Netherlands Antilles flag information
Description flag of Netherlands Antilles
white with a horizontal blue stripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five white five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
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Short name
Netherlands Antilles
Local names
Nederlandse Antillen (short)
Former name
Curacao and Dependencies
Nationality
Dutch Antillean(s) (noun) Nederlandse Antillen (adjective)
Languages spoken
Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Capital
Willemstad (on Curacao)
Government type
parliamentary
Population
225,369 ranked 183, (data 2008)
Geography
the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles are divided geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) group (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) and the Windward Islands (southern) group (Bonaire and Curacao); the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the world shared by two independent states, the French territory of Saint Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten. The lowest point is Caribbean Sea 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 364 km.
Land borders
15km, Saint Martin 15 km.
Administrative divisions
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
each island has its own government
Independence
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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