Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the remote main settlement and administrative center of the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative centre
settlement
village
alternativeName Edinburgh
The Settlement
capitalOf Tristan da Cunha
country United Kingdom
distanceTo over 2,400 km from Saint Helena
over 2,800 km from Cape Town
over 3,300 km from Falkland Islands
foundedBy British garrison
governedBy Island Council of Tristan da Cunha
hasAreaCode +290
hasClimate oceanic climate
hasCountryCode SH
hasDominantDenomination Anglicanism
hasFacility café
hospital
post office
primary school
pub
supermarket
hasHarbour Calshot Spit
surface form: Calshot Harbour
hasPublicBuilding Prince Philip Hall
St Mary’s Church
hasReligion Christianity
inception 1816
languageUsed English
Tristan da Cunha English dialect
locatedIn South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Tristan da Cunha
locatedInTimeZone UTC−00:00
locatedOn slopes of Queen Mary’s Peak
locatedOnIsland Tristan da Cunha
mainEconomicActivity crayfish processing
fishing
subsistence agriculture
namedAfter Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
partOf British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
population approximately 250
populationYear 2020
postalCode TDCU 1ZZ
repopulation 1963 return of inhabitants after evacuation
role administrative center of Tristan da Cunha
main settlement of Tristan da Cunha
significantEvent 1961 volcanic eruption and evacuation
transportAccess no airport
reachable only by ship

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Tristan da Cunha capital Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Tristan da Cunha largestSettlement Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Island Council of Tristan da Cunha governs Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Island Council of Tristan da Cunha meetsIn Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Island Council of Tristan da Cunha hasCapital Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Chief Islander residence Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Financial Secretary of Tristan da Cunha seat Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Tristan da Cunha volcano populationAffected Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
this entity surface form: Edinburgh of the Seven Seas settlement
Chief Islander of Tristan da Cunha residence Edinburgh of the Seven Seas