Netherlands Antilles
Population
136,197 peopleCapital
WillemstadCurrency
GuilderMap of Netherlands Antilles
Area in square kilometers
960 km2 Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on
10 October 2010, resulting in two new constituent countries,
Curaçao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the
Netherlands as "special municipalities", officially public bodies.
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: About this sound Nederlandse Antillen
(help·info), Papiamentu: Antia Hulandes), also referred to
informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean
country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two
groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao
the Netherlands Antilles was enacted in February 1951.
* Netherlands Antilles was: a territory of the Netherlands
* Dissolved: 10 October 2010,
* Location:
* Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
* Official English country name: The Netherlands Antilles of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
* Common endonym(s):
* Official endonym(s):
* Adjectival(s): Dutch Antillean
* Demonym(s):
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The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: About this sound Nederlandse Antillen
(help·info), Papiamento: Antia Hulandes) was an autonomous
Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of
Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an
overseas collectivity of France.
Netherlands Antilles until 1986, when it was granted status aparte,
becoming yet another part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a
separate country within the kingdom.
The Netherlands Antilles are not part of the European Union. Since
2006 the Islands have given rise to diplomatic disputes between
Venezuela and the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified
political entity on 15 December 2008, so that the five constituent
islands will attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of
the Netherlands.
of information on Netherlands Antilles available in the
collection.
* Government of the Netherlands Antilles (in Dutch only)
* Cabinet of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
* Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles
* Central Bureau of Statistics
* Dutch Royal
As of 2010, the Netherlands Antilles no longer exist; it was formerly
a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The term is
still used to describe the various islands in the Caribbean that were
formerly Dutch colonial possessions.
The Netherlands Antilles consisted of the following islands:
Lesser Antilles
* Aruba *
* Bonaire ***
* Curaçao **
Leeward Islands
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Saba is the smallest island of the Netherlands Antilles, located at.
It consists largely of the potentially active volcano, Mount Scenery
(877 m), the highest point of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Saba has
a land area of 13 km² (5 sq. miles).
Saba island of the Netherlands Antilles/part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Saba island of the Netherlands Antilles/part of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands
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Netherlands Antilles, which took place in 2010. Sint Maarten and
Curaçao became autonomous states within the Netherlands. Bonaire,
Saba, and Sint Eustatius became special municipalities of the
Netherlands.
For more information on Netherlands Antilles, visit Britannica.com.
The Netherlands Antilles became autonomous in 1954. In 2004 a
government commission recommended splitting up the Netherlands
Antilles, giving St. Martin and Curaçao autonomy and establishing
direct Dutch rule over the other islands.
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Background:
Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao
was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863.
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* Aruba
* Bonaire
* Curacao
* Saba
* St.
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the Netherlands Antilles is white in proportions 2:3, on the center of
the length a red vertical stripe, and on the center of the height a
blue horizontal stripe across the red stripe.
just voted for separation from Netherlands Antilles within the Kingdom
of the Netherlands. Well, I suppose the island will keep on flying its
actual flag, but there will probably be a new flag for Neth.
Netherlands Antilles, became autonomous countries / territories within
the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba became
special municipalities of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Antilles in an overseas territory
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Netherlands Antilles and Aruba became operative in 1995 to protect the
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and their territorial waters from drug
trafficking.
Netherlands Antilles; and the territories of each of the five islands.
The council of ministers consists of the complete Dutch cabinet and
two ministers plenipotentiary representing the Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba.
The Netherlands Antilles consists of the islands
Curaçao ("Korsow") and Bonaire; the "SSS" islands, Sint Eustatius
("Statia"), Saba, and the Dutch part of Saint Martin (Sint Maarten);
and the uninhabited Little Curaçao and Little Bonaire.
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See also: St. Maarten map below.
sites of the Netherlands Antilles, addresses of Netherlands embassies,
domestic airlines, city- and country guides with extensive travel and
tourism information on accommodation, tourist attractions, events and
more like weather information, maps, statistics and local newspapers
from the Netherlands Antilles.
The Government of the Netherlands Antilles (in Dutch)
Overheid van het Eilandgebied Curaçao
Curaçao's government website (in Dutch).
St. Eustatius Government
Official website of the Government of Sint Eustatius
Gouverneur St.
The territory of Netherlands Antilles consist of five islands divided
geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) group with the
islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten and the Windward
Islands (southern) group with the islands of Bonaire and Curaçao.
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The Netherlands Antilles have just over 308 square miles of land and
226 miles of coastlines, with no major lakes or other major water
sources.
The Netherlands Antilles are comprised of five main (and several
smaller) islands in the Caribbean Sea which are an autonomous part of
the Kingdom of The Netherlands. This island group consists of two
chains of islands separated by about 500 miles.
The Netherlands Antilles were initially inhabited by Arawak and Carib
Indians.
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The Netherlands Antilles became autonomous in 1954, and Aruba was
separated from the group in 1986. In 2004 a government commission
recommended splitting up the Netherlands Antilles, giving St. Martin
and Curaçao autonomy and establishing direct Dutch rule over the other
islands.
The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified
political entity on 15 December 2008, so that the five constituent
islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of
the Netherlands, but this dissolution has been postponed to an
The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on October 10, 2010. Curacao and
Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin)
became autonomous territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Antilles consists of two island groups.
which was also a part of the Netherlands Antilles, was granted a
status apart, becoming a separate country within the Kingdom, but was
separated from the Netherlands Antilles.
Over the years, there have been discussions on all the islands about
their.
Willemstad is the capital of the Netherlands Antilles and is by far
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Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion is called Saint-Martin and
is part of Guadeloupe (France).