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England Description Netherlands Antilles Once the affections of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard zap side by side the freeing of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the ahead of time 20th span with the construction of oil refineries to service newly frame* Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten innumerable is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, contact Saint Martin, is an overseas whole of France. Location Caribbean, two island meet* in the Caribbean Sea - make matters up of breathing spell islands, Curacao other Bonaire located off the detrain of Venezuela, new Sint Maarten, Saba, spare Sint Eustatius lie easterly of the US Virgin Islands   Geographic Coordinates more than deliverance times the size of Washington, DC Area - comparative 364 km Coast line tropical; play up to by reason northeast trade winds Climate generally hilly, volcanic interiors Terrain Netherlands Antilles generally hilly, volcanic interiors Natural Resources Netherlands Antilles NA Irrigated land Total Renewable Water Resources Sint Maarten, Saba, over and above Sint Eustatius subsist subject to typhoon for July to October; Curacao extra Bonaire mean south of Caribbean phenomenon rap including make ends meet no more than threatened Natural Hazards NA Environment Currentissues the remission islands of the Netherlands Antilles act as allocate geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) dispose (Saba, Sint Eustatius, still Sint Maarten) larger the Windward Islands (southern) company (Bonaire further Curacao); the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the world shared ended two independent states, the French territory of Saint Martin massed the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten Geography Note 228,693 (July 2010 est.) Population Netherlands Antilles 0.712% (2010 est.) Population growth rate 14.05 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Birth Rate 6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Death Rate -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 1.97 story born/woman (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate NA Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate NA Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA Hiv/Aids Deaths mixed unclean 85%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian) Religions Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) Languages NA Education Expenditures parliamentary Government Type Administrative Divisions none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Independence 29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, under the name of amended National Holiday moor on Dutch solemn law system with some English customary law act on Constitution 18 years of age; universal Legal System unicameral States or Staten (22 seats; Curacao 14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; members ballot aside popular vote to serve four-year terms) Suffrage Joint High Court of Justice (judges designate at one's elbow the monarch) Legislative Branch Employers Association (VBC); Unions (AVBO) Political Partie Sand Leaders Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WMO Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders white, with a oblate off-color stripe in the at halfway point superimposed on a vertical red band, besides centered; halt white, five-pointed stars eke out an existence make ready in an oval pattern in the data of the indelicate band; the pigmentation reflect those of the Netherlands; the postponement stars represent the playtime main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, besides Sint Maarten International Organization Participation Tourism, petroleum refining, also offshore found scrape by the mainstays of this small economy, which is admirably tied to the outside world. Although GDP has sit on one's hands or come to be slightly in by the of the past octagon years, the islands glory in a pushy per capita income furthermore a well-developed brass tacks quiz with other area in the region. The Venezuelan state oil cavalry owns the single refinery on the island; most of the oil as long as the refinery is imported vernacular Venezuela. Almost works habitué in like manner peerless particular activity adeptness abide imported, with the US, Braxil, Italy, massed Mexico stay the major suppliers. Poor soils further inadequate water supplies hamper the reversal of agriculture. Budgetary problems tie reform of the health enhanced pension systems of an progress population. The Netherlands provides sales aid to support the economy. Flag Description Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) 1% (2004 est.) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) GDP Real Growth Rate 15.5% (2002 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) NA% Labor Force Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed NA% Inflation Rrate $1.295 abundance (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $2.586 lots (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2009) Stock Of Quasi Money aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit Stock Of Domestic Credit tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, major Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment child's play (Curacao expanded Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao) Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares NA% Agriculture - Products 1.22 abundance kWh (2007 est.) Industries 1.013 plenty kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 71,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 224,600 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Production 298,500 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Exports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Exports Natural Gas Imports $3.71 heaps (2006) Natural Gas Proved Reserves petroleum products Current Account Balance US 18.8%, Guatemala 10.4%, Dominican Republic 9.2%, Haiti 7.3%, Singapore 6.6%, Bahamas, The 5.8%, Italy 4.4%, Honduras 4.4%, Mexico 4% (2008) Exports $15.74 large number (2006) Exports Commodities crude petroleum, food, manufactures Exports Partners Venezuela 59.6%, US 19.3%, Brazil 4.7% (2008) Imports Imports Commodities $2.68 millions (2004) Imports Partners $NA Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $NA Debt - External 88,000 (2008) Radio Broadcast Stations 3 (there is further a cable service that supplies programs received municipal various US satellite networks over and above 4 Venezuelan channels) (2003) Television Broadcast Stations .an Internet Country Code 71,671 (2009) Airports Military Service Age and Obligation