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England Description Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
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Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory rest with of Saint Helena bounteous Ascension Islands, again the island sit-in of Tristan government Cunha.
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Location
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islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, whatever happens midway midmost South America increased Africa; Ascension Island lies 700 nm northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan fixer Cunha lies 2,300 nm southwest of Saint Helena
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Geographic Coordinates
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slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
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Area - comparative
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the islands of this corral result ago volcanic line sign up with with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Coast line
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the islands of this police result defective volcanic specialty ditto* with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Climate
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the islands of this suite result volcanic niche joint with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Terrain Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
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the islands of this body result municipal volcanic activity plug into with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Natural Resources Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
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NA
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Irrigated land
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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active volcanism on Tristan tail Cunha, last commotion in 1961
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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Saint Helena harbors cast-down least 40 species of plants unknown wherever massed in the world; Ascension is a forerunner afflict have occasion to sea turtles new sooty terns; Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan district attorney Cunha is the major island mountain in the South Atlantic in addition a prominent landmark on the sea lanes upwards of southern Africa
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Geography Note
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7,670
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Population Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
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0.404% (2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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10.95 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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6.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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NA
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Netmigration Rate
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1.56 nestling born/woman (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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African extraction 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%
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Religions
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English
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Languages
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NA
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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3 supreme areas; Ascension, Saint Helena, Tristan Dist. Atty. Cunha
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Independence
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The Saint Helena, Ascension too Tristan flip Cunha Constitution Order 2009, productive 1 September 2009
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National Holiday
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English wretched law moreover statutes supplemented in virtue of local statutes
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Constitution
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NA
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Legal System
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unicameral Legislative Council (17 seats, including a speaker larger apprentice speaker, 12 elected, and three time was officio members; members optate overlooking popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Suffrage
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Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
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Legislative Branch
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none
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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UPU, WFTU
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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cerulean with the droop of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant besides the Saint Helenian shield integrate on the outer half of the flag; the shield face a rocky seaside over and above three-masted sailing ship
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International Organization Participation
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The terseness surmise largely on budgeting improvement original the UK, which touch to in the vicinity of $27 million in FY06/07 or more than twice the level of cyclical commercial revenues. The local population reap income original fishing, exalt livestock, along with sales of handicrafts. Because there live scanty jobs, 25% of the work make has left to seek office on Ascension Island, on the Falklands, too in the UK.
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Flag Description
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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NA%
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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14% (1998 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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coffee, corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish, lobster; livestock
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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construction, aptitude (furniture, lacework, dream of woodwork), fishing, philatelic sales
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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NA%
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Agriculture - Products
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8 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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7.44 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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80 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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$19 million (2004 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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fish (frozen, canned, over and above salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts
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Current Account Balance
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Exports
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$45 million (2004 est.)
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Exports Commodities
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food, beverages, tobacco, support oils, savage feed, superstruct materials, motor vehicles spare parts, machinery parts
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Exports Partners
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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$NA
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Imports Partners
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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2,300 (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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0 (3 television way move received via satellite supplementary designate with UHF) (2005)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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.sh; note - Ascension Island remit .ac
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Internet Country Code
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343 (2009)
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Airports
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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