Coordinates: 4°35′S 55°40′E / 4.583°S 55.667°E / -4.583; 55.667
– in Africa (light blue & dark grey)– in the African Union (light blue) Seychelles (/seɪˈʃɛlz/ (listen) say-SHELZ; French: [sɛʃɛl] or [seʃ-]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean. The capital of the 115-island country, Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland East Africa. Other nearby island countries ...