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Netherlands Antilles
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Nederlandse Antillen
Antias Hulandes |
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Nederlandse Antillen
De Nederlandse Antillen zijn een land binnen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, bestaande uit vijf eilanden in de Caraïbische Zee behorende tot twee eilandengroepen van de Kleine Antillen. De hoofdstad en tevens verreweg de grootste stad van de Nederlandse Antillen is Willemstad op het eiland Curaçao.
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Antias Hulandes
E Antias Hulandes òf Antias Neerlandes ta parti di e Antias Menor i ta konsistí di dos grupo di isla den Laman Karibe ku ta forma parti di Reino Hulandes.
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Netherlands Antilles - Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao and Bonaire (just off the ► Venezuelan coast near ► Aruba), and Sint Eustatius, Saba and the southern part of Saint Martin Island (located southeast of the ► Virgin Islands and near ► Anguilla, ► Saint Kitts and Nevis and ► Guadeloupe). It has a border with France at ► Saint-Martin. The islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Antilles are planned to be dissolved in 2008. Two of the five islands areas are to become separate countries inside the kingdom: ► Curaçao and ► Sint Maarten, the other three islands are to become municipalities of the Netherlands.
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| Short name |
Netherlands Antilles |
| Official name |
Netherlands Antilles |
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Country inside the Kingdom of the ► Netherlands, Dutch since the 17th century |
| Location |
Caribbean |
| Capital |
Willemstad |
| Population |
183,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
960 km² |
| Major language(s) |
Dutch, Papiamentu and English |
| Major religion(s) |
Roman Catholicism and Protestantism |
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Netherlands Antilles, Geography of the Netherlands Antilles, History of the Netherlands Antilles and Politics of the Netherlands Antilles |
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Netherlands Antilles - Netherlands Antilles (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of the Netherlands Antilles
Kaart van de Nederlandse Antillen |
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