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Special municipality of the Netherlands in Caribbean Netherlands
Sint Eustatius
Special municipality of the Netherlands
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto(s):
"Superba et confidens" (Latin) "Proud and confident" (English)
Anthem: "Golden Rock"
Location of Sint Eustatius (circled in red)
in the Caribbean
Map showing the location of St. Eustatius relative to Saba and St. Martin
10 October 2010 (dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
Capital (and largest city)
Oranjestad
Government
(see Politics of the Netherlands)
• Lt. Governor
Alida Francis (Government commissioner)[1]
Area
[2]
• Total
21 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
(1 January 2022)[3]
• Total
3,242
• Density
154/km2 (405/sq mi)
Demonym(s)
St. Eustatian; Statian
Languages
• Official
English[4] • Dutch
Time zone
UTC−4 (AST)
Calling code
+599-3
ISO 3166 code
BQ-SE, NL-BQ3
Currency
United States dollar ($) (USD)
Internet TLD
.nl
.bq[a]
Sint Eustatius (/juˈsteɪʃəs/yoo-STAY-shəs, Dutch pronunciation:[sɪntøːˈstaːtsijʏs]ⓘ),[7] known locally as Statia (/ˈsteɪʃə/STAY-shə),[8] is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands.[9]
The island is in the northern Leeward Islands, southeast of the Virgin Islands. Sint Eustatius is immediately to the northwest of Saint Kitts and southeast of Saba. The regional capital is Oranjestad. The island has an area of 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi).[2] Travelers to the island by air arrive through F. D. Roosevelt Airport.
Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, Sint Eustatius became a public body of the Netherlands in 2010.[10] It is part of the Dutch Caribbean, which consists of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. Together with Bonaire and Saba, it forms the BES Islands, also referred to as the Caribbean Netherlands.[11]
^"Benoeming regeringscommissaris en plaatsvervanger Sint Eustatius". Rijksoverheid (in Dutch). 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ ab"Waaruit bestaat het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden?". Rijksoverheid (in Dutch). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^"The Caribbean Netherlands in Numbers 2022". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^English can be used in relations with the government, see, Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba (in Dutch) – via Overheid.nl.
^"BQ – Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba". ISO. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^"Delegation Record for .BQ". IANA. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
^Mangold, Max. Duden – Das Aussprachewörterbuch. In: Der Duden in zwölf Bänden, Band 6. 7. Auflage. Berlin: Dudenverlag; Mannheim : Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2015, Seite 786.
^Tuchman, Barbara W. (1988). The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution. New York: Ballantine Books.
^Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba [Law on the public bodies of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba] (in Dutch) – via Overheid.nl.
^"Antillen opgeheven op 10-10-2010". NOS Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^Zaken, Ministerie van Algemene (19 May 2015). "Waaruit bestaat het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden? - Rijksoverheid.nl". www.rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
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