Seychelles
Area: 455 km² (World Rank 180)
Inhabitants: 82,000 (World Rank 182)
Victoria is the capital of Seychelles
Seychelles (pronounced /seɪˈʃɛl/ or /seɪˈʃɛlz/ in English and IPA: [seʃɛl] in French), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Other nearby island countries and territories include Zanzibar to the west, Mauritius and Réunion to the south, Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Suvadives of the Maldives to the northeast. Seychelles has the smallest population of any sovereign state of Africa.