Mahé

Mahé is the largest and most populous island in the , home to 90% of the country's population and its largest airport. It is home to the national capital, .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Victoria and Morne Seychellois National Park.

is the capital of the islands, on the island of Mahe. is one of the smallest capital cities in the world and the only major port in the Seychelles.

There are few tropical rainforests in the world that have been left in their original pristine condition whilst free of all the nasty tropical diseases like zika or malaria – while there are close competitors in Australia and Singapore, there is no better example than the island of Mahé's national park, .

is a beach resort on the northwest corner of Mahe, . This is where the majority of Seychelles' visitors stay during their visit and is also where much of the tourist infrastructure is located.

Mahé

Latitude of center
-4.6764° or 4° 40′ 35″ south
Longitude of center
55.4743° or 55° 28′ 27″ east
Population
78,500
Elevation
525 metres (1,722 feet)
IATA airport code
SEZ
Geo­Names ID
241274
Wiki­data ID
Q219642
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Mahé” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Mahé, Seychelle
  • Arabic: ماهيه
  • Armenian: Մաե
  • Azerbaijani: Mae
  • Basque: Mahé (Seychelleak)
  • Basque: Mahé
  • Belarusian: Маэ
  • Bulgarian: Мае
  • Catalan: Mahé
  • Cebuano: Mahé
  • Chinese: 馬埃島
  • Chinese: 馬赫島
  • Chinese: 马埃岛
  • Croatian: Mahé (Sejšeli)
  • Croatian: Mahé
  • Czech: Mahé
  • Danish: Mahé
  • Dutch: Mahé
  • Esperanto: Mahé
  • Estonian: Mahe
  • Estonian: Mahé
  • Finnish: Mahé
  • French: Mahe
  • French: Mahé
  • Galician: Mahé
  • Georgian: მაე
  • German: Mahé
  • Greek: Μαέ
  • Hebrew: מאהה
  • Hindi: माहे
  • Hungarian: Mahé
  • Indonesian: Mahé, Seychelles
  • Indonesian: Mahé
  • Interlingue: Mahé
  • Italian: Mahé
  • Japanese: マヘ島
  • Korean: 마에 섬
  • Korean: 마에섬
  • Latvian: Mae
  • Lithuanian: Maė
  • Lithuanian: Mahė
  • Lombard: Mahé
  • Macedonian: Мае
  • Malagasy: Mahé
  • Malay: Pulau Mahé
  • Neapolitan: Mahé
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mahé
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mahé
  • Norwegian: Mahé
  • Persian: ماهی، سیشل
  • Piemontese: Mahé
  • Polish: Mahé
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Mahé
  • Portuguese: Mahé
  • Russian: Маэ
  • Serbian: Махе
  • Spanish: Mahe
  • Spanish: Mahé
  • Swahili: Mahé
  • Swedish: Mahe
  • Swedish: Mahé
  • Tajik: Маэ
  • Ukrainian: Мае
  • Urdu: ماہے، سیچیلیس
  • Vietnamese: Mahé, Seychelles
  • Vietnamese: Mahé
  • Welsh: Mahé, Seychelles
  • Welsh: Mahé
  • Western Armenian: Մայէ կղզի

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mahé”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.