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Saint Helena

Jamestown

Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of , located on the island of in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Town with 629 residents
  • Description: capital of Saint Helena
  • Also known as: “City of James Town” and “Jamestown, Saint Helena”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Saint Helena and The Castle.

Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The is a on the island of , a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. It has an extensive collection covering the maritime, military and social history of the island over two floors.

Government office
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is the main government building of the British Overseas Territory of , located in Jamestown on the island of .

Church
Photo: Peter Neaum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint James' Church is an Anglican church on the island of and is part of the Diocese of St Helena. It is situated in the capital Jamestown and is the oldest Anglican Church in the southern hemisphere; the present building was put up in 1774.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Half Tree Hollow and Longwood.

Village
Photo: Peter Neaum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the smallest by area of the eight of the island of , part of the British Overseas Territory of in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Village
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is a settlement and of the British island of in the South Atlantic Ocean. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Jamestown.

Village
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is one of eight of the island of , part of the British Overseas Territory of in the South Atlantic Ocean. is situated 3½ miles south of Jamestown.

Jamestown

Latitude
-15.92773° or 15° 55′ 40″ south
Longitude
-5.71609° or 5° 42′ 58″ west
Population
629
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
IATA airport code
HLE
United Nations Location Code
SH SHN
Open location code
5CPP37CM+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 293673697
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3370903
Wiki­data ID
Q30970
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Jamestown” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jamestown, Sint Helena”
  • Arabic: “جيمز تون”
  • Arabic: “جيمس تاون (هيلينا)”
  • Arabic: “جيمس تاون”
  • Arabic: “جيمس تون”
  • Arabic: “جيمستاون”
  • Arabic: “جيمستون”
  • Armenian: “Ջեյմսթաուն”
  • Asturian: “Jamestown”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ceymstaun”
  • Basque: “Jamestown”
  • Belarusian: “Джэймзтаўн”
  • Belarusian: “Джэймстаўн (востраў Святой Алены)”
  • Belarusian: “Джэймстаўн”
  • Bengali: “জেমসটাউন, সেইন্ট হেলেনা”
  • Bosnian: “Jamestown, Sveta Helena”
  • Bosnian: “Jamestown”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Catalan: “Jamestown”
  • Cebuano: “Jamestown”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەیمستاون”
  • Chinese: “Jamestown”
  • Chinese: “詹士敦”
  • Chinese: “詹姆斯敦”
  • Croatian: “Jamestown”
  • Czech: “Jamestown”
  • Danish: “Jamestown”
  • Dutch: “Jamestown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيمس تاون”
  • Esperanto: “Ĵamestaŭno”
  • Estonian: “Jamestown”
  • Finnish: “Jamestown”
  • French: “Jamestown”
  • Ga: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Ga: “Jamestown”
  • Galician: “Jamestown, Santa Helena”
  • Galician: “Jamestown”
  • Georgian: “ჯეიმზტაუნი”
  • Georgian: “ჯეიმსტაუნი”
  • German: “Jamestown”
  • Greek: “Jamestown”
  • Greek: “Τζέιμσταουν”
  • Hebrew: “ג’יימסטאון”
  • Hebrew: “גיימסטאון”
  • Hindi: “जेम्सटाउन, सेंट हेलेना”
  • Hindi: “जेम्सटाउन”
  • Hungarian: “Jamestown, Szent Ilona”
  • Hungarian: “Jamestown”
  • Icelandic: “Jamestown”
  • Ido: “Jamestown”
  • Indonesian: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Irish: “Jamestown”
  • Italian: “Jamestown”
  • Japanese: “ジェームズタウン”
  • Kazakh: “Джеймстаун (Әулие Елена аралы)”
  • Kazakh: “Джеймстаун”
  • Kirghiz: “Жеймстаун”
  • Korean: “제임스타운”
  • Latin: “Iacobopolis”
  • Latvian: “Džeimstauna”
  • Latvian: “Jamestown”
  • Ligurian: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Lithuanian: “Džeimstaunas”
  • Lithuanian: “Jamestown”
  • Macedonian: “Џејмстаун”
  • Manx: “Jamestown, Ellan Helena Noo”
  • Marathi: “जेम्सटाउन”
  • Mazanderani: “جیمز تاؤن (سنت هلنا)”
  • Mazanderani: “جیمز تاؤن”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jamestown”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯეიმზტაუნი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jamestown”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jamestown”
  • Norwegian: “Jamestown”
  • Novial: “Jamestown”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jamestown”
  • Ossetian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Persian: “جیمز تاون”
  • Persian: “جیمزتاون، سینت هلینا”
  • Persian: “جیمزتاون”
  • Persian: “جیمزتون”
  • Polish: “Jamestown”
  • Portuguese: “Jamestown, Santa Helena”
  • Portuguese: “Jamestown”
  • Romanian: “Jamestown, Sfânta Elena”
  • Romanian: “Jamestown”
  • Russian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Scots: “Jamestown”
  • Serbian: “Џејмстаун, Света Јелена”
  • Serbian: “Џејмстаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamestown”
  • Shona: “Jamestown”
  • Slovak: “Jamestown”
  • Somali: “Jamestown”
  • Spanish: “Jamestown”
  • Swahili: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Swahili: “Jamestown”
  • Swedish: “Jamestown, Sankt Helena”
  • Swedish: “Jamestown, Sankta Helena”
  • Swedish: “Jamestown”
  • Tamil: “ஜேம்ஸ்டவுன், செயின்ட் எலினா”
  • Tamil: “ஜேம்ஸ்டவுன்”
  • Thai: “เจมส์ทาวน์”
  • Turkish: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Turkish: “Jamestown”
  • Ukrainian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Urdu: “جمستوؤں، سینٹ ہیلینا”
  • Urdu: “جیمز ٹاون، سینٹ ہلینا”
  • Venetian: “Jamestown”
  • Vietnamese: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Vietnamese: “Jamestown”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Western Frisian: “Jamestown”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیمز ٹاؤن”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیمزٹاؤن”
  • Wu Chinese: “詹姆斯敦（聖赫勒拿）”
  • Wu Chinese: “詹姆斯敦”
  • Yiddish: “דזשיימסטאן, סאנט העלענע”
  • Yiddish: “דזשיימסטאן”
  • Yoruba: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
  • Yue Chinese: “詹士敦”

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