St. Helena Island

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha
gptkbp:area 122 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:climate subtropical
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Longwood
gptkb:Jamestown
gptkb:Alarm_Forest
gptkb:Half_Tree_Hollow
gptkb:Levelwood
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency Saint Helena pound
gptkbp:dialCode +290
gptkbp:discoveredBy João da Nova
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1502
gptkbp:distanceToAfrica ~1,950 km
gptkbp:distanceToSouthAmerica ~2,900 km
gptkbp:drivesOn left
gptkbp:electricSystem 240V, 50Hz
gptkbp:governor Nigel Phillips (as of 2024)
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Longwood_House
gptkb:Napoleon's_Tomb
gptkbp:highestPoint 818 m
Diana's Peak
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Jamestown_Harbour
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label St. Helena Island
gptkbp:internetTLD .sh
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:SH-HL
SHJAM
gptkbp:legislature Legislative Council of Saint Helena
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:mainIndustry fishing
tourism
government services
gptkbp:majorCity Saint Helena Airport
gptkbp:namedAfter Saint Helena of Constantinople
gptkbp:NapoleonExilePeriod 1815-1821
gptkbp:notableEvent Napoleon's exile
arrival of first slaves (17th century)
opening of airport (2016)
gptkbp:notableFauna wirebird
gptkbp:notableFlora gptkb:St._Helena_ebony
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population ~4,500
gptkbp:postalCode STHL 1ZZ
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:GMT
gptkbp:transportation no regular passenger sea service (as of 2024)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sea_Islands
gptkb:Gullah_communities
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5