- For alternate uses, see Saint
Helena (disambiguation).
Saint Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean
2,800 km off the west coast of Africa belonging to the United Kingdom. It is also the name of this island together with Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha Island.
The island served as a strategic island for ships on their way to the Indian
Ocean before the Suez Canal was built.
St. Helena has a small population that remains loyal to Britain. However, the island's dimunitive size and geopolitical
insignificance has led many Islanders to accuse the British government of ignoring the island. The island's economy was a
one crop economy for many
years, but is now very weak, and is almost entirely sustained solely on aid from London.
Napoleon Bonaparte ended his life in exile on St. Helena,
and the St. Helena tourist industry is heavily based around the promotion of this particular aspect of the island's history.
Prominent Anglo-Boer War prisoners, including General Piet Cronje were detained on St. Helena
- History of Saint Helena
- Geography of Saint Helena
- Demographics of Saint Helena
- Politics of Saint Helena
- Economy of Saint Helena
- Communications on Saint Helena
- Transportation on Saint Helena
- Military of Saint Helena
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