Place:Saint Helena

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NameSaint Helena
Alt namesSaint Helena and Dependenciessource: Britannica Book of the Year (1992) p 534
Sainte-Hélènesource: Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) p 665
Sankt Helenasource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) p 508
Sant'Elenasource: Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) p 767
Santa Helenasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 320
Sint Helenasource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 623
St. Helenasource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
TypeDependent state
Coordinates15.95°S 5.7°W
Contained Places
Dependency
Ascension ( 1922 - )
Tristan da Cunha ( 1938 - )
Inhabited place
Jamestown
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Saint Helena is a British possession in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Saint Helena measures about and has a population of 4,439 per the 2021 census.[1] It was named after Helena, mother of Constantine I. It is one of the remotest islands in the world and was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese enroute to the Indian subcontinent in 1502. For about four centuries the island was an important stopover for ships from Europe to Asia and back, while sailing around African continent, until the opening of the Suez canal. St Helena is the United Kingdom's second-oldest overseas territory after Bermuda.

Saint Helena is known for being the site of Napoleon's second exile, following his final defeat in 1815.

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