_#_Climate: tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds
_#_Terrain: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains
_#_Natural resources: fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea
turtles and sooty terns; no minerals
_#_Land use: arable land 7%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and
pastures 7%; forest and woodland 3%; other 83%
_#_Environment: very few perennial streams
_#_Note: located 1,920 km west of Angola, about two-thirds of the
way between South America and Africa; Napoleon Bonaparte's place of
exile and burial; the remains were taken to Paris in 1840
_*_People
_#_Population: 6,695 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: NEGl migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 46 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 75 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun--Saint Helenian(s); adjective--Saint Helenian
_#_Ethnic divisions: NA
_#_Religion: Anglican majority; also Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist,
and Roman Catholic
_#_Language: English
_#_Literacy: 98% (male 97%, female 98%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1987)
_#_Labor force: NA
_#_Organized labor: Saint Helena General Workers' Union, 472 members;
crafts 17%, professional and technical 10%, service 10%, management and
clerical 9%, farming and fishing 9%, transport 6%, sales 5%, and other
34%
_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none
_#_Type: dependent territory of the UK
_#_Capital: Jamestown
_#_Administrative divisions: 2 dependencies and 1 administrative
area*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha
_#_Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)
_#_Constitution: 1 January 1967
_#_Legal system: NA
_#_National holiday: Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen (second
Saturday in June), 10 June 1989
_#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor, Executive Council
(cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
Head of Government--Governor and Commander in Chief Robert
F. STIMSON (since 1987)
_#_Political parties and leaders:
Saint Helena Labor Party, G. A. O. THORNTON;
Saint Helena Progressive Party, leader unknown;
note--both political parties inactive since 1976
_#_Suffrage: NA
_#_Elections:
Legislative Council--last held October 1984 (next to be held NA);
results--percent of vote by party NA;
seats--(15 total, 12 elected) number of seats by party NA
_#_Communists: probably none
_#_Member of: ICFTU
_#_Diplomatic representation: none (dependent territory of the UK)
_#_Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the
flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship
_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The economy depends primarily on financial assistance
from the UK. The local population earns some income from fishing, the
rearing of livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few
jobs, a large proportion of the work force has left to seek employment
overseas.
_#_GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate NA%
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): - 1.1% (1986)
_#_Unemployment rate: NA%
_#_Budget: revenues $3.2 million; expenditures $2.9 million,
including capital expenditures of NA (1984)
_#_Exports: $23.9 thousand (f.o.b., 1984);
commodities--fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna),
handicrafts;
partners--South Africa, UK
_#_Imports: $2.4 million (c.i.f., 1984);
commodities--food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed,
building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts;
partners--UK, South Africa
_#_External debt: $NA
_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%
_#_Electricity: 9,800 kW capacity; 10 million kWh produced,
1,390 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fish
_#_Agriculture: maize, potatoes, vegetables; timber production being
developed; crawfishing on Tristan da Cunha
_#_Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-88), $184 million
_#_Currency: Saint Helenian pound (plural--pounds);
1 Saint Helenian pound (5S) = 100 pence
_#_Exchange rates: Saint Helenian pounds (5S) per US$1--0.5171
(January 1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102
(1987), 0.6817 (1986), 0.7714 (1985); note--the Saint Helenian pound is
at par with the British pound
_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
_*_Communications
_#_Highways: 87 km bitumen-sealed roads, 20 km earth roads on
Saint Helena; 80 km bitumen-sealed on Ascension; 2.7 km bitumen-sealed on
Tristan da Cunha
_#_Ports: Jamestown (Saint Helena), Georgetown (Ascension)
_#_Merchant marine: 1 passenger-cargo ship totaling 6,767 GRT/5,600
DWT
_#_Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 m on
Ascension
_#_Telecommunications: 1,500 radio receivers; stations--1 AM,
no FM, no TV; 550 telephones in automatic network; HF radio links to
Ascension, then into worldwide submarine cable and satellite networks;
major coaxial cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK at
Ascension; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
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_@_Saint Kitts and Nevis
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 269 km2; land area: 269 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly more than 1.5 times the size of
Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 135 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;