Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Victoria
Population: 73,000
Area: 280 km2
Currency: 1 Seychelles rupee = 100 cents
Languages: English, French, Creole
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
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Seychelles: a group of volcanic islands in the W Indian Ocean: taken by the British from the French in 1744: became an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1976, incorporating the British Indian Ocean Territory islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches. Languages: Creole, English, and French. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: rupee. Capital: Victoria. Pop.: 81 000 (2003 est.). Area: 455 sq. km (176 sq. miles)