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.
- Type: City with 629 residents
- Description: capital of Saint Helena
- Also known as: “City of James Town”, “Jamestown, Saint Helena”, “Jamestown, Szent Ilona”, “Джэймстаўн (востраў Святой Алены)”, “Џејмстаун, Света Јелена”, “ჯეიმსტაუნი”, “جيمس تاون (هيلينا)”, “جيمس تون”, “جيمستاون”, “جيمستون”, and “جیمز تاون”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of Saint Helena and The Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Half Tree Hollow and Longwood.
Jamestown
- Categories: port city and locality
- Location: Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
UN/LOCODE
SH SHN
Open location code
5CPP37CM+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Armenian: “Ջեյմսթաուն”
- Asturian: “Jamestown”
- Azerbaijani: “Ceymstaun”
- Basque: “Jamestown”
- Belarusian: “Джэймзтаўн”
- Belarusian: “Джэймстаўн”
- Bengali: “জেমসটাউন, সেইন্ট হেলেনা”
- Bosnian: “Jamestown, Sveta Helena”
- Bosnian: “Jamestown”
- Breton: “Jamestown”
- Bulgarian: “Джеймстаун”
- Catalan: “Jamestown”
- Cebuano: “Jamestown”
- Central Kurdish: “جەیمستاون”
- 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”
- Galician: “Jamestown, Santa Helena”
- Galician: “Jamestown”
- Georgian: “ჯეიმზტაუნი”
- German: “Jamestown”
- Greek: “Jamestown”
- Greek: “Τζέιμσταουν”
- Hebrew: “ג’יימסטאון”
- Hebrew: “גיימסטאון”
- Hindi: “जेम्सटाउन, सेंट हेलेना”
- Hindi: “जेम्सटाउन”
- 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”
- Ligurian: “Jamestown, Saint Helena”
- Lithuanian: “Džeimstaunas”
- 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”
- Norwegian: “Jamestown”
- Novial: “Jamestown”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Jamestown”
- Ossetian: “Джеймстаун”
- Persian: “جیمزتاون، سینت هلینا”
- Persian: “جیمزتاون”
- Persian: “جیمزتون”
- Polish: “Jamestown”
- Portuguese: “Jamestown”
- Romanian: “Jamestown, Sfânta Elena”
- Romanian: “Jamestown”
- Russian: “Джеймстаун”
- Scots: “Jamestown”
- Serbian: “Џејмстаун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jamestown”
- Shona: “Jamestown”
- Slovak: “Jamestown”
- Somali: “Jamestown”
- Spanish: “Jamestown”
- Swahili: “Jamestown”
- Swedish: “Jamestown, Sankt 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rupert’s Valley and Rupert’s Wharf.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Jamestown Community Centre and Duke of Edinburgh Playground.
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