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This list of autonomous areas arranged by country gives an overview of autonomous areas of the world. An autonomous area is defined as an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority. It is typical for it to be geographically distant from the country, or to be populated by a national minority.
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] ⓘ; Papiamento: Antia Hulandes), [2] also known as the Dutch Antilles, [3] was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, and Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the Leeward 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.
List of autonomous areas by country; List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions by population
The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.It was dissolved on 10 October 2010. [1] [2]After dissolution, the "BES islands" of the Dutch Caribbean—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba—became the Caribbean Netherlands, "special municipalities" of the Netherlands proper—a structure that only exists in the Caribbean.
Dutch Papiamento: 180 106,537 37,500 (2017 est.) British Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands) [21] United Kingdom: Road Town: United States dollar: English: 153 31,122 34,200 (2017 est.) Cayman Islands [22] United Kingdom: George Town: Cayman Islands dollar: English: 264 68,136 71,549 (2018 est.) Curaçao (Country of Curaçao) [23] Netherlands ...
The Netherlands Antilles consists of five islands: Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. After referendums were held on all these islands, they are currently in the process to change their constitutional status. The dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles will be effective on October 10, 2010. On that date, Bonaire, Saba and ...
Netherlands: Constituent country Falkland Islands: 2,931 12,173 4,700 Americas South America United Kingdom: Overseas territory Faroe Islands: 49,188 4,167 540 Europe Northern Europe Denmark: Autonomous territory French Polynesia: 285,735 1,399 1,609 Oceania Polynesia France: Overseas collectivity (Overseas country) Gibraltar: 29,328 6.5 2.5 Europe