Port Island, Seychelles

Port Island (French: Ile du Port) is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 2 km from the capital Victoria.

Port Island
Ile du Port
Port Island
Geography
LocationSeychelles, Indian Ocean
Coordinates4.614°S 55.461°E / -4.614; 55.461
ArchipelagoInner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent bodies of waterIndian Ocean
Area0.587 km2 (0.227 sq mi)
Length1.2 km (0.75 mi)
Width0.7 km (0.43 mi)
Coastline3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Highest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Administration
GroupGranitic Seychelles
Sub-GroupMahe Islands
Sub-GroupMahe Port Islands
DistrictsEnglish River
Largest settlementNorth Point (pop. 10)
Demographics
Population10 (2014)
Pop. density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsCreole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone
ISO codeSC-16
Official websitewww.puc.sc

History

The island was constructed between 1995 and 2002. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The works began in 1998 [1][2] in 2009 the new Seychelles National Assembly building was inaugurated.[3] In 2012 the island was ready for installment of wind turbines.[4][5] In 2013 the island was visited by UN inspectors inspecting worldwide scale of wind farms.[6] In the end of 2013 the wind farm was launched[7] in 2014, it was reported that the PUC farm on Port Island was a success[8][9][10]

Geography

The artificial island plan is a Mixed Commercial, Governmental, Financial, Port & Fisheries [11]

Facilities
Seychelles National Assembly (2009)

The Port Island causeway connects Port Island to Perseverance Island and to mainland Mahe.

  • Seychelles National Assembly
  • Judiciary
  • Stock Exchange Building
  • University of Port Island
  • Park
  • Petrol Station
  • SPTC Headquarters
  • SIBA Headquarters
  • Fish canning Factory
  • Storage Facilities
  • New Port section
  • PUC farm
  • Hotel - new govt. Hotel
  • Heliport
  • IKEA store

Demographics

The construction camp is located near the Seychelles National Assembly building on the north point.

Administration

The island belongs to English River District.[12]

  • Map 1
  • District Map

References
  1. "phase 2 completed for all islands in news". Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  2. phase 2 completed for all islands in news
  3. "Opening of the New National Assembly Building". YouTube (in French). SBC Seychelles. 4 December 2009.
  4. News
  5. News
  6. News
  7. Masdar Launch in news
  8. Report on Port Island
  9. Quick facts from Masdar
  10. Info from Masdar
  11. "Island development info" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  12. District map
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