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Charlotte Amalie

Charlotte Amalie , town (2000 pop. 11,044), capital of the Virgin Islands of the United States, on St. Thomas Island. It is the commercial center of the islands, a free port, and a popular tourist resort. Founded in the late 17th cent., Charlotte Amalie was a center of Danish colonial life. It became important as a trading center during the American Civil War. It was renamed St. Thomas in 1921, but the former Danish name was restored in 1937. The town still retains a Danish flavor in its architecture and street names; it has one of the oldest synagogues in the New World. The St. Thomas campus of the Univ. of the Virgin Islands is outside the town.

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Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands Tap Hus, St Thomas Founded as a Danish colony in 1672 with a name meaning ‘Rum House’, it was renamed in 1730 after Charlotte (1650–1714), wife of King Christian V of Denmark. It was sometimes also called Amalienborg, the name of the royal palace in Copenhagen. The USA bought the islands in 1917. Between 1921 and 1936 the city was called St Thomas after the island of which it is the capital; the town is also the capital of the US Virgin Islands.

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	St. Thomas: queen of the Caribbean.(Port of the Month) Magazine article from: Cruise Travel; 11/1/2003
	St. Thomas' secret.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 2/1/2000
	Kennedy expands international presence with Virgin Island loan. Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 5/21/2008

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	Kennedy expands international presence with Virgin Island loan. Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 5/21/2008; 522 words ; High above Charlotte Amalie Harbor in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wintdots Development, LLC is planning an 80-unit luxury community in five buildings...of raw property on which the community will stand in the island's South Side District 4 with a commercial building they own in Charlotte District 1. ... Read more
	PLANET HOLLYWOOD IN ST. THOMAS. Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 4/1/1999; 361 words ; Construction has begun on a Planet Hollywood restaurant, bar and store in downtown Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. Blueprints for the building (7,000 to 8,000 square feet) are being developed by a local V.I. architectural firm. CURRENCY... Read more
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	The shopping myth. (Letters). Magazine article from: Cruise Travel; 9/1/2002; ; 459 words ; ...others, I join the shopping frenzy each time I land in St. Thomas. My immediate past cruise was no exception, and Charlotte Amalie was one of our port calls. I am an electronics addict and drawn to cameras, computers, and related paraphernalia... Read more
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	Join in the Bacchanalia: a Carnival lover plays masquerade. (Travel Talk). Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 8/1/2003; ; 598 words ; ...revelers dance, hands moving left to right. It's Carnival, and the parade is pulsating through the streets of downtown Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It's eye candy for the parade's many spectators, but to the participants the... Read more
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