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Languages: Seselwa Creole 92%, English 5%, French (all official) (2002)

Ethnicity/race: mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab

Religions: Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Christian 3%, Hindu 2%, Muslim 1%, none 1%

Literacy rate: 91.8% (2002 census)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2011 est.): $2.274 billion; per capita $25,000. Real growth rate: 4.9%. Inflation: -2.6%. Unemployment: 2% (2006 est.). Arable land: 2.17%. Agriculture: coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas; poultry; tuna. Labor force: 39,560 (2006); industry 23%, services 74%, agriculture 3% (1989). Industries: fishing, tourism, processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages. Natural resources: fish, copra, cinnamon trees. Exports: $495.1 million (2011 est.): canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports). Imports: $873.5 million (2011 est.): machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals. Major trading partners: UK, France, Italy, Japan (2011).

Member of Commonwealth of Nations

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 22,000 (2009); mobile cellular: 117,600 (2009). Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1 (2007).Television broadcast stations: 1. Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 238 (2010). Internet users: 32,000 (2008).

Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 458 km; paved: 440 km; unpaved: 18 km (2003). Ports and harbors: Victoria. Airports: 14 (2010).

International disputes: claims the Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory).

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