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Jamestown

Also known as Jamestown, Saint Helena

capital of Saint Helena

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Jamestown is the capital city of Saint Helena, a remote British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It serves as the main administrative and population center for this small island territory.

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Locality: Jamestown
Region: Saint Helena
Country: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Population: 637
Timezone: Atlantic/St_Helena

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Population: 714
Area: 3.6
Image: St-Helena-Jamestown.jpg

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Commons category: Jamestown, Saint Helena
inception: 1659-00-00
native label: City of Jamestown
P12749: Q142477

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Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is also the historic main settlement of the island and is on its north-western coast. Before the development of the port at Rupert's Bay, it was the island's only port and the centre of the island's road and communications network. It was founded when colonists from the English East India Company settled on the island in 1659 and was briefly occupied by the Dutch East India Company in 1673 before being recaptured. Many of the buildings built by the East India Company in the 18th century survive and give the town its distinctive Georgian flavour.

The city briefly hosted Napoleon in 1815 during his exile on St. Helena and later served as a base for the Royal Navy's efforts to suppress the slave trade. It had no role during the First World War and only played a minor role during the Second World War.