Port Glaud
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Port Glaud is an administrative district
Districts of Seychelles
||Seychelles is divided into 25 districts. All are located on the Inner Islands; the Outer Islands are not part of any district. Eight of the districts make up Greater Victoria, 14 are located in the rural part of the main island Mahé, two on Praslin, and one on La Digue...

 of Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

 located on the northwestern coast of the island of Mahé
Mahé, Seychelles
Mahé is the largest island of the Seychelles, lying in the north east of the nation. The population of Mahé is 80,000. It contains the capital city of Victoria and accommodates 90% of the country's total population...

. It is 25 km² and has a population of 2174 (2002 census). The main village is Port Glaud. The district contains two marine parks; Baia Ternay & Port Launay. The offshore islands of Thérèse Island
Thérèse Island
Therese Island is a small islet off the western coast of Mahé in the Seychelles. It has white sand beaches, 700 m with numerous coconut palms. It has two rocky peaks which resemble a giant's staircase, the tallest, Thérèse Peak, being 160 metres above sea level. There is a reef protecting the...

 and Conception Island
Conception Island, Seychelles
Conception Island is a small island in the Seychelles 2 km west of Mahé. Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid 1970s; today it is uninhabited. Conception Island, along with its sister island Thérèse Island, is part of Port Glaud district of Mahé, the main island of the...

are part of Port Glaud District.
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