Saint Croix

E27010

constituent territory of the United States Virgin Islands island

Saint Croix is the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, known for its historic towns, Caribbean beaches, and blend of Danish colonial and Afro-Caribbean culture.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
St. Croix	5
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands	3
Saint Croix District	1
Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands	1
St. Croix (intermittently)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent territory of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ island ⓘ
abbreviation	USD ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
area	approximately 214 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 82.9 square miles ⓘ
capital	Christiansted ⓘ
city	Christiansted ⓘ Frederiksted ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
commonLanguage	Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
contains	Buck Island Reef National Monument ⓘ Christiansted National Historic Site ⓘ Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
demographics	predominantly Afro-Caribbean population ⓘ
formerColonialPower	Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Knights Hospitaller ⓘ surface form: Knights of Malta Spain ⓘ
formerName	Santa Cruz ⓘ
highestElevation	about 1,165 feet ⓘ about 355 meters ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Eagle ⓘ
knownFor	Afro-Caribbean culture ⓘ Caribbean beaches ⓘ Danish colonial architecture ⓘ diving and snorkeling sites ⓘ historic towns ⓘ sugar plantation history ⓘ
largestCity	Christiansted ⓘ
largestIslandOf	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ West Indies ⓘ
ocean	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
population	about 50,000 ⓘ
populationNote	population varies by census year ⓘ
primaryEconomicSector	light manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
purchasedBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
purchaseYear	1917 ⓘ
religion	predominantly Christian ⓘ
sea	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America ⓘ
timeZone	Atlantic Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	UTC−4 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danish West India Company → administered → Saint Croix ⓘ

Legislature of the Virgin Islands → electoralDistricts → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Croix District

District Court of the Virgin Islands → governsTerritory → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix

Caribbean Americans → hasAncestralOrigin → Saint Croix ⓘ

District Court of the Virgin Islands → hasClerkOffice → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix

Danish West India Company → hasColony → Saint Croix ⓘ

Lesser Antilles → hasIsland → Saint Croix ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → hasJurisdictionOver → Saint Croix ⓘ

Leeward Islands → hasMajorIsland → Saint Croix ⓘ

U.S. Caribbean territories → hasMember → Saint Croix ⓘ

Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company → hasPart → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix (intermittently)

Danish colonial empire → hasPart → Saint Croix ⓘ

Virgin Islands Creole English → hasRegion → Saint Croix ⓘ

D.V.I. → hasSeat → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

District Court of the Virgin Islands → hasSeat → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix

Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → hasSeat → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix

U.S. Virgin Islands → includesIsland → Saint Croix ⓘ

Henry E. Rohlsen Airport → isOnIsland → Saint Croix ⓘ

National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands → locatedIn → Saint Croix ⓘ

subject surface form: Christiansted National Historic Site

this entity surface form: Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands

Henry E. Rohlsen Airport → locatedIn → Saint Croix ⓘ

Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → locatedIn → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix

Saint John → neighboringIsland → Saint Croix ⓘ

St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands → neighboringIsland → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands → seat → Saint Croix ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Henry E. Rohlsen Airport → serves → Saint Croix ⓘ