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Charlestown
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human settlement, Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Charlestown is a human settlement in Saint Kitts and Nevis, situated on the island of Nevis within Saint Paul Charlestown Parish. It serves as the capital of both Nevis and the parish. The town is named after Charles I of England and is located next to the Caribbean Sea.
With a population of 2,204, Charlestown sits at an elevation of 15 meters above sea level. It holds the heritage designation of a Tentative World Heritage Site. The settlement is in the America/St_Kitts timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Charlestown
- Region
- Saint Anne Sandy Point
- Country
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Population
- 1,538
- Timezone
- America/St_Kitts
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Island
- Nevis
- Parish
- Saint Paul Charlestown
- Total
- 1,500
- Time zone
- UTC-04:00 ( AST )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Named after
- Charles I of England
- Country
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Located in
- Saint Paul Charlestown Parish
- Population
- 2204
- Elevation
- 15
- Body of water
- Caribbean Sea
- Capital of
- Saint Paul Charlestown Parish
- Image
- Nevis Charlestown.jpg
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- Commons category
- Charlestown, Nevis
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- located in/on physical feature
- Nevis
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Encyclopedic overview
The Museum of Nevis History in Charlestown is housed in a refurbished structure that was the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton Charlestown is the capital of the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Charlestown is situated on the leeward side of the island of Nevis near the southern end of Pinney's Beach.
Charlestown was originally called Bath Bay in reference to Bath Stream, a stream noted for its curative waters. It became the chief town after Jamestown, Nevis's first settlement, was inundated by a tidal wave in 1680. In the late 18th century, Charlestown was both a naval base and a resort known for mineral waters. The town was almost destroyed by fire in 1873.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charlestown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.