The Netherlands Antilles is a country in the Carribean? Sea, consisting of the islands Curacao?, Bonaire?, [Sint Maarten]?, [Sint Eustatius]? and Saba?. The first two lie north of Venezuela, the others east of the Virgin Islands. It is a member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
The Netherlands Antilles is a country in the Caribbean? Sea, consisting of the islands Curacao?, Bonaire?, [Sint Maarten]?, [Sint Eustatius]? and Saba?. The first two lie north of Venezuela, the others east of the Virgin Islands. It is a member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
In 1986 Aruba decided to leave the Netherlands Antilles and to become an independent member of the Kingdom.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.