Seychelles

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Seychelles · Mercantile / Chettiar lineage

Smallest verified ecumene node. Tamil-Seychellois community self-estimated ~4,000 via Seychelles Tamil Mandram (founded 2000). Mercantile/artisan settlement from early 19c; no formal indenture comparable to Mauritius.

Population — as cited

Community estimate ~4,000 of national total ~100,600

Seychelles Tamil Mandram community estimate; NBS does not disaggregate Tamil · 2022

TLTE never aggregates a "Tamil population" or "Tamil GDP" figure. Numbers are cited verbatim from the named source.

Memory custodians

·National Archives of Seychelles (no EAP project identified)
·Seychelles Hindu Kovil Sangam (cultural body)

Tamil-language press / cultural bodies

· No Tamil-language press outlet identified

Outlet names only. Never journalist names. See the Press Freedom Desk for protection rationale.

Relations to other nodes

Tamil Nadumercantile network— Artisan/trader settlement 19c

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