Saint Martin (Netherlands)

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Sint Maarten redirects here. For the island of Saint Martin on the whole, see Saint Martin.
For other uses, see Saint Martin (disambiguation).

The island area of Saint Martin (Dutch: Eilandgebied Sint Maarten) is one of five island areas (Eilandgebieden) of the Netherlands Antilles, encompassing the southern half of the island of Saint Martin. At the 2001 Netherlands Antilles census, the population in Sint Maarten was 30,594, for a population density of 900 inhabitants per km².

Sint Maarten borders the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin, which occupies the northern half of the island.

Contents 1 Urban areas 2 Politics and Government 3 Colleges and universities 4 To be seen or visited 5 External links 5.1 Government 5.2 Organizations and schools 5.3 Tourism

[edit] Urban areas

Philipsburg

   * Philipsburg met 1228 inhabitants
   * Lower Prince's Quarter met 8123 inhabitants
   * Cul de Sac met 7880 inhabitants
   * Koolbaai met 6046 inhabitants
   * Upper Prince's Quarter met 4020 inhabitants
   * Little Bay (Fort Amsterdam) met 2176 inhabitants
   * Simpson Bay met 736 inhabitants
   * Lowlands met 232 inhabitants

, Simsonbay, Madame Estate, Dutch Cul-de-sac, Duch Quarter, Koolbaai, Oyster pond, South Reward, Saint-Peters, Pointe-Blanche, Middle Region, Cay hill, Upper Prince's Quarter and Lower Prince's Quarter.

[edit] Politics and Government

Sint Maarten is an "island area", a federal component of the Netherlands Antilles, which is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands though not in the European Union. Its currency is the Antillean guilder (however, the United States dollar is widely accepted). A planned restructuring of the Netherlands Antilles would see Sint Maarten become an independent component of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its own right on 15 December 2008.

The Dutch island territory of Sint Maarten is ruled by an island council, an executive council, and a governor appointed by the Dutch Crown.

[edit] Colleges and universities

• University of St. Martin (USM) in Philipsburg. USM is an affiliate of Johnson & Wales University.

• American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC), founded in 1978, was previously located on Montserrat. Because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995, AUC moved its campus to Saint Martin just in time for Hurricane Luis later that year. A permanent, hurricane-proof campus was completed in 1998 in Cupecoy.

[edit] To be seen or visited

• Border Monument in honor of the 1648 Treaty of Concordia.
• The Philipsburg Historical fondation museum.
• The Heineken airline Jet-Bar (at Philipsburg).
• Fantastic jumbo jets low landings (at Maho beach).
• The zoo park with animals from the Caribe area (on Madame estate Pondfill).
• Fort Amsterdam and Fort Williams (at Philipsburg)
• Sightseen on Dawn Beach road.

[edit] External links

[edit] Government

• St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry — Official site
• Lt. Governor of St. Maarten — Official site

[edit] Organizations and schools

• American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
• University of St. Maarten
• Philipsburg jubilee public library

[edit] Tourism

• St. Maarten Tourist Bureau - Official site