Saint Helena
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By Vexen Crabtree 2013
| St Helena |  |
|---|---|
| Status | Dependency (Overseas Territory) |
| Sovereignty | UK |
| Capital | Jamestown |
| Land Area | |
| Location | Africa |
| Groupings | Small Islands |
| Population | |
| GNI | |
| ISO3166-1 Codes | SH, SHN, 6541 |
| Internet Domain | .sh2 |
| Currency | Pound (SHP)3 |
| Telephone | +2904 |
1. Overview
“Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory consisting of Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.Saint Helena: Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century. It acquired fame as the place of Napoleon BONAPARTE's exile from 1815 until his death in 1821, but its importance as a port of call declined after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. During the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, several thousand Boer prisoners were confined on the island between 1900 and 1903. Ascension Island: This barren and uninhabited island was discovered and named by the Portuguese in 1503. The British garrisoned the island in 1815 to prevent a rescue of Napoleon from Saint Helena. It served as a provisioning station for the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron on anti-slavery patrol. The island remained under Admiralty control until 1922, when it became a dependency of Saint Helena. During World War II, the UK permitted the US to construct an airfield on Ascension in support of transatlantic flights to Africa and anti-submarine operations in the South Atlantic. In the 1960s the island became an important space tracking station for the US. In 1982, Ascension was an essential staging area for British forces during the Falklands War. It remains a critical refueling point in the air-bridge from the UK to the South Atlantic. Tristan da Cunha: The island group consists of the islands of Tristan da Cunha, Nightingale, Inaccessible, and Gough. Tristan da Cunha is named after its Portuguese discoverer (1506); it was garrisoned by the British in 1816 to prevent any attempt to rescue Napoleon from Saint Helena. Gough and Inaccessible Islands have been designated World Heritage Sites. South Africa leases a site for a meteorological station on Gough Island.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)5
As a territory of the UK I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.
2. Religion and Beliefs
#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism
Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below6:
| Christian | 96.5% |
| Muslim | 0.1% |
| Hindu | 0.1% |
| Buddhist | 0.1% |
| Folk Religion | 0.1% |
| Jewish | 0.1% |
| Unaffiliated | 3.3% |
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Protestant (Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist), Roman Catholic7.
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There isn't much information in the database for St Helena, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.