General Country Information
Capital: Victoria
Population: 88,340 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 23,200 (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 85,300 (2008)
Internet hosts: 324 (2009)
Internet users: 32,000 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.48
World Rank 2005/2006: 62
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Rehabilitation Centre - Victoria Seychelles
P.O. Box 521 / P.O. Box 60
Victoria Curtin, A.C.T. 2605
Mahe Island
Seychelles
Email: rehab@seychelles.net
Tel: +248-56-241-056
Fax: +248-56-241-267
Seychelles Disabled People Association - DPI National Assembly
P.O.Box 445 Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
Email: lungos@seychelles.net
Tel: +248-224644
Fax: +248-224500
Seychelles Disabled Peoples' Organization (SDPO)
P.O. Box 370
Victoria, Mahe Island
Seychelles
Email: dasavy@intelvision.net
Tel: +248-2255985 / +248-511948
Fax: +248-323300
Seychelles Union of the Blind
P.O. Box 4
Victoria, Mahe Island
Seychelles
http://www.cwseychelles.com
Email: seychellesublind@hotmail.com
Tel: +248-284-102 / +248-510-229
Fax: +248-225-507