TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.
Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
Ahh, the old “Out of Africa” debate.
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
The French think they own it anyway.
Wiki says:
It is the least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated 2020 population of 98,462.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_population
Kingy said:
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
Ahh, the old “Out of Africa” debate.
There is 1500km of sea between Africa and the Seychelles.
It tricks me in flaggle.
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
The French think they own it anyway.
Wiki says:
It is the least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated 2020 population of 98,462.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_population
A large ex-pat population of them in Perth BTW.
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
The French think they own it anyway.
Wiki says:
It is the least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated 2020 population of 98,462.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_population
A large ex-pat population of them in Perth BTW.
Mauritians too.
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
Well now, it’s not part of continental Africa but it does get including with Africa politically etc, e.g. it is part of the African Union, SADC, they have a lot of African ancestry. Got to lump them somewhere, like we say Philippines is Asian and Iceland is European.
dv said:
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
Well now, it’s not part of continental Africa but it does get including with Africa politically etc, e.g. it is part of the African Union, SADC, they have a lot of African ancestry. Got to lump them somewhere, like we say Philippines is Asian and Iceland is European.
I’m happy enough to have an “Indian Ocean Islands” category. We can lump in Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives and so on.
party_pants said:
dv said:
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
Well now, it’s not part of continental Africa but it does get including with Africa politically etc, e.g. it is part of the African Union, SADC, they have a lot of African ancestry. Got to lump them somewhere, like we say Philippines is Asian and Iceland is European.
I’m happy enough to have an “Indian Ocean Islands” category. We can lump in Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives and so on.
Sri Lanka? Socotra?
Cocos and/or Keeling?
party_pants said:
dv said:
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
Well now, it’s not part of continental Africa but it does get including with Africa politically etc, e.g. it is part of the African Union, SADC, they have a lot of African ancestry. Got to lump them somewhere, like we say Philippines is Asian and Iceland is European.
I’m happy enough to have an “Indian Ocean Islands” category. We can lump in Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives and so on.
Now go in there, sell a little bit of false hope and have the people form a country. There’ll be some bloodshed but as long as I get to retire in the Maldives, it could work
dv said:
party_pants said:
dv said:Well now, it’s not part of continental Africa but it does get including with Africa politically etc, e.g. it is part of the African Union, SADC, they have a lot of African ancestry. Got to lump them somewhere, like we say Philippines is Asian and Iceland is European.
I’m happy enough to have an “Indian Ocean Islands” category. We can lump in Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives and so on.
Sri Lanka? Socotra?
Cocos and/or Keeling?
Not sure about Sri Lanka. It did used to be connected to India via a thin sandbar, which was washed away in the 15C by a tropical storm.
Arts said:
party_pants said:
dv said:Well now, it’s not part of continental Africa but it does get including with Africa politically etc, e.g. it is part of the African Union, SADC, they have a lot of African ancestry. Got to lump them somewhere, like we say Philippines is Asian and Iceland is European.
I’m happy enough to have an “Indian Ocean Islands” category. We can lump in Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives and so on.
Now go in there, sell a little bit of false hope and have the people form a country. There’ll be some bloodshed but as long as I get to retire in the Maldives, it could work
By the time I reach retirement age it will probably be underwater already.
You’ll be suggesting Tasmania’s not part of Australia next…
Neophyte said:
You’ll be suggesting Tasmania’s not part of Australia next…
well…
Neophyte said:
You’ll be suggesting Tasmania’s not part of Australia next…
I’ll go by continental shelf I think
party_pants said:
TIL – the smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.Which I always thought of as being a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1500km east of Kenya. The sea between them is 5000m deep in places.
I fear that I must dispute that Seychelles is part of Africa.
If Madagascar is then Seychelles are, and visa versa. A lot of people won’t accept that Madagascar is part of Africa, so it’s fine to reject the Seychelles.
The French have a couple of islands nearby – Mayotte and Reunion.
On a Covid note, the Seychelles had the dubious distinction of being the first country with both a near 100% first vaccination rate and very high percentages of Covid cases and Covid deaths.
When you include the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Seychelles is not small at all, instead being larger than more than fifteen African countries. The Seychelles EEZ has an area of 1,350,000 square kilometers. The Gambia, by way of contrast only has an area of 11,300 square kilometers.
If you don’t count the Seychelles as the smallest country in Africa, then what is?
mollwollfumble said:
If you don’t count the Seychelles as the smallest country in Africa, then what is?
Gambia is the smallest country by area on the continent.
In terms of tectonics, the Seychelles are definitely on the African plate.
dv said:
In terms of tectonics, the Seychelles are definitely on the African plate.
tectonic plates isn’t really such a good basis for classification.
party_pants said:
dv said:
In terms of tectonics, the Seychelles are definitely on the African plate.
tectonic plates isn’t really such a good basis for classification.
Probably.
party_pants said:
dv said:
In terms of tectonics, the Seychelles are definitely on the African plate.
tectonic plates isn’t really such a good basis for classification.
I dunno, Beijing seems to be keen to claim everything in its neighbourhood of the Eurasian plate as China.
You gonna argue with the CCP, big boy?
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:
dv said:
In terms of tectonics, the Seychelles are definitely on the African plate.
tectonic plates isn’t really such a good basis for classification.
I dunno, Beijing seems to be keen to claim everything in its neighbourhood of the Eurasian plate as China.
You gonna argue with the CCP, big boy?
Hell yes.
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:tectonic plates isn’t really such a good basis for classification.
I dunno, Beijing seems to be keen to claim everything in its neighbourhood of the Eurasian plate as China.
You gonna argue with the CCP, big boy?
Hell yes.
One reservation for Mr. P. Pants at the Xinjiang Hilton.