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Saint Helena
| Location |
S Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil, Angola |
| Latitude and longitude |
15 56 S, 5 42 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Population |
7,212 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
410 |
| Capital |
Jamestown |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| The
St. Helena Constitution Order 1988, United Kingdom Statutory Instrument 1988 No.
1842, from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| The
St. Helena Constitution Order 1989, United Kingdom Statutory Instrument 1989 No.
155, from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
| The
Constitution of St. Helena and Related Legislation Consolidation,
from the Government of St. Helena |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Saint Helena:
the Official Government Website |
| St
Helena Institute |
| Paul Carroll’s The
Subatlantic and Antarctic Islands |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: St. Helena |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| United Nations Secretariat, Working
Paper on St. Helena, prepared for the Special Committee of the
U.N. General Assembly on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation
of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries
and Peoples (A/AC.109/2004/9, April 21, 2004) (PDF) |
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