Island territories of the Netherlands Antilles
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- 3 March 1951
- 10 October 2010
- 1951–1982: 4 island territories
- 1983–1985: 6 island territories
- 1986–2010: 5 island territories
Maximum: Curaçao, 444 km2 (171 sq mi)
- Executive council
The island territories of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: eilandgebieden) were the top-level administrative subdivisions of the Netherlands Antilles. The government of each island territory consisted of three major parts:[1]
- The island council (eilandsraad) – the local parliament, elected every four years.
- The executive council (bestuurscollege) – the executive board of the island territory, comparable to the Dutch provincial executive and municipal executive.
- The lieutenant governor (gezaghebber) – chair of the island council and executive council, appointed by the Crown for a six-year term.
List of island territories
Flag | Timespan | Capital | Area | ||
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1951–1982 | 1983–1985 | 1986–2010 | |||
![]() | Aruba | Status aparte since 1986 | Oranjestad | 180 km2 (69 sq mi) | |
![]() | Bonaire | Kralendijk | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) | ||
![]() | Curaçao | Willemstad | 444 km2 (171 sq mi) | ||
![]() | SSS islands | Saba | The Bottom | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) | |
![]() | Sint Eustatius | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | |||
![]() | Sint Maarten | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
See also
References
- ^ Helsdingen, W. H. van (1951). "De zelfstandigheid der eilandgebieden in de Nederlandse Antillen" [The autonomy of the island territories in the Netherlands Antilles]. De West-Indische Gids. 32: 193–205. ISSN 0372-7289. JSTOR 41848884. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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Lucayan Archipelago |
Sea
- Aves Island
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- Bajo Nuevo Bank~
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groupings
may include:
- Bermuda#
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
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^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.![]() | This article related to the former Netherlands Antilles is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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