Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory consisting of Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
Location
islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 1,300 km (800 mi) northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 4,300 km (2,700 mi) southwest of Saint Helena
Natural Resources
fish, lobster
Population - distribution
Saint Helena - population is concentrated in and around the capital Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area; Ascension - largest settlement, and location of most of the population, is Georgetown; Tristan da Cunha - most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
JAMESTOWN (capital) 1,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
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parliamentary democracy (Legislative Council); limited self-governing overseas territory of the UK
- Name
- Jamestown
- Geographic coordinates
- 15 56 S, 5 43 W
- Time difference
- UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
The economy depends largely on financial assistance from the UK, which amounted to about $27 million in FY06/07 or more than twice the level of annual budgetary revenues. The local population earns income from fishing, raising livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, 25% of the work force has left to seek employment on Ascension Island, on the Falklands, and in the UK.
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coffee, corn, potatoes, vegetables; fish, lobster; livestock; timber
construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing, collectible postage stamps
- Commodities
- fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts
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- food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts
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