Outline of the Netherlands Antilles
Overview of and topical guide to 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
- 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
- Netherlands Antilles was: a territory of the Netherlands
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- North America (though not on the mainland)
- Atlantic Ocean
- North Atlantic
- Caribbean
- Antilles
- Lesser Antilles (island chain)
- Antilles
- Caribbean
- North Atlantic
- 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
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- Atlas of the Netherlands Antilles
Environment of the Netherlands Antilles
- 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
- Islands of the Netherlands Antilles:
- Volcanoes in the Netherlands Antilles
- World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands Antilles
Regions of the Netherlands Antilles
Administrative divisions of the Netherlands Antilles
Demography of the Netherlands Antilles
Demographics of the Netherlands Antilles
Government and politics of the Netherlands Antilles
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
Government of the Netherlands Antilles
Executive branch of the Netherlands Antilles
- 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,
- Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles: the Prime Minister headed an eight-member Cabinet.
Legislative branch of the Netherlands Antilles
Judicial branch of the Netherlands Antilles
- 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
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
- Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles
- Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles
- Law enforcement in the Netherlands Antilles –
Military of the Netherlands Antilles
Military of the Netherlands Antilles
- Forces (Netherlands Antilles didn't have military forces of its own)
Local government of the Netherlands Antilles
Local government in the Netherlands Antilles
- Island councils
History of the Netherlands Antilles
History of the Netherlands Antilles
Culture of the Netherlands Antilles
Culture of the Netherlands Antilles
- National symbols of the Netherlands Antilles
- Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles
- Flag of the Netherlands Antilles
- National anthem of the Netherlands Antilles
- People of the Netherlands Antilles
- Religion in the Netherlands Antilles
- Christianity in the Netherlands Antilles
- Hinduism in the Netherlands Antilles
- Islam in the Netherlands Antilles
- Judaism in the Netherlands Antilles
- World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands Antilles
Arts of the Netherlands Antilles
Sports in the Netherlands Antilles
Sports in the Netherlands Antilles
- Football in the Netherlands Antilles
- Netherlands Antilles at the Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee
- Netherlands Antilles at the Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the Winter Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the Pan American Games
- Tennis in the Netherlands Antilles
- Other
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
- Netherlands Antilles at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
- Netherlands Antilles at the South American Games
- Netherlands Antilles national baseball team
- Netherlands Antilles women's national softball team
Economy and infrastructure of the Netherlands Antilles
Economy of the Netherlands Antilles
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 145th (one hundred and forty fifth)
- Banking in the Netherlands Antilles
- Communications in the Netherlands Antilles
- Currency of the Netherlands Antilles: Guilder
- Transport in the Netherlands Antilles
Education in the Netherlands Antilles
See also
Caribbean portal
Kingdom of the Netherlands portal
- List of international rankings
- Outline of geography
- Outline of North America
- Outline of South America
- Outline of the Netherlands
References
- ^ 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
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
Netherlands Antilles at Wikipedia's sister projects:
Media from Commons
Travel guides from Wikivoyage
Dutch edition of Wikipedia
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Indies
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| Lucayan Archipelago |
Sea
- Aves Island
- San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank~
- Serranilla Bank~
continental
zone
- Quintana Roo
- Cozumel
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groupings
may include:
| Yucatán Peninsula |
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| The Guianas |
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.
