Port Island, Seychelles
Port Island (French: Ile du Port) is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 2 km from the capital Victoria. HistoryThe 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] GeographyThe artificial island plan is a Mixed Commercial, Governmental, Financial, Port & Fisheries [11] Facilities The Port Island causeway connects Port Island to Perseverance Island and to mainland Mahe.
DemographicsThe construction camp is located near the Seychelles National Assembly building on the north point. AdministrationThe island belongs to English River District.[12] Image gallery
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