St. Helena
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
St. Helena (SH, SHN) is a territory in Western Africa, with Jamestown as its capital. The currency is the St. Helena Pound (SHP, SHP). The international dialling code is +290; mobile numbers are written like 51234. The time zone is Atlantic/St_Helena. Official language: English.
CurrencySHPSHP
Dial code+290e.g. 51234
Time zoneSt HelenaUTC+00:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalJamestown
Population7.9K394 km²
Overview
- Official name
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Native name
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- SH
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SHN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 654
- Demonym
- Saint Helenian
- Capital
- Jamestown
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- Western Africa
- Internet domain
- .sh, .ac
- Coordinates
- -15.95, -5.72
- Area
- 394 km²
- Population
- 7,943
- GDP
- $31.1M ($3.9K per person)
- Literacy
- 97%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
St. Helena Pound SHP
- Symbol
- SHP narrow £
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- £1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 68% (5.4K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic/St_Helena | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +290 (+290, +247)
- Shared with
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 4–5 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 9(?:11|99)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 22158 | +290 22158 | XXXXX | 4, 5 |
| Mobile | 51234 | +290 51234 | XXXXX | 5 |
| VoIP | 26212 | +290 26212 | XXXXX | 5 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- City, Postal code
Postal code
- Pattern
(?:ASCN|STHL) 1ZZ- Examples
- STHL 1ZZ
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (St. Helena) locale (en-SH), amounts in SHP.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (SHP)
- £1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (£1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 St Helena pounds
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C