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The territory is presided over by a Governor who is resident in St Helena and appointed by HM the King. The Governor is represented in Ascension by the Administrator. A revised Constitution entered into force in September 2009. An elected Island Council advises the Governor on laws, policies and the government’s annual budget.
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How Ascension is Governed. The Governor exercises executive...
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Ascension Island is an 88 square km island located in the...
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Immigration – Ascension Island Government. Visa...
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Projects. In 2001 the Ascension Island Government and the UK...
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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from the coast of South America.
A History of Ascension Island. Ascension Island was discovered by the Portuguese seafarer João da Nova in 1501, and was initially named Conception, before being rediscovered two years later in 1503 on Ascension Day by Alphonse d’Albuquerque, who gave the island its lasting name.
Government Website of Ascension Island; official Tristan da Cunha Website; St Helena Online (UK-based news website, in partnership with the St Helena Independent) Tristan da Cunha on Thayer's Gazetteer; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency
Ascension Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the equator, 700 miles (1150 km) northwest of Saint Helena, the United Kingdom territory by which it is administered.
Ascensión Island, located just west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, was discovered on Ascensión Day in 1501 by the Portuguese navigator Joao da Nova. It is the broad emergent summit of a massive stratovolcano that rises 3,000 m above the sea floor. The isolated island has more than 100 youthful cones and lava domes, many aligned along two fissures.
