<\/span>Seychelles People: General Information<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSummarily, the key points about the people of Seychelles. These facts will paint a clear picture in your mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSeychelles is a very small country. The entire population of the country is only 95 thousand people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Seychelles consists of 115 islands, 33 of which are inhabited. Almost 85% of the population lives on the main island, Mah\u00e9. If we consider the three most populous islands: Mah\u00e9, Praslin, and La Digue, 95% of the country’s population resides here. On the third most populous island, La Digue, there are only about 4000 people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n It’s important to note that Seychelles is part of Africa. More details on this can be found in the article: where Seychelles is located on the world map<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nStreet in the center of Victoria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nImportant to know:<\/p>\nWhen Europeans discovered Seychelles in 1502, the islands were completely uninhabited. There was no indigenous population, like the Native Americans in America, the descendants of Indian tribes who lived before Columbus. The first inhabitants of Seychelles were Europeans, Africans, and later, Indians. These people started forming a new ethnic group in Seychelles.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nFor those interested in the country’s history<\/a> in more detail, what remains on the islands as a legacy from the British and the French can be found in the article linked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday, the entire population of the country is divided by nationality into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n80% Seychellois Creoles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n 10% Tamils. Tamils are a South Asian ethnic group, mainly from India and Sri Lanka. Externally, Tamils seem like Indians to me; pardon me, Tamils \ud83d\ude42 However, I cannot distinguish a Tamil from an Indian. By the way, almost all Tamil population in Seychelles works in grocery stores. For information on shopping, markets, and stores<\/a>, read here.<\/li>\n\n\n\nThe remaining 10% consists of Europeans, Chinese, and Africans. By the way, there are quite a few Africans among them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nMiss Seychelles – this is how Creole girls in Seychelles look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nWho are the Creoles:<\/p>\nCreoles exist all over the world, these are ethnic groups that emerged as a result of racial mixing. In this case, 200-300 years ago, when Europeans began to actively colonize uninhabited Seychelles, they brought slaves from Africa here first. Seychellois Creoles today are the descendants of French settlers and African slaves.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAnd here’s what their faith is, read in the article about religion in Seychelles<\/a>. For Tamils, everything is clear; they all adhere to Hinduism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n