Anse Boileau

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Anse Boileau district of SeychellesFlag of Seychelles.svg
La Digue and Inner Islands Grand Anse (Praslin) Baie Sainte Anne Bel Ombre (Seychellen) Beau Vallon Anse Etoile English River (Seychellen) Mont Buxton Saint Louis (Seychellen) Bel Air (Seychellen) Mont Fleuri Roche Caïman Plaisance (Seychellen) Les Mamelles Grand Anse (Mahé) Cascade (Seychellen) Pointe La Rue Port Glaud Glacis (Seychellen) Anse Boileau Baie Lazare Takamaka Anse Royale Au Cap Anse aux Pinslocation
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 Location of Mahé within the Seychelles
Geographic location :

4 ° 43 ′  S , 55 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 4 ° 43 ′  S , 55 ° 29 ′  E

Island: Mahé
Surface: 12 km²
Residents: 4052 (2009 update of the 2002 census)
Population density: 338 inhabitants / km²
Motto: Striving Together for Prosperity
ISO 3166-2 code SC-02

Anse Boileau is one of the 25 administrative districts of the Seychelles . Located in the southwest of the island of Mahé , it is one of the country's larger and less densely populated districts.

Naming and history

In June 1790 the ship Achille , coming from the Île de France , landed on Mahé. His captain Boileau brought the French settlers a letter from the colonial assembly of the Île de France, which led to the establishment of its own colonial assembly in the Seychelles. The district was named after the captain of the Achilles .

Infrastructure

In the district is the Cable & Wireless satellite system , which ensures the telecommunications connection between the Seychelles and the rest of the world. A luxury resort is located on a peninsula in a bay on Anse Louis. A seawater desalination plant is also operated there.

Others

The writer Antoine Abel comes from Anse Boileau and translated the fables of Jean de la Fontaine into Seychelles Creole in the first half of the 20th century . The district is known nationwide for its award-winning traditional "Kanmtole" dancers.

Web links

  • Seychelles Government website: People & Culture, Districts West . (English) Queryed on September 12, 2009. (Page offline)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Gazetteer website: Seychelles: Administrative division (population and area) . ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Queryed on April 26, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. ^ Government of the Seychelles: Statistical Bulletin, Population and Vital Statistics No. 2 of 2010 . National Statistics Bureau, Victoria 2010. (PDF; 890 kB) Queryed on April 26, 2012.
  3. ^ William McAteer: Rivals in Eden. A History of the French Settlement and British Conquest of the Seychelles Islands, 1742-1818. The Book Guild, Lewes, Sussex 1991. ISBN 0-86332-496-7 . P. 127ff.