Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is baith a remote group o volcanic islands in the sooth Atlantic Ocean an the main island o that group.
Tristan da Cunha | |
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Motto: "Oor faith is oor strenth" | |
 Location o Tristan da Cunha in the Sooth Atlantic Ocean | |
| Caipital and lairgest settlement | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 37°4′S 12°19′W / 37.067°S 12.317°W |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis |
| Demonym(s) | Tristanian |
| Pairt o | Saunt Helena, Ascension an Tristan da Cunha |
| Leaders | |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
• Govrenor | Mark A. Capes |
| Alex Mitham | |
| Ian Lavarello | |
| Establishment | |
• First inhabitit | 1810 |
• Dependency o Cape Colony (to UK) | 14 August 1816[1] |
• Dependency o St Helena | 12 Januar 1938 |
| 1 September 2009 | |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 207 km2 (80 sq mi) |
• Main island | 98 km2 |
| Population | |
• 2016 census | 267[2] |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3.4/sq mi) |
| Currency | Poond sterlin (£) (GBP) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| Drivin side | left |
| Cawin code | +290 |
| ISO 3166 code | SH-TA |
| Internet TLD | nonea |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Crawford, Allan (1982). Tristan da Cunha and the Roaring Forties. Charles Skilton. p. 20. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tristan da Cunha Family News". Retrieved 27 Januar 2016.