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The main diasporas are to the United Kingdom, South Africa and more recently to the Falkland Islands, as well as on Ascension Island. The population density, based on the 2016 figure, is 37.3 persons per km 2, or 95.3 per sq mile. The island of Saint Helena is administratively divided into eight districts, [6] each with a community centre. The ...
It is a haven for sea birds providing refuge from the rats, cats and people that came to Ascension Island from Europe and Africa. Following a successful campaign headed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the main island was in 2006 declared free of feral cats, and sea birds are now once again nesting on Ascension Island. [76]
The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 (an Order in Council of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom) enacted a new constitution for the territory, which came into effect on 1 September 2009, and elevated Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha from being dependencies of Saint Helena to equal constituent parts.
Administrators of Ascension Island (9 P) Pages in category "People from Ascension Island" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
João da Nova, a Galician navigator serving the Portuguese Empire, was the first person to sight Saint Helena.. According to long-established tradition, the island was sighted on 21 May 1502 by the four ships of the 3rd Portuguese Armada, commanded by João da Nova, a Galician navigator in the service of Portugal, during his return voyage to Lisbon, who named it Santa Helena after Saint Helena ...
Ascension Island: Starting from May 2015, the Ascension Island Government no longer issues entry visas to 13 nationals. This restriction also applies to e-visas introduced in 2018. [10] China: Egypt: Hong Kong: Iran: Libya: Macau: North Korea: Russia: Syria: Taiwan: Ukraine: Vietnam: Ethiopia: Kuwait: Since 2018, domestic workers from Ethiopia ...
Under the Saint Helena Welfare of Children Ordinance 2010 (which applies to Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha) and the Ascension Island Child Welfare Ordinance 2011 (which applies to Ascension Island), only married couples may adopt. Same-sex couples may marry in the territory, therefore they also have the right to adopt.
People from Ascension Island (1 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Ascension Island" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.