Area 999 km (386 sq mi) GDP per Capita (Nominal) US$ 29,240 Dialing code +599 Currency United States Dollar Population 21,133 (2010) | GDP (Nominal) US$ 8.911 billion Density 305/km (790/sq mi) ISO code BES | |
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Government 3 countries3 special municipalities Destinations ABC islands, Kralendijk, Washington Slagbaai National, Klein Bonaire, Rincon Points of interest ABC islands, Lac Bay, Mount Scenery, Bonaire Mangroves Center, Bonaire National Marine P | ||
Brain drain in the dutch caribbean
The Dutch Caribbean refers to territories, colonies, and countries, both former and current, of the Dutch Empire and Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
Contents
- Brain drain in the dutch caribbean
- Map of Caribbean Netherlands
- Dutch caribbean trip cura ao
- History
- Geography
- Constituent countries
- Special municipalities
- Grouping of islands
- References
Map of Caribbean Netherlands
Current territories comprise the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. The contemporary term is sometimes also used for the Caribbean Netherlands, an entity since 2010 the 3 islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, which are special municipalities of the Netherlands.
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History
All of the islands in the Dutch Caribbean were, at some point in their history, part of the colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (1815–1954); and then the constituent country of the Netherlands Antilles (1954−2010). The autonomy of the Netherlands Antilles island areas was specified in the Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles.
The former Dutch colony of Suriname was not considered part of Dutch Caribbean, although it was on the southern Caribbean in Northeastern South America.
The island of Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a separate constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, leaving only five island territories within the Netherlands Antilles. This situation remained until the complete dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles as a unified political entity in 2010. In that year Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous constituent countries within the Kingdom (like Aruba); while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba became special municipalities of the Netherlands proper.
Geography
Currently, there are two main divisions in the Dutch Caribbean:
Constituent countries
There are three Caribbean islands that are countries (Dutch: landen) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. The Netherlands is the fourth and largest constituent country in the Kingdom.
Sint Maarten comprises approximately one half of the island of Saint Martin. The northern half of the island – the Collectivity of Saint Martin – is an overseas territory of France.
Special municipalities
The three Caribbean islands that are special municipalities of the Netherlands alone: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. Collectively, these special municipalities of the Netherlands are also known as the "BES islands" or the Caribbean Netherlands.
Grouping of islands
The islands have also been informally grouped in the following ways: