| Official name | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
| Name in local language | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (en) |
| Continent | Africa |
| Subcontinent | Southern Africa |
| Population (ranking: 242e) | 5,705 inhabitants (2019) |
| Population growth | 0.91 % / year |
| Area | 415 km² |
| Density | 13.75 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 238e) | 0.043 billions $USD (2015) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 7,724 $USD (2015) |
| GDP growth | 0.00 % / year (2015) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 79.50 years (2016) |
| Birth rate | 9.70 ‰ (2016) |
| Fertility rate | 1.58 children / woman (2016) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 7.70 ‰ (2016) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 13.70 ‰ (2016) |
| Literacy rate | 100.00 % (2019) |
| Official languages | English |
| Currency | Saint Helena pound (£ SHP) (Saint Helena & Ascension), Pound sterling (£ GBP) (Tristan) |
| HDI (ranking: 92e) | 0.797 / 1 (2008) |
| EPI (ranking) | 0.00 (2018) |
| Government | British Overseas Territory |
| Head of State | Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor Lisa Honan |
| National Day | Second Saturday of June (birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, 1926) |
| ISO Codes | SH, SHN |
| Demonym | Saint Helenian, Ascensionian, Tristanian |
| Tourists (ranking) | 2,367 people (2018) |
A very isolated archipelago in the middle of the South Atlantic
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British overseas territory located in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is composed of eight isolated islands in the middle of the South Atlantic: St. Helen’s Island; Ascension Island (1,131 kilometers to the northwest); the Tristan da Cunha archipelago (2,100 kilometers to the south); Tristan da Cunha Island; Gough Island; Inaccessible Island; Middle Island; Nightingale Island; Stoltenhoff Island.
Particularly isolated in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, the territory has recently built an airport that can accommodate large aircraft, in order to partly open up, and secondly to create an economic craze around tourism. Until then, only a few cruise ships arrived in Saint Helena. For now, no airline has considered creating a regular line because this new airport is already considered very dangerous because of its environment. The track is in effect on a mountain and ends at the edge of a cliff plunging into the ocean.
The territory is famous for having hosted Napoleon in exile, prisoner of the English, until his death, from 1815 to 1821. It was then used in particular as a prison camp and military base, according to the times and the wars.
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Urban areas (2019)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Jamestown | 4,715 inhabitants |
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Administrative divisions
| Islands | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Ascension | 742 inhabitants | 88 km² |
| Saint Helena | 4,715 inhabitants | 121 km² |
| Tristan da Cunha | 248 inhabitants | 206 km² |