Port Island (french: Ile du Port) is an artificial island in

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

, lying 2 km from the capital Victoria.

History

The island was constructed between 1995 and 2002. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from

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when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The works began in 1998 in 2009 the new Seychelles National Assembly building was inaugurated. In 2012 the island was ready for installment of wind turbines. In 2013 the island was visited by UN inspectors inspecting worldwide scale of

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. In the end of 2013 the

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was launched in 2014, it was reported that the PUC farm on Port Island was a success

Geography

The artificial island plan is a Mixed Commercial, Governmental, Financial, Port & Fisheries

Facilities

The

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causeway connects Port Island to Perseverance Island and to mainland Mahe. *

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* Judiciary * Stock Exchange Building * University of Port Island * Park *

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* SPTC Headquarters * SIBA Headquarters * Fish canning Factory * Storage Facilities * New Port section * PUC farm * Hotel - new govt. Hotel * Heliport *

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Demographics

The construction camp is located near the

building on the north point.

Administration

The island belongs to English River District.District map
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Image gallery

File:Seychelles large map.jpg, Map 1 File:SC-La Riviere Anglaise.png, District Map

References

External links

Mahe Map 2015
Islands of Mahé Islands Artificial islands of Seychelles {{Seychelles-geo-stub