Charlestown
Charlestown is the capital of the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Charlestown is situated on the leeward side of the island of Nevis near the southern end of Pinney's Beach.
- Type: City with 1,500 residents
- Description: human settlement, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Also known as: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts and Nevis)”, “Charlestown, Neves”, “Charlestown, Nevis”, and “Charlestown, São Cristóvão e Neves”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of Nevis History and St. Theresa Church, Charlestown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bath and FigTree.
Church Ground
Neighborhood
Church Ground is a village on the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Charlestown
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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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
UN/LOCODE
KN CHA
Open location code
779V49QH+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Waray—“Charlestown” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቻርልስታውን”
- Arabic: “تشارلستون”
- Arabic: “شارلستون”
- Armenian: “Չարլզթաուն”
- Asturian: “Charlestown”
- Azerbaijani: “Çarlstaun”
- Azerbaijani: “Charlestown”
- Basque: “Charlestown”
- Belarusian: “Чарлзтаўн”
- Belarusian: “Чарльзтаўн”
- Bengali: “চার্লসটাউন”
- Cebuano: “Charlestown (kapital sa parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Charlestown”
- Chinese: “查尔斯敦/查爾斯敦”
- Chinese: “查尔斯敦”
- Czech: “Charlestown”
- Danish: “Charlestown”
- Dutch: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts en Nevis)”
- Dutch: “Charlestown”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شارلستين”
- Estonian: “Charlestown”
- Finnish: “Charlestown (Nevis)”
- Finnish: “Charlestown”
- French: “Charlestown (Niévès)”
- French: “Charlestown”
- German: “Charlestown”
- Greek: “Τσάρλσταουν, Άγιος Χριστόφορος και Νέβις”
- Greek: “Τσάρλσταουν”
- Hausa: “Charlestown”
- Hebrew: “צ’ארלסטאון (נוויס)”
- Hebrew: “צ’ארלסטאון”
- Hindi: “चार्लेस्टाउन”
- Hungarian: “Charlestown”
- Indonesian: “Charlestown, Nevis”
- Indonesian: “Charlestown”
- Irish: “Charlestown”
- Italian: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts e Nevis)”
- Italian: “Charlestown”
- Japanese: “チャールズタウン (ネイビス島)”
- Japanese: “チャールズタウン”
- Javanese: “Charlestown”
- Kazakh: “Чарльзтаун”
- Kirghiz: “Чарльзтаун”
- Korean: “찰스타운 (세인트키츠 네비스)”
- Korean: “찰스타운”
- Latvian: “Čārlstauna”
- Lithuanian: “Čarlstaunas”
- Macedonian: “Чарлстаун”
- Malay: “Charlestown”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Charlestown”
- Oromo: “Charlestown”
- Panjabi: “ਚਾਰਲਜ਼ਟਾਊਨ”
- Papiamento: “Charlestown”
- Persian: “چارلزتون”
- Persian: “چارلستون، نویس”
- Persian: “چارلستون”
- Polish: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts i Nevis)”
- Polish: “Charlestown”
- Portuguese: “Charlestown (São Cristóvão e Neves)”
- Portuguese: “Charlestown”
- Pushto: “چارلز ټاون”
- Russian: “Чарлстаун”
- Russian: “Чарльзтаун”
- Russian: “Чарльстаун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Charlestown”
- Slovak: “Charlestown”
- Slovenian: “Charlestown”
- Somali: “Charlestown”
- Spanish: “Charlestown”
- Swahili: “Charlestown”
- Swedish: “Charlestown (Saint Kitts och Nevis)”
- Swedish: “Charlestown, Saint Kitts och Nevis”
- Swedish: “Charlestown”
- Tajik: “Чарльзтаун”
- Tatar: “Charlestown”
- Turkish: “Charlestown”
- Ukrainian: “Чарльзтаун”
- Urdu: “چارلز ٹاؤن”
- Urdu: “چارلس ٹاؤن، سینٹ کیٹز و ناویس”
- Uzbek: “Charlestown”
- Veps: “Čarlstaun”
- Waray (Philippines): “Charlestown, Saint Kitts ngan Nevis”
- “Charlestown”
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Places to explore: Craddocks and Cane Garden.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: The Alexandra Hospital and Church of Christ.
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