Basseterre
capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Summary
Basseterre is a city[1]. Basseterre ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,750 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saint George Basseterre Parish[3]
- Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Caribbean Sea[5]
- Instance of: federal capital[6]
- Official language: English[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Kaohsiung[8], Taipei[9]
- Postal code: KN1001[10], KN1002[11]
- Commons category: Basseterre[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC−04:00[13]
- Inception: 1627[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Basseterre[15]
- Population: 13,220[16], 12,920[17]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20]
- Capital of: Saint Kitts and Nevis[21], Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla[22], Saint Kitts[23], Saint George Basseterre Parish[24]
- Category for people born here: Q18755707[25]
- Category for people who died here: Q32412424[26]
- Demonym: Basseterrien[27], Basseterrienne[28]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Basseterre[29]
- Different from: Basse Terre[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 15 m[31]
- Area: 6,474,970 m²[32], 6.47497 km²[33]
Why It Matters
Basseterre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Basseterre is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]