Saint Helena

For alternate uses, see Saint Helena (disambiguation).

Saint Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean 2,800 km off the west coast of Africa belonging to the United Kingdom. It is also the name of this island together with Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha Island.

Saint Helena

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National motto: ?
Official language	English
Political status	Overseas territory of the UK
Capital	Jamestown
Governor and Commander-in-Chief	David Hollamby
Area	410 km²
Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density	7,367 18/km²
Currency	Saint Helenian pound (SHP) at parity with the UK Pound Sterling (GBP)
Time zone	UTC +0
National anthem	God Save the Queen, My St. Helena Island (unofficial)
Internet TLD	.sh
Calling Code	290

The island served as a strategic island for ships on their way to the Indian Ocean before the Suez Canal was built.

St. Helena has a small population that remains loyal to Britain. However, the island's diminutive size and geopolitical insignificance has led many Islanders to accuse the British government of ignoring the island. The island's economy was a one crop economy for many years, but is now very weak, and is almost entirely sustained solely on aid from London.

Napoleon Bonaparte spent the last part of his life in exile on St. Helena, and the St. Helena tourist industry is heavily based around the promotion of this particular aspect of the island's history. Two sites where Napoleon lived and the valley where he was buried are French territory.

Prominent Anglo-Boer War prisoners, including General Piet Cronje were also detained on St. Helena.

• History of Saint Helena
• Geography of Saint Helena
• Demographics of Saint Helena
• Politics of Saint Helena
• Economy of Saint Helena
• Communications on Saint Helena
• Transportation on Saint Helena
• Military of Saint Helena

External links

• Saint Helena - The Official Government Website (http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh)
• The French possessions on St Helena (http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/tourism/museums2.html)
• Saint Helena (http://www.sthelena.se) -- St. Helena Foundation
• Saint Helena (http://www.news.co.sh/) -- St. Helena News
• Saint Helena (http://www.sthelena.tk) -- Geographical research of the identity of the St. Helenians
• Bank of Saint Helena (http://www.sainthelenabank.co.sh)

Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Anguilla | Bermuda | British Antarctic Territory | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Falkland Islands | Gibraltar | Montserrat | Pitcairn Islands | Saint Helena (Ascension & Tristan da Cunha) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands

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