Georgetown
Georgetown is the capital and chief settlement of Ascension Island, in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, situated on the west coast of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 450 residents
- Description: capital of Ascension Island
- Also known as: “Georgetown, Ascension Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Government House.
Government House
Government office
Photo: quirkycontinuum, CC BY 2.0.
Government House is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Two Boats.
Two Boats
Village
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0.
Two Boats, also known as Two Boats Village, is a village at the foot of Green Mountain on Ascension Island. Founded in the early 19th century, it was a originally a resting point for sailors who sought to ascend the mountain. Two Boats is situated 3½ miles east of Georgetown.
Georgetown
- Categories: chef-lieu, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-7.92897° or 7° 55′ 44″ southLongitude
-14.4134° or 14° 24′ 48″ westPopulation
450Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
6C473HCP+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 278969430OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2411397Wikidata ID
Q695774
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Georgetown” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Afrikaans: “Georgetown”
- Arabic: “جورج تاون، جزيرة أسينشين”
- Arabic: “جورج تاون”
- Armenian: “Ջորջթաուն, Համբարձման կղզի”
- Armenian: “Ջորջթաուն”
- Azerbaijani: “Corctaun”
- Basque: “Georgetown (Ascension)”
- Basque: “Georgetown”
- Bosnian: “Georgetown”
- Bulgarian: “Джорджтаун (Възнесение)”
- Bulgarian: “Джорджтаун”
- Catalan: “Georgetown”
- Cebuano: “Georgetown (kapital sa administratibong yunit sa Saint Helena)”
- Cebuano: “Georgetown”
- Chinese: “乔治敦”
- Chinese: “佐治城”
- Chinese: “喬治敦”
- Dutch: “Georgetown”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جورج تاون”
- French: “Georgetown”
- Galician: “Georgetown, Ascensión”
- Galician: “Georgetown”
- German: “Georgetown”
- Greek: “Τζορτζτάουν”
- Greek: “Τζώρτζτάουν”
- Hebrew: “ג’ורג’טאון (אסנשן)”
- Hebrew: “ג’ורג’טאון”
- Indonesian: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Indonesian: “Georgetown”
- Irish: “Georgetown”
- Italian: “Georgetown”
- Japanese: “ジョージタウン”
- Korean: “조지타운”
- Latvian: “Džordžtauna”
- Ligurian: “Georgetown (Ascension)”
- Ligurian: “Georgetown”
- Lithuanian: “Džordžtaunas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Georgetown”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Georgetown på Ascension”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Georgetown”
- Norwegian: “Georgetown”
- Persian: “جرجتاون، اسنشن آیلند”
- Polish: “Georgetown”
- Portuguese: “Georgetown”
- Romanian: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Romanian: “Georgetown”
- Russian: “Джорджтаун”
- Serbian: “Džordžtaun”
- Serbian: “Џорџтаун”
- Shona: “Georgetown”
- Slovak: “Georgetown”
- Spanish: “Georgetown”
- Swedish: “Georgetown, Ascension”
- Swedish: “Georgetown”
- Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் டவுன், அசென்சன் தீவு”
- Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் டவுன்”
- Thai: “จอร์จทาวน์”
- Turkish: “Georgetown, Ascension Adası”
- Turkish: “Georgetown”
- Ukrainian: “Джорджтаун”
- Urdu: “جارج ٹاؤن، جزیرہ اسینشن”
- Waray (Philippines): “Georgetown, Puro han Ascension”
- Western Panjabi: “جارج ٹاؤن، جزیرہ اسینشن”
- Wu Chinese: “喬治敦（阿森松島）”
- Wu Chinese: “喬治敦”
- Yue Chinese: “佐治城”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ascension Island Museum and Georgetown Hospital.
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Must-Visit Destinations
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