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- Saint Helena
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- Affiliation:
- (dependent territory of the UK)
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- #CARD:Saint Helena:Geography
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- Saint Helena
- Geography
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- Location:
- in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,920 km west of Angola, about two-thirds of
- the way between South America and Africa
- Map references:
- Africa
- Area:
- total area:
- 410 km2
- land area:
- 410 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC
- note:
- includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island,
- and Tristan da Cunha
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 60 km
- Maritime claims:
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds
- Terrain:
- rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains
- Natural resources:
- fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns, no
- minerals
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 7%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 7%
- forest and woodland:
- 3%
- other:
- 83%
- Irrigated land:
- NA km2
- Environment:
- very few perennial streams
- Note:
- Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial; harbors at least 40 species
- of plants unknown anywhere else in the world
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- Saint Helena
- People
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- Population:
- 6,720 (July 1993 est.)
- Population growth rate:
- 0.32% (1993 est.)
- Birth rate:
- 9.82 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Death rate:
- 6.67 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Net migration rate:
- 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Infant mortality rate:
- 38.39 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- total population:
- 74.43 years
- male:
- 72.36 years
- female:
- 76.27 years (1993 est.)
- Total fertility rate:
- 1.16 children born/woman (1993 est.)
- Nationality:
- noun:
- Saint Helenian(s)
- adjective:
- Saint Helenian
- Ethnic divisions:
- NA
- Religions:
- Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic
- Languages:
- English
- Literacy:
- age 15 and over can read and write (1987)
- total population:
- 98%
- male:
- 97%
- female:
- 98%
- Labor force:
- 2,516
- by occupation:
- professional, technical, and related workers 8.7%, managerial,
- administrative, and clerical 12.8%, sales people 8.1%, farmer, fishermen,
- etc. 5.4%, craftspersons, production process workers 14.7%, others 50.3%
- (1987)
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- Saint Helena
- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Saint Helena
- Digraph:
- SH
- Type:
- dependent territory of the UK
- Capital:
- Jamestown
- Administrative divisions:
- 1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan
- da Cunha*
- Independence:
- none (dependent territory of the UK)
- Constitution:
- 1 January 1989
- Legal system:
- NA
- National holiday:
- Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen, 10 June 1989 (second Saturday in
- June)
- Political parties and leaders:
- Saint Helena Labor Party; Saint Helena Progressive Party
- note:
- both political parties inactive since 1976
- Suffrage:
- NA
- Elections:
- Legislative Council:
- last held October 1984 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by
- party NA; seats - (15 total, 12 elected) number of seats by party NA
- Executive branch:
- British monarch, governor commander-in-chief, Executive Council (cabinet)
- Legislative branch:
- unicameral Legislative Council
- Judicial branch:
- Supreme Court
- Leaders:
- Chief of State:
- Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
- Head of Government:
- Governor A. N. HOOLE (since NA)
- Member of:
- ICFTU
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- none (dependent territory of the UK)
- US diplomatic representation:
- none (dependent territory of the UK)
- Flag:
- blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint
- Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features
- a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship
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- Saint Helena
- Economy
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- Overview:
- The economy depends primarily on financial assistance from the UK. The local
- population earns some income from fishing, the raising of livestock, and
- sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, a large proportion of the
- work force has left to seek employment overseas.
- National product:
- GDP $NA
- National product real growth rate:
- NA%
- National product per capita:
- $NA
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):
- -1.1% (1986)
- Unemployment rate:
- NA%
- Budget:
- revenues $3.2 million; expenditures $2.9 million, including capital
- expenditures of $NA (1984)
- Exports:
- $23,900 (f.o.b., 1984)
- commodities:
- fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts
- partners:
- South Africa, UK
- Imports:
- $2.4 million (c.i.f., 1984)
- commodities:
- food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor
- vehicles and parts, machinery and parts
- partners:
- UK, South Africa
- External debt:
- $NA
- Industrial production:
- growth rate NA%
- Electricity:
- 9,800 kW capacity; 10 million kWh produced, 1,390 kWh per capita (1989)
- Industries:
- crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing
- Agriculture:
- maize, potatoes, vegetables; timber production being developed; crawfishing
- on Tristan da Cunha
- Economic aid:
- Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),
- $198 million
- Currency:
- 1 Saint Helenian pound (#S) = 100 pence
- Exchange rates:
- Saint Helenian pounds (#S) per US$1 - 0.6527 (January 1993), 0.5664 (1992),
- 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988); note - the Saint
- Helenian pound is at par with the British pound
- Fiscal year:
- 1 April - 31 March
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- Saint Helena
- Communications
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- Highways:
- 87 km paved roads and 20 km earth roads on Saint Helena; 80 km paved roads
- on Ascension; 2.7 km paved roads on Tristan da Cunha
- Ports:
- Jamestown (Saint Helena), Georgetown (Ascension)
- Airports:
- total:
- 1
- useable:
- 1
- with permanent-surface runways:
- 1
- with runways over 3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
- 1
- with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
- 0
- Telecommunications:
- 1,500 radio receivers; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 550
- telephones in automatic network; HF radio links to Ascension, then into
- worldwide submarine cable and satellite networks; major coaxial submarine
- cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK at Ascension; 2
- Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
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- Saint Helena
- Defense Forces
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of the UK
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