Official Name: Repiblik Sesel (Creole); République des Seychelles (French); Republic of Seychelles (English)
Form of Government: multiparty republic with one legislative house (National Assembly [35])
President: Wavel Ramkalawan
Prime Minister: Sir James Mancham
GDP: 1.703 billion USD (2019)
Capital: Victoria
Population: 97,625 (2019)
Official Languages: seselwa
Currency: Seychellois rupee
Timezone: GMT+4
Area: 458.4 km²
Dialing Code: +248
Major Mountain Ranges: Morne,Mont Dauban,Morne Blanc, Mount Simpson
Major Rivers: Pointe Conan River,Rochon,Cascade,Du Cap
Continent: Africa
Border Countries: Seychelles is made up of two main groups of over 100 islands in the western Indian Ocean. Its closest neighbours are Kenya, around 1600 kilometres to the west, and Madagascar, which lies about 1100 kilometres south.