Saunt Helena | |
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Motto: "Loyal and Unshakeable" | |
![]() Map o Saunt Helena | |
![]() Location o Saunt Helena in the Sooth Atlantic Ocean. | |
Caipital | Jamestown 15°56′S 005°43′W / 15.933°S 5.717°W |
Lairgest settlement | Half Tree Hollow 15°56′0″S 5°43′12″W / 15.93333°S 5.72000°W |
Offeecial leids | Inglis |
Demonym(s) | Saint Heleniana |
Pairt o | Saunt Helena, Ascension an Tristan da Cunha |
Govrenment | Non-partisan democracy unner Constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
• Govrenor | Lisa Phillips |
Territory unner the Unitit Kinrick | |
• Chairter grantit | 1657 |
• Colonised bi the East India Company | 1659 |
• Croun colony (Company rule ends) | 22 Apryle 1834[1] |
1 September 2009 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 121 km2 (47 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2016 (Feb) census | 4,534[2] |
• Density | 37.5/km2 (97.1/sq mi) |
Currency | Saint Helena poond (SHP) |
Time zone | UTC (GMT) |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +290 |
ISO 3166 code | SH-HL |
Internet TLD | .sh |
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Saunt Helena, named efter Saunt Helena o Constantinople, is an island o volcanic origin in the Sooth Atlantic Ocean. It is pairt o the Breetish owerseas territory o Saunt Helena, Ascension an Tristan da Cunha,[3] which also includes Ascension Island an the islands o Tristan da Cunha. Saunt Helena haes a population o 4,255 (2008 census).[4]