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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 57 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -15.9500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 42 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -5.7000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises island of Saint Helena and several others in the south Atlantic; main island sighted by Portuguese on feast of St. Helen in 1502; English visited in 1588, Dutch in 17th century; Africans brought here as slaves by British East India Company 17th century; official language is English. Formerly, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha were dependencies of Saint Helena. In 2009, each island was given equal status, and grouped as an overseas territory. |
Names: |
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| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| Sainte-Hélène, Ascension et Tristan da Cunha (C,V,French-P,U)
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| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (C,V)
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| SHN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| SH (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO654 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Île Sainte-Hélène (C,U,French)
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| i-Saint Helena (C,U,O,Zulu)
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| Ɛlɛni Senu (C,U,Bambara)
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| Orílẹ́ède Hẹlena (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha (C,U,English)
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| Saint Helena nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| San Héilin (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| San Helena (C,U,Hausa)
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| Sankti Helena (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Santa Elena (C,U,Spanish)
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| Santahelena (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Santahelena (Swahili (generic))
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| Sant’Elena (C,U,Italian)
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| Santu eleni (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Sántu eleni (C,U,Lingala)
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| Sehelene (C,U,Rundi)
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| Seini Helena (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Sent Helen (C,U,Fulah)
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| Sênt-Helêna (C,U,Sangho)
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| Sent-Heleno (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Senti Herena (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Seynt Elena (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Sfânta Elena (C,U,Romanian)
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| Sint-Helena (C,U,Dutch)
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| Sontg'Elena (C,U,Romansh)
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| S:t Helena (C,U,Swedish)
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| St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (C,U)
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| Svätá Helena (C,U,Slovak)
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| Svatá Helena (C,U,Czech)
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| Šventoji Elena (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Sveta Helena (C,U,Croatian)
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| Sveta Helena (Slovene)
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| Sveta Jelena (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Sv. Helēnas sala (C,U,Latvian)
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| Szent Helena (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Wyspa Świętej Heleny (C,U,Polish)
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| Αγία Ελένη (C,U,Greek)
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| Света Елена (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Света Елена (Bulgarian)
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| सेंट हेलेना (C,U,Marathi)
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| सेंट हेलेना (Hindi)
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| سانت هيلنا (C,U,Arabic)
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| 세인트헬레나 (C,U,Korean)
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| ሴንት ሄለና (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ሴንት ሄለና (Amharic)
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| सेन्ट हेलेना (C,U,Nepali)
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| セントヘレナ (C,U,Japanese)
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| Остров Святой Елены (C,U,Russian)
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| წმინდა ელენეს კუნძული (C,U,Georgian)
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| سینٹ ہیلینا (C,U,Urdu)
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| സെന്റ് ഹെലീന (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Острів Святої Єлени (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| سنت هلن (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Света Јелена (C,U,Serbian)
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| సెంట్ హెలినా (C,U,Telugu)
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| 圣赫勒拿 (C,U,Chinese)
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| סנט הלנה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Святой Алены, Востраў (C,U,Belarusian)
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| སེནྚ། ཧེ་ལི་ན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| செயின்ட் ஹெலெனா (C,U,Tamil)
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| ಸೇಂಟ್ ಹೆಲೆನಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| เซนต์เฮเลนา (C,U,Thai)
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| ସେଣ୍ଟ ହେଲେନା (C,U,Odia)
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| সেন্ট হেলেনা (C,U,Bengali)
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| સેંટ હેલેના (C,U,Gujarati)
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| Sainte-Hélène (H,O,Malagasy)
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| Sainte-Hélène (French)
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| Saint Helena (H,V,English,U,N)
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| Saint Helena (Somali)
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| Saint Helena (Maltese)
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| Saint Helena (Vietnamese)
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| Saint Helena (Indonesian)
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| Saint Helena (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Saint Helena (Finnish)
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| Saint Helena (Catalan)
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| Saint Helena (Basque)
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| Saint Helena (Akan)
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| Saint Helena (Welsh)
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| Saint Helena (Breton)
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| Saint Helena (Faroese)
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| Saint Helena (Estonian)
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| Saint Helena (Greenlandic)
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| Saint Helena (Turkish)
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| Saint Helena (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Saint Helena (North Ndebele)
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| Saint Helena (Northern Sami)
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| Saint Helena (Shona)
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| Saint Helena and Dependencies (H,V)
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| Sankt Helena (H,O)
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| Santa Helena (H,O,Portuguese)
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| Santa Helena (Galician)
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| Sant'Elena (H,O)
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| Sint Helena (H,O,Afrikaans)
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| St. Helena (H,V,Danish)
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| St. Helena (German)
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| St. Helena (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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main island under direct British control since 1833, other constituent islands joined by 1932 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| overseas territory (C) |
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| colony (C) |
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British, since 1834 |
| dependent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Jamestown .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) [7005322] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Sainte-Hélène, Ascension et Tristan da Cunha.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter VI-7 (2010) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter VI-7 (2010) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 3370751 |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 January 2013 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 3370751 |
| St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 3370751 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, VP] |
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BHA, Authority file (1973-) |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 493; 534 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 554-555 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 805-806 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 665 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 508 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 767 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (2006-) accessed 9 January 2013 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 319 |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 623 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 3370751 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 19 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 770 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 76 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1048 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha |
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