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Seychelles

An archipelago of 115 granite and coral islands scattered across the western Indian Ocean, and Africa's smallest country by both population and land area. Almost everyone lives on the granitic Inner Islands around Mahé, while remote Aldabra Atoll shelters the world's largest population of giant tortoises.

The pink granite boulders and turquoise water of Anse Source d'Argent beach on La Digue, Seychelles

Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue

Photo: Tobias Alt (Tobi 87), CC BY-SA 4.0

Adopted in 1996. Blue for sky and sea, yellow for the sun, red for unity, white for peace, green for the land, radiating from the flagpole to suggest a nation moving forward together.

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