Netherlands Antilles

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Location of the Netherlands Antilles

Map of the Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Some were discovered in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, and some were discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda.

Bonaire and Curaçao are part of the Leeward Islands. They are located near Venezuela. Aruba was once a part of the Netherlands Antilles, and was near Bonaire and Curacao, but left in 1986.

Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, and Saba are part of the Windward Islands. They are located near Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

The Netherlands Antilles are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. That means that the Dutch Queen is also the Queen of the Netherlands Antilles, but the islands' residents have a government of their own. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles is Emily de Jongh-Elhage. The Governor is Frits Goedgedrag

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Countries and territories of North America
Independent	Antigua and Barbuda \| Bahamas \| Barbados \| Belize \| Canada \| Costa Rica \| Cuba \| Dominica \| Dominican Republic \| El Salvador \| Grenada \| Guatemala \| Haiti \| Honduras \| Jamaica \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| Panama \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Trinidad and Tobago \| United States
Governed by other countries	Anguilla \| Aruba \| Bermuda \| British Virgin Islands \| Cayman Islands \| Greenland \| Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| Montserrat \| Navassa Island \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon \| Turks and Caicos Islands \| U.S. Virgin Islands

Countries and territories in the Caribbean (West Indies)
Antigua and Barbuda \| Bahamas \| Barbados \| Cuba \| Dominica \| Dominican Republic \| Grenada \| Haiti \| Jamaica \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Trinidad and Tobago
Governed by other countries: Anguilla \| Aruba \| British Virgin Islands \| Cayman Islands \| Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| Montserrat \| Navassa Island \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Turks and Caicos Islands \| U.S. Virgin Islands

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Antigua and Barbuda \| Bahamas¹ \| Barbados \| Belize \| Dominica \| Grenada \| Guyana \| Haiti \| Jamaica \| Montserrat \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Suriname \| Trinidad and Tobago
Associate members: Anguilla \| Bermuda \| Cayman Islands \| British Virgin Islands \| Turks and Caicos Islands
Observer countries: Aruba \| Colombia \| Dominican Republic \| Mexico \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Venezuela
¹ Member of the community but not the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy.

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