Seychelles in figures - 2013 edition

National Bureau of Statistics - Seychelles

dc.contributor.author	National Bureau of Statistics - Seychelles
dc.coverage.spatial	Seychelles
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:13:51Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:13:51Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9512
dc.description	The Republic of Seychelles consists of over 116 islands scattered over 1 million square kilometres of sea in the middle of the Western Indian Ocean. The Seychelles archipelago is divided into two distinct collections: the Mahe group, 43 islands in all, granitic with high hills and mountains and the outlying islands
dc.description	and the coralline group numbering 73 or more for most part only a little above sea‐level. Mahe the most important island lies between 4 degrees south latitude and 55 degrees east longitude. It is 27 kms long and 11kms wide rising abruptly from the sea to a maximum altitude of 905 metres in the mountain of Morne Seychellois. Two other islands of major importance as regards to size and population are Praslin, 33.6kms from Mahe, and home to the unique Coco de Mer and La Digue 48kms away, with its bullock cart transport and the only remaining sanctuary of the \"veuve\" ‐ the Seychelles Paradise flycatcher. In spite of the close proximity of Seychelles to the Equator, the climate is healthy. The shade temperature varies little throughout the year and the hottest months being March to April and the collest being July and August. The rainfall varies considerably from island to island and from year to year. Most of the rainfall occurs during the hot months when the northwest trade winds blows. The islands are outside the hurricane zone and thunder storms are rare and mild when they do occur. There is some evidence that Seychelles islands were known and visited as long ago as the 8th and 9th centuries. More recently in the 15th and 16th centuries, they were spasmodically inhabited by pirates but it was not until the middle of the 18th century that the first settlers established themselves on Ste Anne island in 1770.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	National Bureau of Statistics - Seychelles
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	statistics
dc.subject	environmental statistics
dc.subject	flora
dc.subject	fauna
dc.subject	natural resource
dc.subject	resource conservation
dc.subject	resources management
dc.subject	water
dc.subject	water analysis
dc.subject	water conservation
dc.subject	water consumption
dc.subject	water demand
dc.subject	water management
dc.subject	water monitoring
dc.subject	water protection
dc.subject	water quality
dc.subject	water resource
dc.subject	water resources management
dc.subject	water utilisation;environmental assessment
dc.subject	freshwater conservation
dc.subject	freshwater degradation
dc.subject	freshwater ecosystem
dc.subject	freshwater monitoring
dc.subject	fresh water pollution
dc.subject	freshwater resource
dc.subject	pollution control
dc.subject	pollution cost
dc.subject	water pollution
dc.subject	environmental conservation
dc.subject	environmental impact
dc.subject	environmental impact assessment
dc.subject	environmental protection
dc.subject	coast protection
dc.subject	coastal area
dc.subject	coastal ecosystem
dc.subject	coastal environment
dc.subject	coastal pollution
dc.subject	coastal water
dc.subject	marine conservation area
dc.subject	marine ecosystem
dc.subject	sea resource
dc.subject	sea water protection
dc.subject	coastal fishing
dc.subject	coastal management
dc.subject	river basin development
dc.subject	river management
dc.subject	water resources conservation
dc.subject	water resources development
dc.subject	transboundary pollution
dc.subject	environmental pollution
dc.subject	is
dc.title	Seychelles in figures - 2013 edition
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets	en_US
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