Happy St-Helena's Day

St-Helena

Today's Flag:

is St-Helena, a British Overseas Territory in South Atlantic Ocean, about 1,165 miles west of Africa. 

Please click on the Saint Helena Island Info website for an excellent description of the discovery of St-Helena and the celebrations held today.

Here, the annual colourful parade starts out in 2022:  

CKW Photo

Quick Facts:

Monarch: King Charles III

Title: Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

Accession: 8 September 2022

Represented by Governor-General: His Excellency Nigel Phillips CBE

Population: 5,260 (click here for current statistic)

Inhabitants of St-Helena are called: Saints

State Religion: none

Currency: SHP, St-Helena Pound: current exchange rate

Capital: Jamestown

Population: 629 

Type of Government: Parliamentary Democracy

Governing Body:  Executive Council + Legislative Council, constituent part of St-Helena, Ascension and Tristan de Cunha 

Founded: 1659

Flag Adopted: 4 October 1984  

Special National Holiday: Saint Helena Day, 21 May

Map of St-Helena: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2020/news/new-st-helena-map/