Seychelles



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**Climate: Tropical marine.**
==The 115 islands of granite and coral makes Seychelles on of the most beautiful islands in the world. The white beaches is fantastic, the ocean has incredible blue and turquoise nuances and the exotic vegetation is shining green with many beautiful and colourful flowers and exciting fruit.==



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==**A lengthy struggle between France and Great Britain for the islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter. Independence came in 1976. Socialist rule was brought to a close with a new constitution and free elections in 1993. //President France-Albert Rene//, who had served since 1977, was re-elected in 2001, but stepped down in 2004. //Vice President James Michel// took over the presidency and in July 2006 was elected to a new five-year term.**==



Vice President James Michel
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**Victoria**


=__**People**__=

Work force: 32,382 with 3,550 unemployed. Industries include tourism, fishing, manufacturing, and construction.
=__**Government**__=

Constitution: June 18, 1993.
===Branches: Executive--president (chief of state and head of government). Legislative--unicameral National Assembly with 34 seats (25 directly elected and 9 allocated on a proportional basis). Judicial--Supreme Court, Appeals Court.===

Suffrage: Universal at 18.
=__**Economy**__=

**Industry: Tourism, re-exports, maritime services.**
===**Trade:** **Exports** **(2005)--$355 million: canned tuna, frozen/fresh fish, frozen prawns, cinnamon bark.** **Imports****(2005)--$620 million.** **Major partners****--France, Italy, U.K., Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Saudi Arabia.**===







//The reason that Seychelles is a english speaking country://

 * ==That's because it was governed by England from 1812 to 1976, when they got their independence.==

=**Similarities between Seychelles and Britain (Government, education, traditions, culture.)**=

England is a monarchy. In England you have primary school, secondary school, and further- and higher education, but there is different systems in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
===Music from the UK has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when a wave of British musicians helped to popularise rock and roll. Sice then, the UK has produced numerous popular performers in far-ranging fields from havy metal to folk rock and drum n' bass.===

=Celebration- and holidays=



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=Koste Seselwa=

Koste Seselwa.
=**The english version**=

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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107955.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6268.htm http://www.paradisreiser.no/catalog.cfm?nOnlineCatalogueNo=10907