Victoria, Seychelles
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.
Victoria | |
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Location o Victoria on Mahé Island | |
Coordinates: 4°37′S 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E 55°27′E / 4.617°S 55.450°E | |
Kintra | Seychelles |
Island | Mahé |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 24,970 |
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
Victoria proper is componed o pairts o three Destricts o Seychelles:
- Inglis River (La Riviere Anglaise) (the innermaist pairt)
- Saunt Louis
- Mont Fleuri
Greater Victoria encompasses thir three, an five mair o the 25 Destricts o Seychelles as follaes:
- Mont Buxton
- Bel Air
- Roche Caiman
- Les Mamelles
- Plaisance
Climate
Climate data for Victoria (Seychelles Internaitional Airport) | |||||||||||||
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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
Kintra | Ceety |
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Republic o Djibouti | Djibouti |
See an aa
- Port o Victoria (Seychelles)