Netherlands Antilles is a collection of five islands (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius) located in the
Caribbean Sea of the North American Continent, with a population of 227,049, making it the 182nd largest national
population. Its capital and largest city is Willemstad, on Curacao Island, with a total population of 125,000. The country
encompasses 960 square kilometers making it the 184th largest country in total area. It shares boundaries with the
Caribbean Sea.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is recognized as the Chief of State and achieves that status through heredity and holds
that position for life or abdication. She is represented by Governor General Frits Goedgedrag. Prime Minister Emily de
Jongh-Elhage is recognized as the Head of Government and achieves that status following legislative elections when the
leader of the majority party is usually elected Prime Minister by the Staten (the unicameral parliament) and holds that
position five years. Its form of government is a parliamentary autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and they celebrate the creation of their constitution on the 29th of December 1954.
The languages commonly or officially spoken are Papiamento, English, Dutch, Spanish, Creole, other and unspecified
tongues. It counts among its major religions Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist, Methodist,
Jehovah's Witnesses, other Christian, Jewish, other, unspecified and no faiths. As sources of mass communication it has 8
AM, 19 FM and 3 Television stations.
Major geographical features are Mount Scenery on Saba Island, its highest point at 862 meters and Caribbean Sea, its
lowest point at 0 meters. Its principal waterway is Caribbean Sea, which measures 364 kilometers of coastline.
Major industries providing for the bulk of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and
Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire) and light manufacturing
(Curacao). Its official currency is Netherlands Antillean Guilder
.
Here’s something you may not know about Netherlands Antilles. Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of
Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the
early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields.
Caribbean Sea of the North American Continent, with a population of 227,049, making it the 182nd largest national
population. Its capital and largest city is Willemstad, on Curacao Island, with a total population of 125,000. The country
encompasses 960 square kilometers making it the 184th largest country in total area. It shares boundaries with the
Caribbean Sea.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is recognized as the Chief of State and achieves that status through heredity and holds
that position for life or abdication. She is represented by Governor General Frits Goedgedrag. Prime Minister Emily de
Jongh-Elhage is recognized as the Head of Government and achieves that status following legislative elections when the
leader of the majority party is usually elected Prime Minister by the Staten (the unicameral parliament) and holds that
position five years. Its form of government is a parliamentary autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and they celebrate the creation of their constitution on the 29th of December 1954.
The languages commonly or officially spoken are Papiamento, English, Dutch, Spanish, Creole, other and unspecified
tongues. It counts among its major religions Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist, Methodist,
Jehovah's Witnesses, other Christian, Jewish, other, unspecified and no faiths. As sources of mass communication it has 8
AM, 19 FM and 3 Television stations.
Major geographical features are Mount Scenery on Saba Island, its highest point at 862 meters and Caribbean Sea, its
lowest point at 0 meters. Its principal waterway is Caribbean Sea, which measures 364 kilometers of coastline.
Major industries providing for the bulk of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and
Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire) and light manufacturing
(Curacao). Its official currency is Netherlands Antillean Guilder
.
Here’s something you may not know about Netherlands Antilles. Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of
Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the
early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields.
| Caribbean Sea off Bonaire- Netherlands Antilles' lowest point |
| Lac Bay on Bonaire |
| Wreck of the Coopers Barge off Curacao Island |
| Main Street of Kralendijk on Bonaire |
Netherlands Antilles is comprised of five beautiful islands, three in the north and two in the south
Caribbean. Sint Maarten is the smallest landmass in the world shared by two countries; half by the Dutch
and half by France. They have wild donkeys all over the place! Even though all of the islands have lots of
interesting things I really recommend the Hato caves of Curacao which is open seven days a week. Hato
Caves have limestone formations, romantic pools, a waterfall, a Madonna statue and long nose fruit bats. I
really recommend Netherlands Antilles.
Caribbean. Sint Maarten is the smallest landmass in the world shared by two countries; half by the Dutch
and half by France. They have wild donkeys all over the place! Even though all of the islands have lots of
interesting things I really recommend the Hato caves of Curacao which is open seven days a week. Hato
Caves have limestone formations, romantic pools, a waterfall, a Madonna statue and long nose fruit bats. I
really recommend Netherlands Antilles.
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4 Suitcases = Put This One On the List
3 Suitcases = May Be Worth Checking Out
2 Suitcases = So Many Other Places To See
1 Suitcase = Well, I'll Go If I Have To
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| Back Off Bay on Sint Eustatius |
| 1,000 Steps on Bonaire |
| Wreck of the Cavalier State off Bonaire |
| Mount Scenery on Saba- Netherlands Antilles' highest point |
| Fort Amsterdam on the Dutch side of Sint Maarten |
| Hell's Gate on Saba |
| Hilma Hooker before she sunk on September 12, 1984 now a diving favorite off Bonaire |
| Mount Christoffel on Curacao |
| Oranjestad- the capital of Sint Eustatius |
| Pink Beach on Bonaire |
| Salt works on Bonaire |
| Sandy Ground on Sint Maarten |
| The Bottom- the capital and largest city of Saba |
| Mount Mazinga on Sint Eustatius |
| Carni Stoba- Goat Stew, a traditional dish of Netherlands Antilles |
| Gran Marcha Carnival on Curacao |
| Washington Slagbaai National Park on Bonaire |
| Wild donkeys on Sint Maarten |
| Willemstad- the capital and largest city of Curacao and Netherlands Antilles |
| Hato Cave on Curacao Island |
| Coree Coree Bay on Sint Eustatius- the easternmost point of Netherlands Antilles |
| Klein Curacao- the southernmost point of Netherlands Antilles |
| South Reward on Sint Maarten- the northernmost point of Netherlands Antilles |
| Westpunt Beach on Curacao- the westernmost point of Netherlands Antilles |
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