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Antyle Holenderskie, De Nederlandse Antillen
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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. The island of
Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten
and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion is called
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Photos 15. Anthem - sound file
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1. Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs 2. Government type: parliamentary 3. Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the Virgin Islands 4. Border Countries: Guadeloupe (Saint Martin) 10.2 km 5. Climate: tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds6. Terrain: generally hilly, volcanic interiors 7. Area: 960 sq km, note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) 8. Capital: Willemstad 9.
Administrative divisions: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) 10. Population: 218,126 (July 2004 est.) 11. Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish s 12. Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist 13. Currency: Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) |
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