Seychelles 塞舌尔
（重定向自Republic of Seychelles）
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![President James Michel in his office in Victoria, 2009](/Images/godic/202502/07/James_Michel_in_meeting2048.jpg")
Seychelles (/seɪˈʃɛlz/ say-SHELZ; French: [sɛʃɛl]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French:République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago and country in the Indian Ocean. The 115-island country, whose capital is Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland East Africa. Other nearby island countries and territories include Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius to the south.