Victoria

Also known as Port Victoria, Victoria, Seychelles

capital city of the Seychelles

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Victoria is the capital and largest city of the Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. It serves as the country's main administrative, commercial, and cultural center.

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Place details

Locality: Victoria
Country: Sesel
Population: 22,881
Timezone: Indian/Mahe

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Named after: Queen Victoria
Demonym: Victorian
Country: Seychelles
Located in: Seychelles
Population: 24970
Area: 20.1
Time zone: UTC+04:00
Body of water: Indian Ocean
Image: Port-victoria Seychelles.jpg

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Commons category: Victoria (Seychelles)
topic's main category: Category:Victoria, Seychelles
twinned administrative body: Daejeon
category for people born here: Category:Births in Victoria (Seychelles)
category of associated people: Category:People from Greater Victoria, Seychelles
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

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 2022, the Central region, comprising nine administrative districts within and around the capital, accounted for 30,145 (~30%) of the country's total population of 102,612. The port is known as Port Victoria.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victoria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.