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Outline of the Netherlands Antilles

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The Flag of the Netherlands Antilles

The Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles

Location of the Netherlands Antilles

Map of the Netherlands Antilles

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Netherlands Antilles:

Netherlands Antilles – former autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, in the Leeward Islands southeast of the Virgin Islands. Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on 10 October 2010,^[1] resulting in two new constituent countries, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as special municipalities.^[2]

General reference[edit]

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: The Netherlands Antilles
Official English country name: The Netherlands Antilles of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Dutch Antillean
Demonym(s):
ISO country codes: AN, ANT, 530
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AN
Internet country code top-level domain: .an

Geography of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Netherlands Antilles was: a territory of the Netherlands
- Dissolved: 10 October 2010,^[1]
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  - North America (though not on the mainland)
- Atlantic Ocean
  - North Atlantic
    - Caribbean
      - Antilles
        Lesser Antilles (island chain)
- Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
- Extreme points of the Netherlands Antilles
  - High: Mount Scenery on Saba 887 m (2,910 ft)
  - Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: Saint Martin 15 km
- Coastline: Caribbean Sea 364 km
Atlas of the Netherlands Antilles

Environment of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Wildlife of the Netherlands Antilles
- List of Lepidoptera of the Netherlands Antilles
- List of mammals of the Netherlands Antilles

Natural geographic features of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Satellite image of Bonaire

Regions of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Administrative divisions of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Demography of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Demographics of the Netherlands Antilles

Government and politics of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Politics of the Netherlands Antilles

Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic country
Capital of the Netherlands Antilles: Willemstad
Elections in the Netherlands Antilles
Political parties in the Netherlands Antilles

Branches of government of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Government of the Netherlands Antilles

Executive branch of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Head of state: Monarchy of the Netherlands
- Governor of the Netherlands Antilles (representative of the King)
Head of government: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles,
- List of prime ministers of the Netherlands Antilles
Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles: the Prime Minister headed an eight-member Cabinet.

Legislative branch of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Parliament (unicameral): Estates of the Netherlands Antilles

Judicial branch of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Supreme Court of the Netherlands – dealt with final appeals from the Joint Court of Justice (below).
Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba – dealt with civil, criminal, and administrative (e.g. tax) cases.

International organization membership of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

The government of the Netherlands Antilles was a member of:^[3]

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (observer)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (associate)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (associate)

Law and order in the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles
Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles
Law enforcement in the Netherlands Antilles –
- Netherlands Antilles & Aruba Coast Guard

Military of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Military of the Netherlands Antilles

Forces (Netherlands Antilles didn't have military forces of its own)
- Army of the Netherlands Antilles
- Air Force of the Netherlands Antilles

Local government of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Local government in the Netherlands Antilles

Island councils

History of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

History of the Netherlands Antilles

Culture of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Culture of the Netherlands Antilles

Arts of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Music of the former Netherlands Antilles

Sports in the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Sports in the Netherlands Antilles

Economy and infrastructure of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

Economy of the Netherlands Antilles

Education in the Netherlands Antilles[edit]

List of universities in the Netherlands Antilles

See also[edit]

Netherlands Antilles

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Status change means Dutch Antilles no longer exists". BBC. 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
^ "Antillen opgeheven op 10-10-2010" (in Dutch). NOS. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ "Netherlands Antilles". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Atlas of Netherlands Antilles

GOV.an - Main governmental site
Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles
map
Antillenhuis - Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles' Plenipotentiary Minister in the Netherlands
CIA World Factbook: Netherlands Antilles
Antilles break-up closer
Werken en Wonen op de Antillen - Information about living and working on the Netherlands Antilles

Outline of the Caribbean

Greater
Antilles

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan
Archipelago

Turks and Caicos Islands

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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