Victoria, Seychelles

Short description: Capital city of Seychelles

Victoria

Clockwise from top: Victoria clock tower, Cathedral of Victoria, Port Victoria, Seychelles State House.

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Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] 4°37′23″S 55°27′09″E﻿ / ﻿4.62306°S 55.4525°E﻿ / -4.62306; 55.4525
Country| Seychelles
Island| Mahé
Government

• Mayor| Lydia Charlie
Area

• Total| 20.1 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population

(2010)[1]

• Total| 26,450
Time zone| UTC+04:00 (SCT)
Website| MayorsOfficeSeychelles.com

Victoria is the capital and largest city of Seychelles, situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé, the archipelago's main island. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government. In 2010, the population of Greater Victoria (including the suburbs) was 26,450 (26.66%) out of the country's total population of 99,202.[2] The port is known as Port Victoria.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Economy
* 3 Education
* 4 Culture
* 5 Places of worship
* 6 Sports
* 7 Transport
* 8 Districts
* 9 Twin towns and sister cities
* 10 Climate
* 11 See also
* 12 References
* 13 External links

## History

The area that would become Victoria was originally settled in 1778 by French colonists after they claimed the island in 1756. The town was called L'Établissement until 1841 when it was renamed to Victoria by the British, after Queen Victoria.[4][5][6]

## Economy

Tourism is an important sector of the economy. The principal exports of Victoria are vanilla, coconuts, coconut oil, fish and guano.[7]

## Education

The Mont Fleuri campus of the University of Seychelles is in Victoria.[8]

## Culture

Victoria Clocktower

Attractions in the city include a clocktower modelled on Little Ben in London,[7][9] the courthouse, the Botanical Gardens, the National Museum of History, the Natural History Museum and the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market.[7] Victoria Market and the brightly coloured fish and fruit markets is the local hot spot for the Seychellois people.

## Places of worship

Immaculate Conception Cathedral Arulmigu Navasakti Vinayagar Temple

There are two cathedrals in Victoria, Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Roman Catholic) and St Paul's Cathedral, Victoria (Anglican).[10] There are also Baptist and Pentecostal churches,[11] mosques and Hindu temples.

## Sports

Stade Linité, the national stadium, is in Victoria. It is mostly used for football matches.

## Transport

Victoria is served by Seychelles International Airport, completed in 1971.[7] The inner harbour lies immediately east of the town, where tuna fishing and canning is a major industry.[7] One of the largest bridges in Victoria was destroyed by tsunami waves from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.[9]

## Districts

Four of the districts of Seychelles are in Victoria:

* English River (La Rivière Anglaise), the central district
* Saint Louis
* Mont Fleuri
* Bel Air

## Twin towns and sister cities

Victoria is twinned with:

Country  | City

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Djibouti  | Djibouti
Israel  | Daliyat al-Karmel
China  | Haikou

## Climate

Victoria features a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af) with high temperatures throughout the course of the year. The capital does have noticeably wetter and drier periods during the year, with June and July being its driest months and December through February being the city's wettest months. However, since in no month does the average monthly precipitation falls below 60 millimetres or 2.4 inches in Victoria, the city does not have a true dry season month. This lack of a true dry season month is a primary reason why the climate falls under the tropical rainforest climate category. The capital averages about 2,300 millimetres or 91 inches of rainfall annually. Although being very rainy, skies are usually clear to partly clear and completely cloudy days remain scarce throughout the year even during the rainiest months.

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## See also

* Romainville Island, Seychelles

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SEYCHELLES". City Population. http://www.citypopulation.de/Seychelles.html.
2. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (1 March 2014). Britannica Book of the Year 2014. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. p. 716. ISBN 978-1-62513-171-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=LccRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA716.
3. ↑ "Home". http://www.seyport.sc/.
4. ↑ Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 321
5. ↑ "History". Seychelles Tourism Board. http://www.seychelles.travel/discover/history.
6. ↑ "History of the Seychelles". http://www.stgt.com/seychelles/html/history.htm.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Cybriwsky, Roman A. (2013). Capital Cities around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 321. ISBN 9781610692489. https://books.google.com/books?id=qb6NAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA321.
8. ↑ "Mont Fleuri Campus". https://unisey.ac.sc/about-us/introducing-unisey/campuses/mont-fleuri-campus/.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. 2010. p. 530. ISBN 9780195337709. https://books.google.com/books?id=A0XNvklcqbwC&q=Victoria,+Seychelles+bridges+earthquake&pg=RA1-PA530.
10. ↑ "6 buildings in the capital highlighting Seychelles' history". 2 March 2017. http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/6861/+buildings+in+the+capital+highlighting+Seychelles+history.
11. ↑ J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, "Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices", ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 2591
12. ↑ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Seychelles/CSV/SeychellesIntlAirport_63980.csv.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Climatic Averages for January". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for january.pdf.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Climatic Averages for February". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for february.pdf.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Climatic Averages for March". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for march.pdf.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Climatic Averages for April". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for april.pdf. [yes } imatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for may.pdf|permanent dead link|dead link}}][yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 matic Averages for June "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/C matic Averages for June.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=Seychelles+Climate+Guide&rft.pub=Seychelles+National+Meteorological+Services&rft_id=http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/C+matic+Averages+for+June&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Place:Victoria,_Seychelles"> [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Cl les National Meteorological Services". http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for july.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Climatic Averages for August". Seychelles Climate Guide. Se ad link. August 2025. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for august.pdf.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Climatic Averages for September". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for september.pdf.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Climatic Averages for October". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for october.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] matic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for november.pdf |title=Climatic Averages for November |work=Seychelles Climate Guide |publisher=Seychelles National Meteorological Services |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916172735/http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/ e=SNMSdec>"Climatic Averages for December". Seychelles Climate Guide. Seychelles National Meteorological Services. http://www.meteo.gov.sc/images/Climatic_Means_and_Extremes/climatic averages for december.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

## External links

* Victoria, Seychelles travel guide from Wikivoyage

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