Seychelles is divided into 26 districts. All but one are located on the Inner Islands; the
Outer Islands (''Zil Elwannyen Sesel'') make up the most recent district. Eight districts make up
Greater Victoria
Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is usually defined as the thirteen municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD) ...
, 14 make up the rural part of the main island of
Mahé, two make up
Praslin, and one makes up
La Digue (which includes small surrounding islands and some distant islands like Silhouette, North Island, Denis, Bird).
The
capital city of
Victoria consists of three districts:
English River,
Saint Louis and
Mont Fleuri
Mont Fleuri () is an administrative district of Seychelles with its main part located on the island of Mahé. It also includes the six islands of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park and two islets further east ( Beacon Island ( Île Seche) and Ha ...
.
Between 1991 and 1993, the original 23 districts were local government units with elected councils. Since then, they have been governed by government-appointed administrators.
In 1998, two new districts (
Roche Caiman
Roche Caïman () is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. It has a football stadium where its national team play most of the home matches.
Like neighbouring Les Mamelles District, Roche Caïman District was cre ...
and
Les Mamelles
Les Mamelles () is an administrative district of the Seychelles, located in the south of the Greater Victoria (suburban) area on Mahé, the main island of the archipelago. The district is located inward from the adjacent coastal district of Roche ...
) were created mostly from
reclaimed land and from parts of
Plaisance. In 2012, another new land reclamation took place, adding
Eve Island and
Rev Island near the capital Victoria and Bay St. Anne in Praslin, making the area 459 km
2. Also, the
Outer Islands were given district status by the ministry of tourism.
Table of districts
See also
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ISO 3166-2:SC
References
Notes
External links
District MapCurrent District Population StatisticsDistrict Statistics, with area figuresRegions of Mahé
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