Victoria, Seychelles
Port Victoria is the capital of the Seychelles and situated on the north-eastern side of the Mahé island. It was the seat of the colonial government, the governor in 1911 was Walter Edward Davidson, C.M.G. In December, 1909, the estimated population of the islands was 22,409 in 1997 it was 24,701. The principal exports are vanilla, coconuts, coconut oil, tortoise shell, soap, and guano. The double cocoa-nut known as Coco de Mer is grown in Mahé and Praslin, while Aldabra, a dependency about 680 miles from Mahé, is famous for enormous land tortoises. In Victoria there is Seychelles International Airport, which was completed in 1971, a botanic garden and a polytechnic institute.
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