https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l en-us 2021-03-05 21:16:43 UTC 2024-05-23 13:36:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1f8-1f1e8.png viniciusfernando07 https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275655315 Seychelles is an island nation situated on the southern hemisphere off the east coast of Africa, with its major islands about 1.600 km east of Kenya and about 1.100 km northeast of Madagascar.]]> 2021-03-05 21:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275655315 viniciusfernando07 https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275673690 According to World Population Review, the estimated Seychelles population in 2021 is of 98.791 inhabitantes as for now. The first settlers were French and black slaves and because of widespread intermarriage between them and later immigrant groups, the large majority of the population are of  mixed descent. There are also small minorities of people from India, Madagascar, the Philippines and other places.]]> 2021-03-05 21:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275673690 viniciusfernando07 https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275708794 Seychelles economy, according to Britannica, is greatly reliant on the service sector and the tourism industry. To put it into perspective, the service sector accounts for around four-fifths of the island nation's GDP. Agriculture and fishing make up a small fraction of the GDP mainly because arable land is sparse and the soil is overall poor, therefore the country is reliant on importing food products, except fish, as their fishing industry supplies domestic demand and is exported, just as essential oils, vanilla, cinnamon bark, tea, limes and copra.]]> 2021-03-05 21:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275708794 viniciusfernando07 https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275748837 The island's culture was mostly formed by the mix of French, Asian and African influences. The most spoken language, Seselwa was heavily influenced by French and other African languages, though French and English are also national languages under the islands constitution. Roman Catholicism, brought to the island by the French is the largest religious group, but you can also find christians from other denominations, Muslims, Hindus and other religions.
The most popular sports are football and volleyball, and the country's first Olympic games was the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, though some Seychellois athletes competed for Great Britain before it.]]> 2021-03-05 22:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275748837 viniciusfernando07 https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275782371 https://www.britannica.com/place/Seychelles

https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/seychelles-population

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/seychelles/#geography]]> 2021-03-05 22:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275782371 viniciusfernando07 https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275818607 There are 2 main groups of islands, the Mahe group have narrow coasts with hills and rocks in the center of the islands, the second group are flat islands with corals and elevated reefs.
Regarding the climate, it is a tropical marine climate with 2 monsoon seasons and 1 inter-monsoon period. The first monsoon season is the northwest monsoon from March to May , the second is the southeast monsoon from May to September.]]> 2021-03-05 22:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/viniciusfernando07/rqzw5y81170yd81l/wish/1275818607