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The Netherlands Antilles are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the islands within were granted full internal-affairs autonomy in 1954, however, the Netherlands is still responsible for their defense.

It includes the individual islands of Bonaire and Curacao, (just off the coast of South America), as well as Saba, St. Eustatius and Sint Maarten in the northeastern Caribbean.

Note that it no longer includes Aruba, as that island seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986, and became a separate (yet autonomous) member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Official Name Netherlands Antilles, an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Capital City Willemstad, Curacao

Languages Dutch (official), English, others

Official Currency Netherlands Antillean Guilder

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Religions Baptist, Catholic, Protestant, others

Flag and description here

Population 216,000

Land Area 960 sq km

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Caribbean page

Netherlands Antilles CIA Map here!

North American Map here

West Indies Map here

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