Languages: English
Literacy: age 20 and over can read and write (1987 est.)
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98%
Government —————
Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Saint Helena
Data code: SH
Type of government: dependent territory of the UK
Capital: Jamestown
Administrative divisions: 1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*
Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)
National holiday: Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen, 10
June 1989 (second Saturday in June)