Jamestown
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Jamestown town, port, and capital (1998 pop. 864) of Saint Helena, in the S Atlantic. Once a busy coaling station on the East India route, it lost its importance after the opening of the Suez Canal, although it still supplies water to passing vessels.
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