Basseterre

Summary

Basseterre is a city^[1]. Basseterre ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,575 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Basseterre is located in Saint George Basseterre Parish^[3].
• Basseterre is in the country of Saint Kitts and Nevis^[4].
• Basseterre is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[5].
• Basseterre's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Basseterre's instance of is recorded as federal capital^[7].
• Basseterre's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Basseterre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaohsiung^[9].
• Basseterre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taipei^[10].
• Basseterre's postal code is recorded as KN1001^[11].
• Basseterre's postal code is recorded as KN1002^[12].
• Basseterre's Commons category is recorded as Basseterre^[13].
• Basseterre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[14].
• 1627 marks the founding of Basseterre^[15].
• Basseterre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 17.298333333333, 'lon': -62.734166666667}^[16].
• Basseterre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Basseterre^[17].
• Basseterre has a population of {'amount': '+13220'}^[18].
• Basseterre has a population of {'amount': '+12920'}^[19].
• Basseterre's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• Basseterre's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Basseterre's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Basseterre's capital of is recorded as Saint Kitts and Nevis^[23].
• Basseterre's capital of is recorded as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla^[24].
• Basseterre's capital of is recorded as Saint Kitts^[25].
• Basseterre's capital of is recorded as Saint George Basseterre Parish^[26].
• Basseterre's category for people born here is recorded as Q18755707^[27].

Body

Geography

Basseterre is in the country of Saint Kitts and Nevis^[4]. Basseterre is located in Saint George Basseterre Parish^[3]. Basseterre is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+6474970'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.47497'}^[29]. Basseterre sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13220'}^[18] and {'amount': '+12920'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and federal capital^[7].

History and Context

1627 marks the founding of Basseterre^[15].

Why It Matters

Basseterre ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,575 views/month).^[2] Basseterre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Basseterre is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]