Island Jurisdictions Index--Netherlands Antilles

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Location	In the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, in Caribbean Sea, off coast of Venezuela, and between Caribbean Sea, N Atlantic Ocean
Latitude and longitude	12 15 N, 68 45 W
Sovereignty	Netherlands
Political status notes	One of three equal components of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the Netherlands and Aruba; includes Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
Population	207,000
Census notes	est. June 2000
Land area in square kilometers	783
Capital	Willemstad, Curaçao

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

de Nederlandse Antillen – official government website (Dutch)

Karel's Legal Blog, from Attorney Karel Frielink

Netherlands Antilles, Background Note, from the U.S. Department of State (2003)

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook