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the Netherlands">Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg/250px-Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg/375px-Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg/500px-Dutch_Caribbean_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1346" data-file-height="1156" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of the Dutch Caribbean islands <div style="text-align:left"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output 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style="background-color:#EF001A; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#328925; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a> <small>(from west to east)</small>: <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a></li></ul></dd></dl></div> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">980 km<sup>2</sup> (380 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as of January 2019)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">337,617<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP (Nominal)</th><td class="infobox-data">US$8.911 billion<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_GDP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_GDP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP per Capita (Nominal)</th><td class="infobox-data">US$29,240<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_GDP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_GDP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">343/km<sup>2</sup> (890/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_English" title="Caribbean English">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data">3 <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands#Constituent_countries" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">constituent countries</a><br />3 <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands#Administration" title="Caribbean Netherlands">special municipalities</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Dutch Caribbean</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (historically known as the <b>Dutch West Indies</b>) are the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a> territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>, mainly the northern and southwestern regions of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> archipelago. </p><p>Currently, it comprises the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands#Constituent_countries" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">constituent countries</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> (the 'CAS' islands) and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands#Administration" title="Caribbean Netherlands">special municipalities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> (BES islands).<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "Dutch Caribbean" is sometimes also used for the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a>, an entity consisting of the three special municipalities forming part of the constituent country of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of the Dutch Caribbean is 337,617 as of January 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Dutch colonization of the Americas">Dutch colonization of the Americas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg/220px-Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg/330px-Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg/440px-Andrew_Doria_NH_85510-KN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4977" data-file-height="3562" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Doria_(1775_brig)" title="Andrew Doria (1775 brig)">Andrew Doria</a></i> receives a salute from the Dutch fort at <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>, 16 November 1776</figcaption></figure> <p>The islands of the Dutch Caribbean were, formerly, part of <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Curaçao and Dependencies">Curaçao and Dependencies</a> (1815–1828), or <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius_and_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint Eustatius and Dependencies">Sint Eustatius and Dependencies</a> (1815–1828), which were merged with the <a href="/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)" title="Surinam (Dutch colony)">colony of Suriname</a> (not actually considered part of the "Dutch Caribbean", although it is located on the Caribbean coast of northeastern <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>). They were governed from <a href="/wiki/Paramaribo" title="Paramaribo">Paramaribo</a>, Suriname, until 1845, when all the islands again became part of Curaçao and Dependencies. </p><p>In 1954, the islands became the <i>land</i> (Dutch for "country") of <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a>, lasting until 2010. The autonomy of the Netherlands Antilles' island territories was stipulated in the <a href="/wiki/Islands_Regulation_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles" title="Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles">Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles</a>. Initially, the Netherlands Antilles consisted of four island territories—Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and the <a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">SSS islands</a>. The latter split into the <a href="/wiki/Island_territories_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles" title="Island territories of the Netherlands Antilles">Island Territories</a> of Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten, in 1983. </p><p>The island of Aruba <a href="/wiki/Secession" title="Secession">seceded</a> from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a separate constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, leaving five island territories within the Netherlands Antilles. This arrangement lasted until the complete <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles" title="Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles">dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles</a>, as a unified political entity, in 2010; that year, Curaçao and Sint Maarten became <a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">autonomous</a> constituent countries within the Kingdom (like Aruba). Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">special municipalities</a> of the Netherlands proper (located on the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European mainland</a>), a member state of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dutch_Caribbean_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dutch_Caribbean_map.png/300px-Dutch_Caribbean_map.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dutch_Caribbean_map.png/450px-Dutch_Caribbean_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dutch_Caribbean_map.png/600px-Dutch_Caribbean_map.png 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Dutch Caribbean islands</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg/220px-Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg/330px-Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg/440px-Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands_location_tree.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="555" data-file-height="343" /></a><figcaption>Those countries and special municipalities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean (blue background) form the Dutch Caribbean</figcaption></figure> <p>Geographically, the six entities of the Dutch Caribbean are clustered into two vastly separated areas of the Caribbean: </p> <ul><li>Three are at the far northern end of the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a>, thus, the far northern end of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>. From north to south, these are <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> (occupying roughly the southern half of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">island of Saint Martin</a>), <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>.</li> <li>From west to east, Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are located just off of the Caribbean coastline of northern <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, at the far western end of the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a> (which extend west from the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a>—thus they are at the southwestern end of the Lesser Antilles).</li></ul> <p>Politically, each (six) entity of the Dutch Caribbean currently has one of two relationships with the Netherlands: </p> <ul><li>Three have the status of being constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.</li> <li>Three have the status of being special municipalities of the Netherlands alone, as distinct from the Kingdom in its entirety.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituent_countries">Constituent countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Constituent countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three Caribbean polities are <i>landen</i> (Dutch for "countries") within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. The Netherlands is the fourth and largest constituent country in the Kingdom. </p><p>Sint Maarten comprises the southern half of the island of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">Saint Martin</a>. The northern half of the island (the <a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Collectivity of Saint Martin</a>) is an overseas territory of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. Aruba and Curaçao are located in the far south of the Caribbean, roughly 30 kilometres and 65 kilometres from the coast of Venezuela, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_municipalities">Special municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Special municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg/220px-Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg/330px-Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg/440px-Stan_Patrol_P810_Jaguar_Dutch_Caribbean_Coastguard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1083" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean_Coast_Guard" title="Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard">Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard</a> cutter</figcaption></figure> <p>The three Caribbean islands that are special municipalities of the Netherlands alone are Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. Abbreviated collectively, these are also known as the "<a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">BES islands</a>", or the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a>. Bonaire is located in the far south of the Caribbean, being about 80 kilometres north of the coast of Venezuela; Saba is located about 50 kilometres south of Sint Maarten, and boasts the highest mountain in the Netherlands, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Scenery" title="Mount Scenery">Mount Scenery</a>, at 880 m (2,887') above sea level). Sint Eustatius is located directly north of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch_Caribbean_islands">Dutch Caribbean islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dutch Caribbean islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="2"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:40px;" class="unsortable">Flag </th> <th style="width:40px;" class="unsortable">Coat of arms </th> <th style="width:110px;">Name </th> <th style="width:120px;">Island group </th> <th style="width:200px;">Constitutional status </th> <th style="width:120px;">Capital </th> <th style="width:60px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:90px;">Population<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(January 2019) </th> <th style="width:80px;">Density </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba"><img alt="Aruba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/80px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aruba_wapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Aruba_wapen.svg/36px-Aruba_wapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="36" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Aruba_wapen.svg/53px-Aruba_wapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Aruba_wapen.svg/71px-Aruba_wapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="395" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Constituent country of the <br /><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Oranjestad,_Aruba" title="Oranjestad, Aruba">Oranjestad</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7008180000000000000♠"></span>180 km<sup>2</sup> (69 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">112,309 </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6996624000000000000♠"></span>624/km<sup>2</sup> (1,620/sq mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire"><img alt="Bonaire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/40px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/60px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/80px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bonaire_wapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bonaire_wapen.svg/24px-Bonaire_wapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bonaire_wapen.svg/37px-Bonaire_wapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bonaire_wapen.svg/49px-Bonaire_wapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="751" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Leeward Antilles </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Special municipality</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kralendijk" title="Kralendijk">Kralendijk</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7008294000000000000♠"></span>294 km<sup>2</sup> (114 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">20,104 </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6995690000000000000♠"></span>69/km<sup>2</sup> (180/sq mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao"><img alt="Curaçao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/40px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/60px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/80px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg/26px-Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg/39px-Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg/52px-Cura%C3%A7ao_wapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="508" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Leeward Antilles </td> <td style="text-align:center">Constituent country of the <br />Kingdom of the Netherlands </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Willemstad" title="Willemstad">Willemstad</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7008444000000000000♠"></span>444 km<sup>2</sup> (171 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">158,665 </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6996358000000000000♠"></span>358/km<sup>2</sup> (930/sq mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)"><img alt="Saba (island)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/80px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saba_wapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Saba_wapen.svg/32px-Saba_wapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Saba_wapen.svg/48px-Saba_wapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Saba_wapen.svg/64px-Saba_wapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="791" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Special municipality of the Netherlands </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/The_Bottom" title="The Bottom">The Bottom</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7007130000000000000♠"></span>13 km<sup>2</sup> (5.0 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,915 </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6996148000000000000♠"></span>148/km<sup>2</sup> (380/sq mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius"><img alt="Sint Eustatius" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/40px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/60px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/80px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg/31px-Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg/46px-Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg/61px-Sint_Eustatius_wapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Leeward Islands </td> <td style="text-align:center">Special municipality of the Netherlands </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Oranjestad,_Sint_Eustatius" title="Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius">Oranjestad</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7007210000000000000♠"></span>21 km<sup>2</sup> (8.1 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,138 </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6996150000000000000♠"></span>150/km<sup>2</sup> (390/sq mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten"><img alt="Sint Maarten" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/40px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/60px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/80px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg/40px-Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg/60px-Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg/80px-Sint_Maarten_eiland_wapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Leeward Islands </td> <td style="text-align:center">Constituent country of the <br />Kingdom of the Netherlands </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Philipsburg,_Sint_Maarten" title="Philipsburg, Sint Maarten">Philipsburg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7007340000000000000♠"></span>34 km<sup>2</sup> (13 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">41,486 </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6997122099999999999♠"></span>1,221/km<sup>2</sup> (3,160/sq mi) </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th colspan="6" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7008986000000000000♠"></span>986 km<sup>2</sup> (381 sq mi) </th> <th style="text-align:right;">337,617 </th> <th style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="6996343000000000000♠"></span>343/km<sup>2</sup> (890/sq mi) </th></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Photo_gallery">Photo gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Photo gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oranjestad, Aruba"><img alt="Oranjestad, Aruba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg/271px-View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg/407px-View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg/542px-View_from_above_of_colorful_buildings_in_Oranjestad_on_the_island_of_Aruba_in_the_morning_sun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4248" data-file-height="2822" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Oranjestad,_Aruba" title="Oranjestad, Aruba">Oranjestad</a>, Aruba</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 216px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 214px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bonaire_(34769022732).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bonaire"><img alt="Bonaire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Bonaire_%2834769022732%29.jpg/321px-Bonaire_%2834769022732%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Bonaire_%2834769022732%29.jpg/481px-Bonaire_%2834769022732%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Bonaire_%2834769022732%29.jpg/641px-Bonaire_%2834769022732%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3915" data-file-height="2199" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bonaire</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Curacao"><img alt="Curacao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg/270px-DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg/405px-DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg/540px-DRCUR-EXT-AerialBeach-6128-TM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="854" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Curacao</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_Mt_Scenery,_Saba.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Scenery, Saba"><img alt="Mount Scenery, Saba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/View_from_Mt_Scenery%2C_Saba.jpg/240px-View_from_Mt_Scenery%2C_Saba.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/View_from_Mt_Scenery%2C_Saba.jpg/360px-View_from_Mt_Scenery%2C_Saba.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/View_from_Mt_Scenery%2C_Saba.jpg/480px-View_from_Mt_Scenery%2C_Saba.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Scenery" title="Mount Scenery">Mount Scenery</a>, Saba</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quill_dormant_vulcano_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sint Eustatius"><img alt="Sint Eustatius" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Quill_dormant_vulcano_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Quill_dormant_vulcano_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Quill_dormant_vulcano_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Quill_dormant_vulcano_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Quill_dormant_vulcano_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Quill_dormant_vulcano_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1958" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sint Eustatius</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sint Maarten"><img alt="Sint Maarten" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg/272px-Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg/408px-Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg/544px-Stm-aussicht-great-bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sint Maarten</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grouping_of_islands">Grouping of islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Grouping of islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands have also been informally grouped in the following ways. </p> <ul><li>Geographically, by location in the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> (in alphabetical order): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)" title="ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC islands</a>, for <u>A</u>ruba, <u>B</u>onaire, and <u>C</u>uraçao (within the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a> group)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">SSS islands</a>, for <u>S</u>aba, <u>S</u>int Eustatius, and <u>S</u>int Maarten (within the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> group)</li></ul></li> <li>Politically, by constitutional status (in order of population size): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CAS_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="CAS islands">CAS islands</a>, for <u>C</u>uraçao, <u>A</u>ruba, and <u>S</u>int Maarten (constituent countries of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">BES islands</a>, for <u>B</u>onaire, Sint <u>E</u>ustatius, and <u>S</u>aba (special municipalities of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_Groups">Ethnic Groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ethnic Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The populations of the Dutch Caribbean descend from a diverse array of ethnic groups (<a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Europe" title="Ethnic groups in Europe">Europeans</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_of_Africa" title="List of ethnic groups of Africa">Africans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Natives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_Americans" title="Latin Americans">Latin-Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levantine Arabs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asian_people" title="Asian people">Asians</a> etc.), having been home to numerous people groups, languages and cultures over time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ethnic makeup of each island varies. People from Aruba have higher degrees of European and Indigenous ancestry (<a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizos</a>) on average,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while people from the other islands (Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius) tend to have higher degrees of African ancestry on average.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inhabitants of the Dutch Caribbean are <a href="/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">multi-lingual</a>, speaking 3 to 4 (or more) languages at often high degrees of fluency.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Papiamento</b>, a Portuguese-based creole, is the pre-dominant language on <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Portuguese-based_creole_languages" title="Portuguese-based creole languages">Portuguese-based creole</a> with heavy influence from Spanish, Dutch, West-African languages and Native languages. There are 2 main dialects of the language, Papiamento (Aruba) and Papiamentu (Curaçao and Bonaire). <a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento/u</a> is an official language on Aruba and Curaçao and is the common language on all 3 <a href="/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)" title="ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also minorities of Papiamento speakers on the <a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">SSS Islands</a>. </p><p><b>English</b> pre-dominates on <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>. English is also widely known and spoken on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (especially on Aruba). </p><p><b>Spanish</b> is widely known and spoken on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao due to proximity, historical and cultural connections to Venezuela and <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. Many Spanish-speaking immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin-America</a> also reside on the Dutch Caribbean islands. </p><p><b>Dutch</b> is official on all 6 Dutch Caribbean islands, however it is not the native or common language on any of the islands, although most inhabitants do know and can speak Dutch quite well. Dutch is primarily used in government documents, jobs and education. Dutch language usage on the islands also varies from each island, with Dutch generally having a larger and more significant presence on Curaçao and Bonaire than the other Dutch Caribbean islands. </p><p><b>Other languages</b> such as <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haitian_Creole" title="Haitian Creole">Haitian Creole</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sranan_Tongo" title="Sranan Tongo">Sranan Tongo</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> are also spoken by smaller communities on the islands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_banks_and_currencies_of_the_Caribbean" title="Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean">Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_navy_in_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch navy in the Caribbean">Dutch navy in the Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7aoans_in_the_Netherlands" title="Curaçaoans in the Netherlands">Curaçaoans in the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arubans_in_the_Netherlands" title="Arubans in the Netherlands">Arubans in the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law" title="Dutch nationality law">Dutch nationality law</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Caribbean&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Caribisch deel van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden</i>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>; 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