Passport card
Republic of Seychelles
Seychelles
- Capital
- Victoria
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Seychellois rupee
- Languages
- Seychellois Creole, English and French
- People
- About 1.2 lakh
- Size
- About 459 km²
- Leader
- President Patrick Herminie
- Free since
- 29 June 1976
- Time
- 1½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 10:30 am in Victoria
⭐ The coco de mer palm has the biggest and heaviest seed of any plant.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Seychelles
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Seychelles
Turn the globe with your finger. Seychelles has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Seychelles and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 7,200 times the size of Seychelles.
- PeopleIndia has about 12,000 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 1.2 lakh in Seychelles.
- DistanceVictoria is about 4,400 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeSeychelles is 1½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 10:30 am in Victoria.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Seychelles, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Seychelles
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Seychelles's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Seychelles back on the map
Seychelles and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Seychelles worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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