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First-level administrative division in the Netherlands Antilles
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Island territories of the
Netherlands Antilles
  • Also known as:
  • Eilandgebieden (Dutch)
LocationNetherlands Antilles
Created
  • 3 March 1951
Abolished
  • 10 October 2010
Number
  • 1951–1982: 4 island territories
  • 1983–1985: 6 island territories
  • 1986–2010: 5 island territories
AreasMinimum: Saba, 13 km (5 sq mi)
Maximum: Curaçao, 444 km (171 sq mi)
Government
Subdivisions

The island territories of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: eilandgebieden) were the top-level administrative subdivisions of the Netherlands Antilles. The government of each island territory consisted of three major parts:

List of island territories

Flag Timespan Capital Area
1951–1982 1983–1985 1986–2010
Aruba Aruba Status aparte since 1986 Oranjestad 180 km (69 sq mi)
Bonaire Bonaire Kralendijk 294 km (114 sq mi)
Curaçao Curaçao Willemstad 444 km (171 sq mi)
Saba (island) SSS islands Saba The Bottom 13 km (5.0 sq mi)
Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius Oranjestad 21 km (8.1 sq mi)
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten Philipsburg 34 km (13 sq mi)

See also

References

  1. Helsdingen, W. H. van (1951). "De zelfstandigheid der eilandgebieden in de Nederlandse Antillen" [The autonomy of the island territories in the Netherlands Antilles]. De West-Indische Gids. 32: 193–205. ISSN 0372-7289. JSTOR 41848884. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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