De Nederlandse Antillen waren een land binnen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, bestaande uit zes, later vijf, eilanden in de Caraïbische Zee behorende tot twee eilandengroepen van de Kleine Antillen. De hoofdstad en tevens verreweg de grootste stad van de Nederlandse Antillen is Willemstad op het eiland ► Curaçao. De Antillen bestonden verder uit ► Aruba (tot 1986), ► Bonaire, ► Sint Maarten, ► Saba en ► Sint Eustatius.
E Antias Hulandes òf Antias Neerlandes ta parti di e Antias Menor i ta konsistí di dos grupo di isla den Laman Karibe ku ta forma parti di Reino Hulandes.
The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on 10-10-2010. Two of the five islands areas became separate countries inside the kingdom: ► Curaçao and ► Sint Maarten, the other three islands became municipalities of the Netherlands.
Short name
Netherlands Antilles
Official name
Netherlands Antilles
Status
Country inside the Kingdom of the ► Netherlands, Dutch since the 17th century
Location
Caribbean
Capital
Willemstad
Population
197,621 inhabitants
Area
960 km²
Major language(s)
Dutch, Papiamentu, English, Spanish
Major religion(s)
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Afro-American Religions
Map of the Netherlands Antilles Kaart van de Nederlandse Antillen
Map of the Netherlands Antilles before Aruba left in 1986
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