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__Absolute Location__: 4*37'00" S, 55*27'00" E __Relative Location__:Seychelles is an island on the east side of Africa. Seychelles is in the Indian Ocean || **__Location:__** __Absolute Location__: __ 33°49 ____′ ____ 26 ____″ ____ N __ __ 116°31 ____′ ____ 49 ____″ ____ W __ __Relative Location__: (California) is located to the West. The pacific ocean borders C.A. is located to the (North, south, east, west). (State) is located to the (north, south, east, west) || __Elevation__: __Goods__: Trucks, fairy, and planes __People__: Walking, car, and boat I__deas__: Talking, letters, and pictures || **__Movement:__** __Elevation__:440 ft (146 m) __Goods__: Car, Truck, and Cargo Train __People__: Trolly, Train, Car __Ideas__: Cell phone, E-Mail, Talking || __Precipitation__: (Average YEARLY precipitation for your African city) __Area__: (Describe the terrain/land surrounding your African city in 2 sentences) || **__Region:__**__Precipitation__: 5.53 is the annual precipitation __Area__: Palm springs C.A is a desert like place with a really big population. Palm springs is technecly a city in the middle of the desert. || __Settled__: Seychelles was settled in the 18th century __Language__: Teh language thye speak in seychelles is Seychellois Creole __History__: That Seychelles was once a pirate hideout, in particular Anse Forbans (means Pirate’s Cove) on Mahé and Côte d’Or on Praslin, That the fabulous treasure of the notorious Pirate Olivier le Vasseur, (La Buze) today valued at $US 160,000,000 probably still lies buried somewhere at Bel Ombre in North Mahé,the first settlers to arrive in seychelles landed on the island Sainte Anne in 1770. __Population__: the population in seychelles is 86,525 || __**Place:**____Settled__: 1884 __Language__: English and Spanish mostly. __History__:On November 18, 1946 the Village of Palm Springs institued a program "Sun Time" that had merchants, banks, and the majority of Villagers set clocks ahead one hour to maximize our sunshine, Palm Springs has more than 350 days of sunshine and less than 5.2 inches of rain,winter temperatures average in the 70s with nights in the mid-40s. __Population__: The population of Palm Springs is 47,952. || __Housing__: They look like normal homes in a way. Leisure: swim at the beaches, || **__Human Environment Interaction:__**__Housing__: They look like normal pretty homes made with the things they have around them. Leisure: (What do the people do for fun in your US city? List at least 3) ||
 * **Victoria, Seychelles** || **Palm Springs, California** ||
 * African COUNTRY flag || US STATE flag ||
 * __**Location:**__
 * [[image:lembrich/Seychelles_flag_lg.gif width="337" height="216" align="center"]] || [[image:lembrich/california-flag.gif width="367" height="220" align="center"]] ||
 * __**Movement:**__
 * lowest point:** Indian Ocean 0 m **highest point:** Morne Seychellois 905 m
 * [[image:http://www.worldinprint.com/image/victorian_clock_tower_in_the_capital_victoria_mahe_seychelles_africa_5059823.jpg width="460" height="288" align="center"]] || [[image:http://johnsonmatel.com/2010/April/Ventura_and_Palm_Springs/Palm_Springs_Street.jpg width="422" height="273" align="center"]] ||
 * **__Region:__ //Republic of Seychelles// **
 * PICTURE FOR AFRICA REGION INFORMATION || PICTURE FOR US REGION INFORMATION ||
 * __**Place:**__
 * PICTURE FOR AFRICAN PLACE INFORMATION || PICTURE FOR US CITY INFORMATION ||
 * **__Human Environment Interaction:__**
 * [[image:http://www.vrwd.com/photos/530/49732_preview.jpg width="492" height="285"]] || [[image:http://photos.windermeresocal.com/agt_gallery/178/Palm_Springs_CA_Kaufman_House_Mid-Century_Modern_Home.jpg width="437" height="276"]] ||