Victoria (Seychelles)

Victoria
Victoria
Coordinates	4 ° 37 '51 "  S , 55 ° 27' 43"  E Coordinates: 4 ° 37 '51 "  S , 55 ° 27' 43"  E
Basic data
Country	Seychelles
surface	20.1 km²
Residents	26,450 (2010)
density	1,315.9  Ew. / km²
View of Victoria

Victoria (historically also Port Victoria ) is the capital of the Seychelles . Located on the northeast coast of the island of Mahé , it is the largest settlement and the only city in the island republic with around 26,500 inhabitants (as of 2010) . The current name refers to the British Queen Victoria after the settlement was first christened L'Etablissement du Roy by its founder.

history

The area of ​​today's Victoria was settled by French colonialists under the leadership of Charles Routier de Romainville as early as 1778 . The Bicentennial Memorial in downtown Victoria is a reminder of this. Until 1841 the settlement was called L'Etablissement du Roy, then the British renamed it Victoria after the Queen at the time

Economy and Infrastructure

Victoria Harbor

See also : Rail transport in the Seychelles

The port of Victoria 's major exports are spiced vanilla , coconuts , coconut oil , soaps and guano . The international airport , which was completed in 1971, also belongs to the urban area . The construction of a monorail in and around Victoria is planned (as of 2012).

tourism

Victoria bell tower

One of the tourist highlights in Victoria is the clock tower , which was built based on Little Ben in London's Victoria Street. The Courthouse, Botanical Gardens, and Victoria National Museum of History, as well as the Victoria Natural History Museum and Selwyn-Selwyn-Clarke Market Square are other attractions.

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Victoria Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.8 30.4 31.0 31.4 30.5 29.1 28.3 28.4 29.1 29.6 30.1 30.0 O 29.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 24.1 24.6 24.8 25.0 25.4 24.6 23.9 23.9 24.2 24.3 24.0 23.9 O 24.4 Temperature (° C) 26.8 27.3 27.8 28.0 27.7 26.6 25.8 25.9 26.4 26.7 26.8 26.7 O 26.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 379 262 167 177 124 63 80 97 121 206 215 281 Σ 2.172 Rainy days ( d ) 17th 11 11 14th 11 10 10 10 11 12 14th 18th Σ 149 Humidity ( % ) 82 80 79 80 79 79 80 79 78 79 80 82 O 79.8 Source: missing

sons and daughters of the town

• Sir James Mancham KBE (1939–2017), head of government and first President of the Seychelles from 1976 to 1977

See also

• Diocese of Port Victoria

Web links

Commons : Victoria  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Victoria  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population and Housing Census Report 2010. National Bureau of Statistics, 2012i, SV
2. ↑ https://www.seychelles.travel/de/explore/attractions/5065-bicentennial-monument
3. ^ History . Seychelles Tourism Board. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
4. ^ History . Archived from the original on May 1st, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 12, 2019. 
5. ↑ Roman A. Cybriwsky: Capital Cities around the World . ABC-CLIO, 2013, ISBN 9781610692489 , p. 321.
6. ^ Encyclopedia of Africa . Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 9780195337709 , p. 530.