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Alphonse Group

The Alphonse Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 403 kilometres southwest the capital, Victoria, on Mahe Island. The closest island is Desnoeufs Island of the Amirante Islands, 87 km f ...

Anse Boileau

Anse Boileau is an administrative district on the south of the island of Mahe in the Seychelles. Anse Boileau encapsulates the natural wonders of the Seychelles: it sits at the foot of a steep, green mountain, it is on the shores of the Indian Oc ...

Anse Lazio

Anse Lazio is a beach situated in the northwest of Praslin Island, Seychelles, considered by Lonely Planet to be the "best beach on Praslin", and one of the "best in the archipelago". Located to the north east of Madagascar, east of Zanzibar and ...

Au Cap

Au Cap is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahe. AU cap area of 875 hectares. It is bordered to the North by the district of Anse AUX Pins, to the South of the district of Anse Royale, to the West of the district ...

Bertaut Reef

Bertaut Island is an island in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 271 kilometres south of Victoria, Seychelles.

Cachee Island

Ile Cachee is an islet in Seychelles. The tiny island also known as the island of FAON. The islands name in French means "hidden," and as the name implies, there is a "hidden" or CERF or appear to be part of CERF island, you can walk there at low ...

Chauve Souris, Praslin

Chauve Souris is an island in Seychelles, lying 400 m northeast of the island of Praslin. Another nearby island - Saint-Pierre Island is located immediately in the north. The island is a granite island covered with tropical forest. Fauna is limit ...

Farquhar Group

The Farquhar Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, more than 700 km southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahe Island.

Felicite Island

Felicite Island is a small heavy forested granitic island 4 kilometres east of La Digue in the Seychelles. It is the fifth largest island in the Seychelles archipelago, measuring 2.68 square kilometres. Up to 1970-ies he was a coconut plantation ...

Grande Soeur

Grande Soeur Island, also called Big Sister, East Sister, is an island in the Seychelles archipelago, Located north of La Digue. It is part of Iles Soeurs with Petite Soeur. It is a granitic island covered with tropical forests. The island is pri ...

Hodoul Island

Hodoul Island is an uninhabited island in Seychelles, lying in the center of the Victoria port. The island belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seyc ...

St. Pierre Island, Praslin

Ile St. Pierre is an uninhabited island of the Seychelles. It is located north of the island of Praslin in the east of Curieuse Island on the edge of the Curieuse Marine National Park. The distance from the island to Pointe Zanguilles on Praslin ...

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Seychelles

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Victoria, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the town of Victoria, on the island of Mahe capital of the African archipelago nation of Seychelles. The Cathedral is l ...

LIslette Island

LIslette Island is an island in Seychelles, located 120 meters from the eastern coast of the island of Mahe, in the bay of Port Glaud. It is also near Therese Island which lies to its southwest and Petite Island which lies to its east. LIslette I ...

La Digue and Inner Islands

La Digue and Inner Islands is one of the 26 districts of Seychelles. It consists of the island of La Digue and assorted smaller islands of the Inner Islands.

Lady Denison-Pender Shoal

Lady Denison-Pender Shoal is a shoal in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 240 km south of Victoria, Seychelles.

Mamelles Island

Mamelles Island is a granite island with a length of 300 metres 980 ft, a width of 210 metres 690 ft, covered with little vegetation. The fauna of the island is represented only by wild rabbits and sea birds, including terns, which nest on the is ...

North Island, Seychelles

The island is one of the Seychelles 42 inner islands. It is 5.8 km 3.6 miles north of Silhouette Island, and 27 km 17 mi north west of Mahe. The island has four beaches, East Beach, West Beach or Grande Anse, Honeymoon Cove, and Dive Beach. The h ...

Northern Coral Group

Northern Coral Group is a collective term for two islands of Inner Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the north of the island nation, between 92 and 102 kilometers north of the capital, Victoria, on Mahe Island.

Petite Soeur

Petite Soeur Island, also called Small Sister, West Sister, is an island in the Seychelles archipelago, Located north of La Digue. It is part of Iles Soeurs with Grande Soeur. It is a granitic island covered with tropical forests. The island is p ...

Picard Island

Picard Island is an island in the Seychelles. It is the third largest island of the Aldabra Atoll in the Aldabra Group of islands, 1150 kilometers southwest of the countrys capital, Victoria. The island covers an area of 9.29 km². This island for ...

Port Island, Seychelles

The island was constructed between 1995 and 2002. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The works began in 1998 in 2009 the new Seyche ...

Romainville Island, Seychelles

The island was created artificially during the 2000s. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The works began in 1998. In 2012 the islan ...

Round Island, Mahe

Round Island is an island in Seychelles, lying in the northeast shores of Mahe, less than a mile from the east coast of Praslin, tilted a little to the southeast of Praslin’s easternmost Peninsula.

Round Island, Praslin

Round is a granite island, its length from north to south is 380 m and width from west to east is 620 m. The island is covered with dense tropical vegetation. it has a 75-metre high summit, symmetrical in shape and surrounded by crystal clear wat ...

Seche Island

Ile Seche is an islet in Seychelles. It is 1.5 km from the Eastern point STE. Island Anne, and 7.5 km from Mahe. and reaches a height of 30 meters. Small, rocky, boulder-strewn and deserted, it is a nesting place for gulls. The island is a granit ...

Southern Coral Group

Southern Coral Group is a collective term for two islands of Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the south of the island nation, between 135 and 300 kilometers south of the capital, Victoria, on Mahe Island.

Takamaka, Seychelles

Takamaka is one of the 22 administrative regions of Mahe, Republic of Seychelles. It is located on the southern part of the island of Mahe. Three other districts cover the two other main islands of the Republic, Grand Anse and Baie Sainte Anne on ...

Wizard Reef

Wizard Reef is a coral reef in the Farquhar Group in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. It has a distance of 670 km southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahe Island.

Adonkia, Sierra Leone

Adonkia is a coastal town around the peninsular in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Adonkia lies about 8.5 miles south-west of Freetown. The major industry in Adonkia is fishing, stone and coal mining. Adonkia was founded as the l ...

Benguema

Benguema is a military town in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, about 30 miles east of Freetown. Benguema is home to the Benguema Military Academy, the largest of Sierra Leones recruit training center. The city is also home ...

Bo, Sierra Leone

Bo, also commonly referred to as Bo Town, is the second largest city in Sierra Leone by landscape/geographical location east south-east of Freetown, and about40a miles to Kenema. Bo is the leading financial, educational and economic center of Sou ...

Bumbuna

Bumbuna is a town in the central of Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies about 30 miles from the district capital of Magburaka and approximately 124 miles northeast of Freetown. On site or in the surroundings ...

Falaba

Falaba is a rural town in Solima chiefdom, Falaba District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The population of Falaba is largely from the Yalunka, Kuranko and couple of Mandingo ethnic groups. Falaba is virtually all Muslim and its known ...

Fourah Bay

The Oku people, an ethnic group predominately of Yoruba descent, make up the majority of the population of Fourah Bay. Known for their deeply conservative culture and teachings based in Sunni Islam, they are descendants of the first Yoruba settle ...

Gbalamuya

Gbalamuya is a town in Kambia District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Gbalamuya shares international border with the town of Pamelap located in the Republic of Guinea. Gbalamuya is a busy trading, transportation and business center. Gb ...

Gbinti

Gbinti is a rural town in Dibia chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town is the chieftaincy seat of Dibia chiefdom. Gbinti lies about 20 miles from the district capital Port Loko and approximately 52 miles f ...

Grafton, Sierra Leone

Grafton is a coastal town close to the peninsula, in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Grafton is a trade center and lies about twenty miles on the main highway to Freetown. Grafton is the principle home of the Krio people, the Kri ...

Jaiama-Nimokoro

Jaiama Nimikor is a diamond-rich town in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies about 8 miles outside Koidu Town and 232 miles from Freetown. The towns of Jaiama and Nimikor are twin to form Jaiama Nimikor. The popul ...

Kabala, Sierra Leone

Kabala is the capital and largest town of Koinadugu District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Kabala is one of the main towns in Northern Sierra Leone and is set in a rural landscape, surrounded by mountains. Kabala lies approximately 85 ...

Kailahun

Kailahun is the capital of Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Kailahun is a major business and commercial center of Kailahun District. The population was 13.108 in the 2004 census, a 2006 estimate of 18.411 Kailahun is a t ...

Kaima

Kaima is a small rural town in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies about 15 mi to Yengema and 40 mi to Koidu Town. The population of Kaima is estimated at 2.217. The town has two primary schools and one government ...

Kalangba

Kalangba is a rural village in Bombali District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone. It is the headquarters for Ngowahun Chiefdom. It is situated about 15 miles northwest of Makeni, the largest city in Sierra Leones northern region. Kalangba is appr ...

Kamabai

Kamabai is a small town in Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, with a population of about 4000 within a 7-kilometre radius. The town is about 41 kilometres northeast of Makeni. The town has several secondary schools, includ ...

Kamakwie

Kamakwie is a town in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Since 2017 Kamakwie is the Capital of the Karene District in Chiefdom Sella Limba. The population of the town as estimated in late 2010, is 8.098. The population of Kamakwie is predomin ...

Kambia, Sierra Leone

Kambia also commonly known as Kambia Town is the capital and largest town of Kambia District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Kambia is a major trading town, and lies approximately 120 miles north-east of Freetown. The town had a populat ...

Kangama

During the Sierra Leone Civil War Revolutionary United Front RUF forces with support of the Liberian NPFL captured Kangama on 6 April 1991, after a failed Sierra Leone Army SLA attempt to secure the Kailahun District. They immediately displaced t ...

Kasseh

Kasseh is a historic rural town in Bureh Kasseh Maconteh Chiefdom, Port Loko District located in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, with a population of 3.386. Kasseh the population is almost entirely inhabited by dark people. In a dark tongu ...

Kenema

Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone, and the largest city in the countrys Eastern Province. It is the capital of Kenema District and a major economic center of the Eastern Province. At the 2015 national census Kenema had a population ...

Koidu

Koidu Town is the capital and largest city of the diamond-rich Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The population of Koidu Town is 124.662 based on the 2015 Sierra Leone Census. Koidu Town is the fifth largest city in Sierra Le ...