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Charlotte Amalie

Northern America

Charlotte Amalie, on the southern shore of the island of Saint Thomas, is the capital and largest town of the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated United States territory. Founded in 1666 as Taphus, Danish for beer house, it was renamed in 1691 to honor Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Denmark and Norway, and its harbor, once a haven for pirates including Blackbeard, is today one of the busiest Caribbean ports of call for cruise ships, drawing about 1.5 million passengers a year. It is the only United States capital city where traffic drives on the left, and its 2020 census population was 8,194.

Facts
Population
8194 1
Area (sq km)
3.14 1
converted from the infobox area_total_sq_mi = 1.213 (1.213 sq mi = 3.14 km2); no area_total_km2 value given directly
Founding Year
1666 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
7 1
converted from the infobox elevation_ft = 23 (23 ft = 7.0 m); no elevation_m value given directly
Latitude
18.35 degrees north 1
Longitude
64.95 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 4
Sources
1. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    In 2020, it had a population of 8,194, making it the most densely populated town in the U.S.
  • Infobox: elevation_ft
    elevation_ft = 23
  • Infobox: area_total_sq_mi
    1.213
  • Infobox: coordinates
    coordinates = 18°21′N 64°57′W
  • History section
    the town was founded in 1666 as Taphus (Danish for "beer house" or, literally, "tap house").
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2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Charlotte Amalie coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 276.0 ]
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -64.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -64.75
18.25 -64.75 Am
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4. GeoNames: Charlotte Amalie - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 4795467
Quote, cities500 record 4795467
18.3419 -64.9307 P PPLC VI 030 17200 20000 6 10 America/St_Thomas
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Wikidata: Charlotte Amalie
Wikidata Q51681, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Charlotte Amalie (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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