St Helena Island

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:airport Saint Helena Airport
gptkbp:area 122 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:climate subtropical
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of Saint Helena
gptkbp:currency Saint Helena pound
gptkbp:dialCode +290
gptkbp:discoveredBy Portuguese
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1502
gptkbp:distanceFromAfrica 1,950 km west of the coast of southwestern Africa
gptkbp:distanceFromSouthAmerica 4,000 km east of Rio de Janeiro
gptkbp:drivesOn left
gptkbp:famousFor exile of Napoleon Bonaparte
gptkbp:fauna Saint Helena earwig (extinct)
gptkbp:flag Flag of Saint Helena
gptkbp:flora endemic tree ferns
gptkbp:governor Nigel Phillips (as of 2023)
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Jacob's_Ladder
gptkbp:highestPoint 818 m
Diana's Peak
gptkbp:historicalEvent used as a stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa
Napoleon's exile (1815-1821)
site of Boer War prisoner camps
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
coffee production
gptkbp:mainLanguage English
gptkbp:namedAfter Saint Helena of Constantinople
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Longwood_House
gptkb:Plantation_House
gptkb:Saint_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:notableBurials gptkb:Napoleon's_original_tomb
gptkbp:notableEvent Napoleon's death (1821)
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/
gptkbp:partOf British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
gptkbp:population approximately 4,500 (2021)
gptkbp:postalCode STHL 1ZZ
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:GMT
gptkbp:transportation air service via Saint Helena Airport
no regular passenger sea service
gptkbp:wildlife wirebird (Saint Helena plover)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brisbane_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5