Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · Western Africa
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a territory in Western Africa, with Jamestown as its capital. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha shares no land border with any other country.
| Capital | Jamestown |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Africa |
| Currency | Pound sterling (GBP £) |
| Calling code | +290, +247 |
| ISO codes | SH / SHN / 654 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇸🇭 |
| Area | 394 km² |
| Languages | English |
| Internet domain | .sh, .ac |
| Demonym | Saint Helenian |
About Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a dependency or territory in Western Africa. Its capital and seat of government is Jamestown. It has no land borders. The official currency is the Pound sterling (£), using the code GBP.
To call Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from abroad, dial the country code +290 or +247. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes SH (alpha-2) and SHN (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels.
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Why Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha has its own code
ISO 3166-1 assigns codes to territories as well as to sovereign states, because the codes are used for shipping, banking, internet domains, statistics and data exchange rather than as a statement about statehood. That is why this territory appears in country dropdowns, address forms and datasets alongside places many times its size.
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha holds the alpha-2 code SH, the alpha-3 code SHN, the numeric code 654 and the internet domain .sh, .ac. The World Bank does not publish a separate population figure for it, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Calls are routed through the code +290 or +247.
Flags with the same colours as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
17 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout. Showing the first 12.
Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.