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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km 2 (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic (53 km 2 or 20 sq mi) [ 1 ] and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km ...
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] ⓘ) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. [8] With a population of 58,477 [9] [2] as of June 2023 on an area of 34 km 2 (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French ...
Saint Martin (island), an island in the northeast Caribbean, divided between France and the Netherlands Collectivity of Saint Martin, French portion of the island; Sint Maarten, Dutch portion of the island; St. Martin's Island, a small island in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh; Saint Martin of the Tigers, ghost town in southern Angola
A resort hotel on St. Martin's Island. Saint Martin Island has become a tourist spot, and eight shipping liners run daily trips to the island. Nowadays, tourist has become friendly to Eco tourism. Tourists can book their trip either from Chittagong or from Cox's Bazar. The surrounding coral reef has an extension named Chera Dwip.
Fort St. Louis, 2010. Marigot is located on the west coast of the island of St. Martin. It extends from the coast to the west, along the Bay of Marigot and the hills of the interior of the island to the east. On the south-west it is bounded by the Simpson Bay.
Saint Martin is separated from the island of Anguilla by the Anguilla Channel. [7] Its capital is Marigot. [6] With a population of 31,477 as of January 2021 [4] on an area of 53.2 square kilometres (20.5 sq mi), [3] it encompasses the northern 60% of the divided island of Saint Martin, and some neighbouring islets, the largest of which is Île ...
Saint Martin – one of the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean Sea, that is divided between France and the Netherlands. For articles on the Dutch part of the island, see Category: Sint Maarten. For articles on the French part of the island, see Category: Collectivity of Saint Martin
Ancient relics date the island's first settlers, probably the Ciboney (a subgroup of Arawaks), back to 3,500 years ago. [citation needed] Then another group of Arawaks migrated from South America's Orinoco basin around 800 A.D. [citation needed] Because of St. Martin's salt-pans they called it "Soualiga," or "Land of Salt."