Sint Eustatius

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Sint Eustatius is a small Caribbean island that is a special municipality of the Netherlands, known for its colonial history and volcanic landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean island
public body of the Netherlands
special municipality of the Netherlands
callingCode +599
capital Oranjestad
climate tropical savanna climate
country Netherlands
currency United States dollar
demographicsGroup Afro-Caribbean population
Dutch population
Other Caribbean nationalities
formerColonyOf Netherlands
governmentType public body
hasAirport F. D. Roosevelt Airport
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of Sint Eustatius
hasFlag Flag of Sint Eustatius
hasHeadOfGovernment Island governor of Sint Eustatius
hasHighestPoint The Quill
hasLegislature Island Council of Sint Eustatius
hasMarineProtectedArea Sint Eustatius National Marine Park
hasMountain The Quill
hasProtectedArea Quill/Boven National Park
hasVolcano The Quill
historicalEvent First salute to the United States in 1776
Golden Rock era as major 18th‑century trading center
isoCode BQ3
largestSettlement Oranjestad
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
Leeward Islands
Lesser Antilles
mainEconomicActivity oil storage and transshipment
public sector services
tourism
neighboringIsland Saba
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts
officialLanguage Dutch
English
partOf Caribbean Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
religion Christianity
sovereignState Kingdom of the Netherlands
terrainFeature volcanic island
timeZone Atlantic Standard Time
topLevelDomain .nl
usesLegalSystem Dutch law
utcOffset UTC−4
vehicleRegistrationCode BES


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