Lesser Antilles
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Paul Charlestown Parish

Charlestown

Charlestown is the capital of the island of in the Federation of in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Charlestown is situated on the leeward side of the island of near the southern end of .
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  • Type: Town with 1,500 residents
  • Description: human settlement, Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Also known as: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts and Nevis)” and “Charlestown, Nevis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Nevis History and St. Theresa Church, Charlestown.

Museum
Photo: Dfarrell07, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a in Charlestown, Saint Thomas Lowland Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Church
The St. Theresa Church and alternatively St. Theresa Parish, is a religious building of the Catholic church that is located in Main Road in the town of Charlestown, capital of Nevis Island and one of the 14 in the Caribbean and island federation of St.

Fort
Photo: Icelandic Hurricane, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an abandoned British fort on the island of . It is now mostly in ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bath and Figtree.

Village
is a small village on the island of , in . it is located on the west or Caribbean coast of the island, just south of Charlestown, near the southernmost end of Gallows Bay.

Town
is a town on the island of in . It is the capital of .

Neighborhood
is a village on the island of in . It is the capital of the .

Charlestown

Latitude
17.1394° or 17° 8′ 22″ north
Longitude
-62.62162° or 62° 37′ 18″ west
Population
1,500
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
IATA airport code
NEV
United Nations Location Code
KN CHA
Open location code
779V49QH+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 479489725
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3575479
Wiki­data ID
Q992311
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Charlestown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شارلستون”
  • Armenian: “Չարլզթաուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çarlstaun”
  • Basque: “Charlestown”
  • Belarusian: “Чарлзтаўн”
  • Belarusian: “Чарльзтаўн”
  • Cebuano: “Charlestown (kapital sa parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Charlestown”
  • Chinese: “查尔斯敦/查爾斯敦”
  • Chinese: “查尔斯敦”
  • Danish: “Charlestown”
  • Dutch: “Charlestown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شارلستين”
  • Estonian: “Charlestown”
  • Finnish: “Charlestown”
  • French: “Charlestown”
  • German: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts and Nevis)”
  • German: “Charlestown”
  • Greek: “Τσάρλσταουν, Άγιος Χριστόφορος και Νέβις”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ארלסטאון”
  • Hungarian: “Charlestown”
  • Indonesian: “Charlestown, Nevis”
  • Indonesian: “Charlestown”
  • Irish: “Charlestown”
  • Italian: “Charlestown”
  • Japanese: “チャールズタウン”
  • Korean: “찰스타운”
  • Latvian: “Čārlstauna”
  • Lithuanian: “Čarlstaunas”
  • Macedonian: “Чарлстаун”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Charlestown”
  • Papiamento: “Charlestown”
  • Persian: “چارلستون، نویس”
  • Persian: “چارلستون”
  • Polish: “Charlestown”
  • Portuguese: “Charlestown, Neves”
  • Portuguese: “Charlestown, São Cristóvão e Neves”
  • Portuguese: “Charlestown”
  • Russian: “Чарлстаун”
  • Russian: “Чарльстаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charlestown”
  • Slovenian: “Charlestown”
  • Spanish: “Charlestown”
  • Swedish: “Charlestown, Saint Kitts och Nevis”
  • Swedish: “Charlestown”
  • Ukrainian: “Чарльзтаун”
  • Urdu: “چارلس ٹاؤن، سینٹ کیٹز و ناویس”
  • Veps: “Čarlstaun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Charlestown, Saint Kitts ngan Nevis”

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Highlights include The Alexandra Hospital and Church of Christ.

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