Netherlands Antilles

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The Netherlands Antilles was a former Caribbean constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, comprising several island territories known for their cultural diversity and colonial history.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former constituent country
former political entity
callingCode +599
capital Willemstad
consistedOf Bonaire NERFINISHED
Curaçao NERFINISHED
Saba NERFINISHED
Sint Eustatius NERFINISHED
Sint Maarten NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
currency Netherlands Antillean guilder
dissolutionDate 2010-10-10
drivingSide right
ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean
European
Mixed
formationDate 1954-12-15
formerColonyOf Netherlands
formerConstituentCountryOf Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
governmentType parliamentary democracy
hasCoastlineOn Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
headOfState monarch of the Netherlands
ISO3166-1Alpha2 AN
lastMonarch Beatrix of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
lastPrimeMinister Emily de Jongh-Elhage
legalSystem civil law
legislature Estates of the Netherlands Antilles
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
majorReligion Roman Catholicism
memberOf Caribbean Community (associate member)
Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (associate member)
surface form: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (associate member)
officialLanguage Dutch
officialName Netherlands Antilles NERFINISHED
partOf Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
predecessor Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies
recognizedLanguage English
Papiamento
Spanish
religion Christianity
shortName Netherlands Antilles NERFINISHED
successor Bonaire NERFINISHED
Curaçao
Saba NERFINISHED
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten NERFINISHED
timeZone UTC−04:00

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

Dutch colonial government appliedToTerritory Netherlands Antilles
Dutch Caribbean formerAdministrativeUnit Netherlands Antilles
Caribbean Netherlands formerPartOf Netherlands Antilles
Dutch colonial empire hasPart Netherlands Antilles
scarlet ibis introducedTo Netherlands Antilles
Dutch colonial empire notableColony Netherlands Antilles
Bonaire previouslyPartOf Netherlands Antilles
Aruba separatedFrom Netherlands Antilles
Indo-Caribbean people significantPopulationIn Netherlands Antilles
Dutch colonial empire territoryIncludes Netherlands Antilles
Sint Maarten wasPartOf Netherlands Antilles