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Saint Helena Airport. The economy of Saint Helena is based on export income from coffee, tourism, fishing, and sales of alcoholic liqueurs.Unemployment is very low in Saint Helena; the February 2016 Census stated that 76 people declared that they were unemployed (with 10 claiming unemployment benefit) compared to an economically active population of 2,539 and a total population of 4,534. [1]
Saint Helena has a known history of over 500 years since its recorded discovery by the Portuguese in 1502. Claiming to be Britain's second oldest colony, after Bermuda, this is one of the most remote settlements in the world and was for several centuries of vital strategic importance to ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa.
Shoulder patch of the RSHPS. The Royal Saint Helena Police Service, formerly the Saint Helena Police Service, is the local police force for the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, consisting of the South Atlantic islands of Saint Helena, Ascension and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
The Museum of Saint Helena is at the foot of Jacob's Ladder (in the background). The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean.
RMS St Helena is a cargo liner (carrying cargo and passengers) that served the British overseas territory of Saint Helena.She sailed between Cape Town and Saint Helena with regular shuttles continuing to Ascension Island.
The Taylor, Duckworth, & Company Foundry, built 1884. Markham Vineyards, founded 1874.. St. Helena was first inhabited by a native American group known as the Wappo people. . They spoke Yukian and are believed to have first settled in St. Helena as early as 2000 B.C. [10] The Wappo name for the area is Anakotanoma, meaning ' Bull Snake Villa
St. Helena Island is bordered on the east and south by the two-mile (3 km)-wide Round Bay, the only part of the generally straight and relatively narrow tidal Severn River to exceed three-quarters of a mile in width.
The Bank of St. Helena is a government-owned bank based in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.It operates branches on St. Helena and Ascension Island.