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Saint Thomas
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas, Saint Thomas Island, Island of Saint Thomas
one of the main islands of the United States Virgin Islands
Key facts
- Location
- Caribbean Sea
- Archipelago
- U.S. Virgin Islands , Leeward Islands
- Area
- 32 sq mi (83 km )
- Highest elevation
- 1,555 ft (474 m)
- Highest point
- Crown Mountain
- Insular area
- United States Virgin Islands
- Largest settlement
- Charlotte Amalie (pop. 14,477)
- Administrator
- Kevin Rodriquez
- Population
- 42,261 (2020 census )
- Pop density
- 509.2/km (1318.8/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Part of
- Caribbean
- Country
- United States
- Capital
- Charlotte Amalie
- Population
- 42261
- Area
- 80.7
- Elevation
- 306
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Highest point
- Crown Mountain
- Image
- View of St. Thomas.jpg
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- postal code
- 00802
- Commons category
- Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- different from
- Santo Tomás
- Commons gallery
- Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
- native label
- Saint Thomas
- located in/on physical feature
- Lesser Antilles
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- P8168
- Kostel Pribićki
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas (Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Along with surrounding minor islands, it is one of three county equivalents in the USVI. Together with Saint John, it forms one of the districts of the USVI. The territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie is located on the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Thomas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.