Seychelles: Victoria city

Victoria (sometimes called Port Victoria) is the capital city of the Seychelles and is situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé island, the archipelago's major island. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government. In 2009, the people of Better Victoria (including the suburbs) was 25,000 out of the country's total people of 87,972. Victoria is served by Seychelles International Airport, completed in 1971.
The principal exports of Victoria are vanilla, coconuts, coconut oil, soap, fish and guano.

Attractions in the city include a clocktower modelled on that of Vauxhall Clock Tower in London, England, the Courthouse, the Victoria Botanical Gardens, the Victoria National Museum of History, the Victoria Natural History Museum and the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market. Victoria market is the local hotspot for the Seychellois people and the brighly coloured Fish and Fruit Markets are not to be missed, as well nearby is the gallery of the renowned local artist Georges Camille. The city is as well home to the national stadium, the International School Seychelles and a polytechnic. The inner harbour lies immediately east of the town, where tuna fishing and canning forms a major local industry of the major bridges in Victoria was destroyed by tsunami waves from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.