Jamestown
Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- City with about 710 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 feet (10 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code HLE
- Description: capital of Saint Helena
- Also known as“City of James Town”“Jamestown, Saint Helena”
Places of Interest
Discover Museum of Saint Helena and The Castle.
Museum of Saint Helena
The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island…
The Castle
The Castle is the main government building of the…
Saint James’ Church, Jamestown
Saint James' Church is an Anglican church on the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Half Tree Hollow and Longwood.
Half Tree Hollow
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Jamestown
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Latitude
-15.92773° or 15° 55′ 40″ south
Longitude
-5.71609° or 5° 42′ 58″ west
UN/LOCODE
SH SHN
Open location code
5CPP37CM+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Jamestown” goes by many names.
Jamestown, Sint HelenaAfrikaans
جيمز تونArabic
جيمس تاونArabic
جيمس تاون (هيلينا)Arabic
جيمس تونArabic
ՋեյմսթաունArmenian
JamestownAsturian
CeymstaunAzerbaijani
JamestownBasque
ДжэймзтаўнBelarusian
ДжэймстаўнBelarusian
Джэймстаўн (востраў Святой Алены)Belarusian
জেমসটাউন, সেইন্ট হেলেনাBengali
JamestownBosnian
Jamestown, Sveta HelenaBosnian
JamestownBreton
ДжеймстаунBulgarian
JamestownCatalan
JamestownCebuano
جەیمستاونCentral Kurdish
詹姆斯敦Chinese
JamestownCroatian
JamestownCzech
JamestownDanish
JamestownDutch
جيمس تاونEgyptian Arabic
ĴamestaŭnoEsperanto
JamestownEstonian
JamestownFinnish
JamestownGa
Jamestown, Saint HelenaGa
JamestownGalician
Jamestown, Santa HelenaGalician
ჯეიმზტაუნიGeorgian
ჯეიმსტაუნიGeorgian
JamestownGreek
ΤζέιμσταουνGreek
ג’יימסטאוןHebrew
जेम्सटाउनHindi
जेम्सटाउन, सेंट हेलेनाHindi
JamestownHungarian
Jamestown, Szent IlonaHungarian
JamestownIcelandic
JamestownIdo
Jamestown, Saint HelenaIndonesian
JamestownIrish
JamestownItalian
ジェームズタウンJapanese
ДжеймстаунKazakh
Джеймстаун (Әулие Елена аралы)Kazakh
ЖеймстаунKirghiz
제임스타운Korean
IacobopolisLatin
DžeimstaunaLatvian
JamestownLatvian
Jamestown, Saint HelenaLigurian
DžeimstaunasLithuanian
JamestownLithuanian
ЏејмстаунMacedonian
Jamestown, Ellan Helena NooManx
जेम्सटाउनMarathi
جیمز تاؤنMazanderani
جیمز تاؤن (سنت هلنا)Mazanderani
JamestownMin Nan Chinese
ჯეიმზტაუნიMingrelian
JamestownNorthern Frisian
JamestownNorwegian
JamestownNorwegian Bokmål
Jamestown, Saint HelenaNorwegian Bokmål
JamestownNovial
JamestownOccitan (post 1500)
ДжеймстаунOssetian
جیمز تاونPersian
جیمزتاون، سینت هلیناPersian
جیمزتونPersian
JamestownPolish
JamestownRomanian
Jamestown, Sfânta ElenaRomanian
ДжеймстаунRussian
JamestownScots
ЏејмстаунSerbian
Џејмстаун, Света ЈеленаSerbian
JamestownSerbo-Croatian
JamestownShona
JamestownSlovak
JamestownSomali
JamestownSwahili
Jamestown, Saint HelenaSwahili
JamestownSwedish
Jamestown, Sankt HelenaSwedish
ஜேம்ஸ்டவுன்Tamil
ஜேம்ஸ்டவுன், செயின்ட் எலினாTamil
เจมส์ทาวน์Thai
JamestownTurkish
Jamestown, Saint HelenaTurkish
ДжеймстаунUkrainian
جمستوؤں، سینٹ ہیلیناUrdu
جیمز ٹاون، سینٹ ہلیناUrdu
JamestownVenetian
JamestownVietnamese
Jamestown, Saint HelenaVietnamese
Jamestown, Saint HelenaWaray (Philippines)
JamestownWestern Frisian
جیمز ٹاؤنWestern Panjabi
詹姆斯敦Wu Chinese
詹姆斯敦（聖赫勒拿）Wu Chinese
דזשיימסטאןYiddish
דזשיימסטאן, סאנט העלענעYiddish
Jamestown, Saint HelenaYoruba
詹士敦Yue Chinese
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