Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen [ˈneːjərlɑntsə ˈɑntɪlə(n)] ( listen), 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, Bonaire, and Curaçao (ABC islands), in the Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius (S... More

Area:

  • 800 km² (309 mi² )

Time zone(s):

Population:

  • 227,049 (2009)

Date founded:

  • 1954

Date dissolved:

  • Oct 10, 2010

Contained by:

Location

Capital

Willemstad

Willemstad (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪ.ləm.ˌstɑt]) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated...

Population

number date
  • 223,652
  • Jul 2007
  • 198,000
  • 227,049
  • 2009

Geolocation:

Latitude Longitude
  • 12.1167
  • -68.9333

USBG name:

  • NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Form of Government:

National anthem:

Anthem Official anthem since
  • 2000

Internet TLD:

ISO Short Name:

  • NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

FIPS Code:

  • NT

Calling Code:

  • 599

GDP (nominal per capita):

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 16,000
  • 2004

Religions:

Religion Percent of population As of date
  • 72 %
  • 2001
  • 2.9 %
  • 2001
  • 4.9 %
  • 2001
  • 3.1 %
  • 2001
  • 3.5 %
  • 2001
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Olympic participating country

IOC Code:

  • AHO
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Flag referent

Flag:

Flag From date
  • Nov 19, 1959
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