Saba

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island public body of the Netherlands special municipality

Saba is a small Caribbean island that was once a Dutch West India Company colony and is now a special municipality of the Netherlands known for its rugged volcanic terrain and marine biodiversity.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Maurícia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
public body of the Netherlands ⓘ
special municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: European Netherlands (as special municipality)
callingCode +599 ⓘ
capital The Bottom ⓘ
changeOfStatusDate 10 October 2010 ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
currency US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
drivingSide right ⓘ
formerColonyOf Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
formerPoliticalStatus part of Netherlands Antilles ⓘ
governingBody Island Council of Saba ⓘ
hasAirport Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Island Governor ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Scenery ⓘ
historicalEra Dutch colonial period ⓘ
ISOCode Caribbean Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: BQ1 (context: Caribbean Netherlands)
knownFor Saba Marine Park ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
rugged volcanic terrain ⓘ
scuba diving ⓘ
largestSettlement The Bottom ⓘ
legalSystem Dutch law ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Leeward Islands ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
marineEcosystemType coral reefs ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
mountainType stratovolcano ⓘ
nickname The Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean ⓘ
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf Caribbean Netherlands ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
postalCodeSystem Netherlands postal code system ⓘ
protectedArea Saba Marine Park ⓘ
surface form: Saba National Marine Park
regionalOrganization Caribbean Community associate member (via Kingdom of the Netherlands) ⓘ
religionMajority Christianity ⓘ
sovereignState Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Standard Time ⓘ
tourismActivity eco-tourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
transportMode ferry connections to nearby islands ⓘ
usesElectricalStandard 120V 60Hz (North American standard, common) ⓘ
volcanicOrigin true ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauritsstad → alsoKnownAs → Saba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurícia
Dutch Caribbean → hasPart → Saba ⓘ
WIC → operatedInColony → Saba ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch West India Company