Jamestown

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administrative centre commercial centre port settlement town

Jamestown is the small historic port town that serves as the administrative and commercial center of the remote British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative centre → commercial centre → port → settlement → town →
accessedBy	road from the island’s interior → sea →
capitalOf	Saint Helena →
country	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha →
demographics	small population →
governingBody	Saint Helena Government →
hasClimate	arid climate →
hasFeature	historic port → small town →
hasGovernmentBuilding	The Castle →
hasHarbourFacility	landing steps → mooring buoys →
hasLandmark	Castle Gardens → Jacob’s Ladder → Museum of Saint Helena → St James’ Church → The Castle (government offices) →
hasMuseum	Museum of Saint Helena →
hasPort	Jamestown harbour →
hasPublicSpace	Castle Gardens →
hasReligiousBuilding	St James’ Church →
historicSignificance	one of the oldest European settlements in the South Atlantic →
locatedIn	British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → Saint Helena → South Atlantic Ocean →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+0 →
locatedOn	north‑west coast of Saint Helena →
namedAfter	James, Duke of York (later King James II of England) →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	British Overseas Territories →
primaryEconomicActivity	government services → retail trade → tourism →
roadConnection	Ladder Hill Road NERFINISHED → Side Path Road →
role	administrative centre of Saint Helena → commercial centre of Saint Helena →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
streetPattern	linear settlement along a narrow valley →
transportRole	main sea gateway to Saint Helena →
usesCurrency	Pound sterling → Saint Helena pound →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → Saint Helena →	capital
British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha →	capitalOfSaintHelena
Diana’s Peak →	hasViewOf
Saint Helena →	largestSettlement