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Saunt Helena

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Saunt Helena

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Coat o airms o Saunt Helena
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Motto:"Loyal and Unshakeable"
Map o Saunt Helena
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Location o Saunt Helena in the Sooth Atlantic Ocean.
Location o Saunt Helena in the SoothAtlantic Ocean.
CaipitalJamestown
15°56′S005°43′W/ 15.933°S 5.717°W/-15.933; -5.717
Lairgest settlementHalf Tree Hollow
15°56′0″S5°43′12″W/ 15.93333°S 5.72000°W/-15.93333; -5.72000
Offeecial leidsInglis
Demonym(s)Saint Heleniana
Pairt oSaunt Helena, Ascension an Tristan da Cunha
GovrenmentNon-partisan democracyunnerConstitutional monarchy
Charles III
Lisa Phillips
Territory unner theUnitit 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)
CurrencySaint Helena poond(SHP)
Time zoneUTC(GMT)
Drivin sidecaur
Cawin code+290
ISO 3166 codeSH-HL
Internet TLD.sh
  1. Or semply "Helenian". Informally, the islanders are an aa referred tae as "Saunts".
    UK Postcode:STHL 1ZZ

Saunt Helena,named efterSaunt Helena o Constantinople,is an island ovolcanicorigin in theSooth Atlantic Ocean.It is pairt o theBreetish owerseas territoryoSaunt Helena, Ascension an Tristan da Cunha,[3]which also includesAscension Islandan the islands oTristan da Cunha.Saunt Helena haes a population o 4,255 (2008 census).[4]

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  1. The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009"...the transfer of rule of the island to His Majesty’s Government on 22 April 1834 under the Government of India Act 1833, now called the Saint Helena Act 1833" (Schedule Preamble)
  2. "Census 2016 – summary report"(PDF).St Helena Government.Retrieved21 September2016.
  3. "Constitution of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha".UK Archives. 2009.Retrieved21 Julie2012.
  4. "Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 29 Juin 2014.Retrieved23 Mairch2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)