Victoria, Seychelles

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Victoria
Location o Victoria on Mahé Island
Location o Victoria on Mahé Island
Victoria is located in Seychelles
Victoria
Victoria
Location in Seychelles
Coordinates: 4°37′S 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E / -4.617; 55.450Coordinates: 4°37′S 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E / -4.617; 55.450
KintraSeychelles
IslandMahé
Population
 (2002)
 • Total24,970

Victoria (whiles cried Port Victoria) is the caipital ceety o the Seychelles an is situatit on the north-eastren side o Mahé island, the archipelago's main island. The ceety wis first established as the seat o the Breetish colonial govrenment. In 2009, the population o Greater Victoria (includin the suburbs) wis 25,000 oot o the kintra's tot population o 87,972. Victoria is served bi Seychelles Internaitional Airport, completit in 1971.

The principal exports o Victoria is vanilla, coconuts, coconut ile, saip, fish an guanae.

Attractions in the ceety include a clocktower modelled on that o Vauxhall Clock Touer in Lunnon, Ingland, the Coorhoose, the Victoria Botanical Gairdens, the Victoria Naitional Museum o History, the Victoria Naitural History Museum an the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Mercat. Victoria mercat is the local hetspot for the Seychellois fowk an the bricht coloured fish an fruit mercats arenae tae be missed, an thare the gallery o the weel-kent local airtist Georges Camille naurhaun an aw. The ceety is hame tae the naitional stadium, the Internaitional Schuil Seychelles an a polytechnic. The inner herbour lees immediately eastlins o the toun, whaur tuna fishin an cannin fairms a major local industry. Ane o the lairgest brigs in Victoria wis destroyed bi tsunami waves frae the 2004 Indian Ocean yirdquauk.

Destrict[eedit | eedit soorce]

Victoria proper is componed o pairts o three Destricts o Seychelles:

  1. Inglis River (La Riviere Anglaise) (the innermaist pairt)
  2. Saunt Louis
  3. Mont Fleuri

Greater Victoria encompasses thir three, an five mair o the 25 Destricts o Seychelles as follaes:

  1. Mont Buxton
  2. Bel Air
  3. Roche Caiman
  4. Les Mamelles
  5. Plaisance

Climate[eedit | eedit soorce]

Climate data for Victoria (Seychelles Internaitional Airport)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average heich °C (°F) 29.8
(85.6)
30.4
(86.7)
31.0
(87.8)
31.4
(88.5)
30.5
(86.9)
29.1
(84.4)
28.3
(82.9)
28.4
(83.1)
29.1
(84.4)
29.6
(85.3)
30.1
(86.2)
30.0
(86.0)
29.8
(85.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)
27.3
(81.1)
27.8
(82.0)
28.0
(82.4)
27.7
(81.9)
26.6
(79.9)
25.8
(78.4)
25.9
(78.6)
26.4
(79.5)
26.7
(80.1)
26.8
(80.2)
26.7
(80.1)
26.9
(80.4)
Average law °C (°F) 24.1
(75.4)
24.6
(76.3)
24.8
(76.6)
25.0
(77.0)
25.4
(77.7)
24.6
(76.3)
23.9
(75.0)
23.9
(75.0)
24.2
(75.6)
24.3
(75.7)
24.0
(75.2)
23.9
(75.0)
24.4
(75.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 379
(14.9)
262
(10.3)
167
(6.6)
177
(7.0)
124
(4.9)
63
(2.5)
80
(3.1)
97
(3.8)
121
(4.8)
206
(8.1)
215
(8.5)
281
(11.1)
2,172
(85.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 17 11 11 14 11 10 10 10 11 12 14 18 149
Average relative humidity (%) 82 80 79 80 79 79 80 79 78 79 80 82 79.8
Mean monthly sunshine oors 153.3 175.5 210.5 227.8 252.8 232.0 230.5 230.7 227.7 220.7 195.7 170.5 2,527.7
Source #1: Warld Meteorological Organization[1]
Source #2: NOAA[2]

Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Kintra Ceety
Djibouti Republic o Djibouti Djibouti

See an aa[eedit | eedit soorce]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "World Weather Information Service - Victoria". World Meteorological Organization. Archived frae the original on 13 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  2. "SEYCHELLES INTL AP Climate Normals 1971-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 16 November 2012.