →	linguaFrancaIn
Seychellois Creole →	majorityLanguageIn
sooty tern →	notableColony
French →	officialLanguageOf
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami →	regionAffected
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa →	servesCountry
Seychellois Creole →	spokenIn
East Africa Time →	usedInCountry