<Tr> <Th> ISO 3166 code </Th> <Td> SC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Internet TLD </Th> <Td>. sc </Td> </Tr> <P> Seychelles (/ seɪˈʃɛlz / (listen) say - SHELZ; French: (seʃɛl)), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago and sovereign state in the Indian Ocean . The capital of the 115 - island country, Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland East Africa . Other nearby island countries and territories include Comoros, Mayotte (region of France), Madagascar, Réunion (region of France) and Mauritius to the south . With a population of roughly 94,228, it has the smallest population of any sovereign African country . </P> <P> Seychelles is a member of the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations . After proclamation of independence from the United Kingdom in 1976, Seychelles has developed from a largely agricultural society to a market - based diversified economy, with agriculture being supplanted by rapidly rising service and public sectors as well as tourism . Since 1976, nominal GDP output has increased nearly sevenfold and the purchasing power parity nearly sixteenfold . In recent years, the government has encouraged foreign investment in order to upgrade these sectors . Today, Seychelles boasts the highest nominal per capita GDP in Africa, excluding the French regions . It is one of only a handful of countries in Africa with a high Human Development Index . Despite the country's newfound economic prosperity, poverty remains widespread due to a high level of income inequality, one of the highest in the world, and unequal wealth distribution . </P>

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