The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (994 mi) east of Kenya. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE. The nation is an archipelago of 155 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 459 km², but the islands are spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,374,000 km². About 90 percent of the population of 90,000 live on Mahé, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue.