Lesser Antilles
U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Croix

Christiansted

Christiansted is a town on the island of in the . Christiansted was the capital of the Danish West Indies from 1755 to 1871 and is a charming town with distinctive Danish architecture.
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  • Type: Town with 1,870 residents
  • Description: town of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Also known as: “Baasend”, “Bassin”, “Christianstad”, “Christianstaed”, “Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands”, “Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands”, “Christiansted, US Virgin Islands”, “Christiansted, VI”, “Christianstedt”, “Christianstoed”, and “Kristianssted”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Protestant Cay and Christiansted Harbor Sea Plane Base.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a four-acre triangular islet in the Christiansted Harbor, 200 yards north of Christiansted. The island is home to a resort, the Hotel on the Cay, which is home to a protected sand beach, small shop and beach bar.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base, also known as St. Croix Seaplane Base, is located in the harbor by Christiansted, Saint Croix, .

Museum
Photo: Cumulus Clouds, CC BY 2.5.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Grande Princesse and Beeston Hill.

Neighborhood
is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the .

Hamlet
is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the . is little more than a small hamlet, lying along Route 70.

Hamlet
is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the .

Christiansted

Latitude
17.7439° or 17° 44′ 38″ north
Longitude
-64.708° or 64° 42′ 29″ west
Population
1,870
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
IATA airport code
STX
United Nations Location Code
VI CTD
Open location code
779QP7VR+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 839522250
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4795479
Wiki­data ID
Q994719
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Christiansted” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريستيانستيد”
  • Armenian: “Քրիստիանսթեդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kristiansted”
  • Bengali: “ক্রিস্টিনানস্টেড”
  • Catalan: “Christiansted, St. Croix”
  • Catalan: “Christiansted”
  • Cebuano: “Christiansted”
  • Chinese: “克里斯琴斯特德”
  • Croatian: “Christiansted, Američki Djevičanski otoci”
  • Croatian: “Christiansted”
  • Danish: “Christiansted”
  • Dutch: “Christiansted”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريستيانستيد”
  • Esperanto: “Kristiansted”
  • Finnish: “Christiansted”
  • French: “Christiansted”
  • Galician: “Christiansted”
  • German: “Christianstadt”
  • German: “Christiansted”
  • Greek: “Κρίστιανστεντ”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રિશ્ચિયનસ્ટેડ”
  • Hebrew: “כריסטיאנסטד”
  • Hindi: “क्रिस्टिअनस्टेड”
  • Hungarian: “Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands”
  • Hungarian: “Christiansted”
  • Indonesian: “Christiansted”
  • Italian: “Christiansted”
  • Japanese: “クリスチャンステッド”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ ಸ್ಟೆಡ್”
  • Korean: “크리스천스테드”
  • Latvian: “Kristiansteda”
  • Lithuanian: “Kristianstedas”
  • Malay: “Christiansted”
  • Maltese: “Christiansted”
  • Marathi: “ख्रिश्चनस्टेड”
  • Moksha: “Кристианстэд”
  • Northern Frisian: “Christiansted”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christiansted”
  • Norwegian: “Christiansted”
  • Papiamento: “Christiansted”
  • Persian: “کریستیانستد، جزایر ویرجین ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Persian: “کریستیانستد، یو اس ویرجین آیلندز”
  • Polish: “Christiansted”
  • Portuguese: “Christiansted”
  • Russian: “Кристианстед”
  • Scots: “Christiansted”
  • Serbian: “Christiansted”
  • Serbian: “Kristijansted”
  • Serbian: “Кристијанстед”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Christiansted, Američki Djevičanski otoci”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Christiansted”
  • Sinhala: “ක්රිස්ටියන්ස්ටඩ්”
  • Slovenian: “Christiansted, Ameriški Deviški otoki”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کریستیانستد، یو اس ویرجین آیلندز”
  • Spanish: “Christiansted (Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos)”
  • Spanish: “Christiansted”
  • Swedish: “Christiansted”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்டியன்ஸ்டெட்”
  • Telugu: “క్రిస్టీఆన్స్టెడ్”
  • Thai: “คริสเตียนสเต็ด”
  • Turkish: “Christiansted, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Virjin Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Christiansted”
  • Ukrainian: “Крістіанстед”
  • Urdu: “چریستیانسٹڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Christiansted”

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