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africa/sh.json

@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@
         "text": "sheer cliffs line the coastline of the nearly circular island; the flanks of the central volcanic peak are deeply dissected; narrow coastal plain lies between The Peak and the coastal cliffs"
       }
     },
-    "Elevation extremes": {
-      "lowest point": {
-        "text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
+    "Elevation": {
+      "mean elevation": {
+        "text": "NA"
       },
-      "highest point": {
-        "text": "Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m"
+      "elevation extremes": {
+        "text": "lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m ++ highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m"
       }
     },
     "Natural resources": {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Irrigated land": {
-      "text": "NA"
+      "text": "0 sq km (2012)"
     },
     "Natural hazards": {
       "text": "active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha",
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
     }
   },
   "People and Society": {
+    "Population": {
+      "text": "7,795",
+      "note": {
+        "text": "Saint Helena's statistical agency estimated the enumerated national population (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna) to be 5,901 in 2016, according to the 2016 census; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2016 est.)"
+      }
+    },
     "Nationality": {
       "noun": {
         "text": "Saint Helenian(s)"
@@ -147,56 +153,53 @@
       "text": "English"
     },
     "Religions": {
-      "text": "Protestant (Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist), Roman Catholic"
-    },
-    "Population": {
-      "text": "7,795",
+      "text": "Protestant 75.9% (includes Anglican 68.9, Baptist 2.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.8%, Salvation Army 1.7%, New Apostolic 1.4%), Jehovah's Witness 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.2%, other 2.5% (includes Baha'i), unspecified 0.8%, none 6.1%, no response 9.4%",
       "note": {
-        "text": "only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, not any of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2015 est.)"
+        "text": "data represent Saint Helena only (2016 est.)"
       }
     },
+    "Demographic profile": {
+      "text": "The vast majority of the population of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha live on Saint Helena. Ascension has no indigenous or permanent residents and is inhabited only by persons contracted to work on the island (mainly with the UK and US military or in the space and communications industries) or their dependents, while Tristan da Cunha – the main island in a small archipelago – has fewer than 300 residents. The population of Saint Helena consists of the descendants of 17th century British sailors and settlers from the East India Company, African slaves, and indentured servants and laborers from India, Indonesia, and China. Most of the population of Ascension are Saint Helenians, Britons, and Americans, while that of Tristan da Cunha descends from shipwrecked sailors and Saint Helenians. Change in Saint Helena’s population size is driven by net outward migration. Since the 1980s, Saint Helena’s population steadily has shrunk and aged as the birth rate has decreased and many working-age residents left for better opportunities elsewhere. The restoration of British citizenship in 2002 accelerated family emigration; from 1998 to 2008 alone, population declined by about 20%. In the last few years, population has experienced some temporary growth, as foreigners and returning Saint Helenians, have come to build an international airport, but numbers are beginning to fade as the project reaches completion and workers depart. In the long term, once the airport is fully operational, increased access to the remote island has the potential to boost tourism and fishing, provide more jobs for Saint Helenians domestically, and could encourage some ex-patriots to return home. In the meantime, however, Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha have to contend with the needs of an aging population. The elderly population of the islands has risen from an estimated 9.4% in 1998 to 20.4% in 2016."
+    },
     "Age structure": {
       "0-14 years": {
-        "text": "16.55% (male 658/female 632)"
+        "text": "16.27% (male 647/female 624)"
       },
       "15-24 years": {
-        "text": "12.06% (male 479/female 461)"
+        "text": "12.12% (male 484/female 463)"
       },
       "25-54 years": {
-        "text": "44.67% (male 1,719/female 1,763)"
+        "text": "44.27% (male 1,709/female 1,750)"
       },
       "55-64 years": {
-        "text": "12.6% (male 519/female 463)"
+        "text": "12.72% (male 519/female 475)"
       },
       "65 years and over": {
-        "text": "14.12% (male 560/female 541) (2015 est.)"
-      },
-      "population pyramid": {
-        "text": null
+        "text": "14.62% (male 582/female 560) (2016 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Median age": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "41 years"
+        "text": "41.5 years"
       },
       "male": {
-        "text": "41 years"
+        "text": "41.5 years"
       },
       "female": {
-        "text": "41 years (2015 est.)"
+        "text": "41.4 years (2016 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Population growth rate": {
-      "text": "0.24% (2015 est.)"
+      "text": "0.21% (2016 est.)"
     },
     "Birth rate": {
-      "text": "9.88 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
+      "text": "9.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
     },
     "Death rate": {
-      "text": "7.44 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
+      "text": "7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
     },
     "Net migration rate": {
-      "text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
+      "text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
     },
     "Urbanization": {
       "urban population": {
@@ -217,45 +220,45 @@
         "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
       },
       "15-24 years": {
-        "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
+        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
       },
       "25-54 years": {
         "text": "0.98 male(s)/female"
       },
       "55-64 years": {
-        "text": "1.12 male(s)/female"
+        "text": "1.09 male(s)/female"
       },
       "65 years and over": {
         "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
       },
       "total population": {
-        "text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
+        "text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Infant mortality rate": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "14.19 deaths/1,000 live births"
+        "text": "13.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
       },
       "male": {
-        "text": "16.75 deaths/1,000 live births"
+        "text": "16.2 deaths/1,000 live births"
       },
       "female": {
-        "text": "11.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
+        "text": "11.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Life expectancy at birth": {
       "total population": {
-        "text": "79.36 years"
+        "text": "79.5 years"
       },
       "male": {
-        "text": "76.42 years"
+        "text": "76.6 years"
       },
       "female": {
-        "text": "82.44 years (2015 est.)"
+        "text": "82.6 years (2016 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Total fertility rate": {
-      "text": "1.58 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
+      "text": "1.58 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
     },
     "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
       "text": "NA"
@@ -274,13 +277,16 @@
       },
       "conventional short form": {
         "text": "none"
+      },
+      "etymology": {
+        "text": "Saint Helena was discovered in 1502 by Galician navigator Joao da NOVA, sailing in the service of the Kingdom of Portugal, who named it \"Santa Helena\"; Ascension was named in 1503 by Portuguese navigator Afonso de ALBUQUERQUE who sighted the island on the Feast Day of the Ascension; Tristan da Cunha was discovered in 1506 by Portuguese explorer Tristao da CUNHA who christened the main island after himself (the name was subsequently anglicized)"
       }
     },
     "Dependency status": {
       "text": "overseas territory of the UK"
     },
     "Government type": {
-      "text": "NA"
+      "text": "parliamentary democracy (Legislative Council); limited self-governing overseas territory of the UK"
     },
     "Capital": {
       "name": {
@@ -303,11 +309,14 @@
       "text": "Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, third Monday in April (1926)"
     },
     "Constitution": {
-      "text": "several previous; latest effective 1 September 2009 (The St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009) (2015)"
+      "text": "several previous; latest effective 1 September 2009 (The St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009) (2016)"
     },
     "Legal system": {
       "text": "English common law and local statutes"
     },
+    "Citizenship": {
+      "text": "see United Kingdom"
+    },
     "Suffrage": {
       "text": "18 years of age"
     },
@@ -316,7 +325,7 @@
         "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "Governor Mark CAPES (since 29 October 2011)"
+        "text": "Governor Lisa PHILLIPS (since 25 April 2016)"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "Executive Council consists of the governor, 3 ex-officio officers, and 5 elected members of the Legislative Council"
@@ -347,7 +356,7 @@
         "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 2 justices); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice - a non-resident - and NA judges); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"
       },
       "judge selection and term of office": {
-        "text": "court judges' appointments and tenures NA"
+        "text": "Court of Appeal and Supreme Court justices appointed by the governor acting upon the instructions from a secretary of state acting on behalf of Queen ELIZABETH II; justices of  both courts appointed until retirement at age 70, but can be extended"
       },
       "subordinate courts": {
         "text": "Magistrate's Court; Small Claims Court; Juvenile Court"
@@ -448,10 +457,10 @@
     },
     "Budget": {
       "revenues": {
-        "text": "$10.77 million"
+        "text": "$9.992 million"
       },
       "expenditures": {
-        "text": "$26.45 million"
+        "text": "$24.55 million"
       },
       "note": {
         "text": "revenue data reflect locally raised revenues only; the budget deficit is resolved by grant aid from the UK (FY06/07 est.)"
@@ -479,7 +488,7 @@
       "text": "$NA"
     },
     "Exchange rates": {
-      "text": "Saint Helenian pounds (SHP) per US dollar - ++ 0.607 (2014) ++ 0.6391 (2013) ++ 0.63 (2012) ++ 0.624 (2011) ++ 0.6472 (2010)"
+      "text": "Saint Helenian pounds (SHP) per US dollar - ++ 0.6542 (2015) ++ 0.6391 (2013) ++ 0.6391 (2013) ++ 0.63 (2012) ++ 0.624 (2011)"
     }
   },
   "Energy": {
@@ -556,10 +565,18 @@
   "Communications": {
     "Telephones - fixed lines": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "3,000"
+        "text": "2,728"
       },
       "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
-        "text": "39 (2012)"
+        "text": "35 (July 2015 est.)"
+      }
+    },
+    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
+      "total": {
+        "text": "1,267"
+      },
+      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
+        "text": "(July 2015 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Telephone system": {
@@ -576,26 +593,15 @@
     "Broadcast media": {
       "text": "Saint Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 radio station on Saint Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts (2007)"
     },
-    "Radio broadcast stations": {
-      "Saint Helena": {
-        "text": "AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0"
-      },
-      "Ascension": {
-        "text": "AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2005)"
-      }
-    },
-    "Television broadcast stations": {
-      "text": "0 (3 television channels are received via satellite and distributed by UHF) (2005)"
-    },
     "Internet country code": {
       "text": ".sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac"
     },
     "Internet users": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "900"
+        "text": "1,800"
       },
       "percent of population": {
-        "text": "11.8% (2009)"
+        "text": "23.1% (July 2015 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Communications - note": {
@@ -603,6 +609,9 @@
     }
   },
   "Transportation": {
+    "Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
+      "text": "VQ-H (2016)"
+    },
     "Airports": {
       "text": "2 (2015)"
     },
@@ -614,7 +623,7 @@
         "text": "1 Ascension Island (Wideawake Field)"
       },
       "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
-        "text": "1 Saint Helena; note - opening to commercial flights in February 2016 (2015)"
+        "text": "1 Saint Helena; note - opened to limited operations in July 2016 (2016)"
       }
     },
     "Roadways": {
@@ -643,26 +652,10 @@
       }
     },
     "Transportation - note": {
-      "text": "there is no air connection to Saint Helena or Tristan da Cunha; construction on the new international airport for Saint Helena began in 2012 with an estimated completion date of late 2015 or early 2016; the new airport will have a runway of 1,550 m capable of handling B737/A319 size aircraft"
+      "text": "the new airport on Saint Helena opened for limited operations in July 2016 with the goal of providing regular commercial traffic via South Africa in the near term; the military airport on Ascension Island is closed to civilian traffic; there is no air connection to Tristan da Cunha and very limited sea connections making it one of the most isolated communities on the planet"
     }
   },
-  "Military": {
-    "Manpower fit for military service": {
-      "males age 16-49": {
-        "text": "1,565"
-      },
-      "females age 16-49": {
-        "text": "1,579 (2010 est.)"
-      }
-    },
-    "Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
-      "male": {
-        "text": "49"
-      },
-      "female": {
-        "text": "48 (2010 est.)"
-      }
-    },
+  "Military and Security": {
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK"
     }