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Transportation of Saint Helena

Airports:1
note: Wideawake Field on Ascension Island (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Roadways:total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)
paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
Ports and terminals:Saint Helena: Jamestown
Ascension Island: Georgetown
Tristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor
Transportation - note:there is no air connection to Saint Helena or Tristan da Cunha; an international airport for Saint Helena is in development for 2010

Saint Helena Quickstats

  • Population: 7,543
  • Area: 413 sq km
  • Density: 18.1 /km²
  • GDP (total):
  • GDP (per capita):
  • Literacy: 97%

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  • Currency: Saint Helenian pound (SHP)
  • Dial code: +290

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Saint Helena Internet

  • Usage: 1,000
  • Penetration: 21.5 %
  • Top Domain: .sh

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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