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Who ruled many of the Caribbean islands until recently?
Many of the Caribbean islands were once foreign territories or Spain, The Netherlands, France, UK, US or the Dutch. Many of the islands are still part of those nations.
What is the difference between Netherlands and Netherlands antilles?
The Netherlands is a country in Western-Europe. The Netherlands Antilles is a group of Isles in the Caribean consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (ABC Islands), in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (SSS Islands), in the Leeward Islands southeast of the Virgin Islands. Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on 10 October 2010,[2] resulting in two new constituent countries, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as "special municipalities", officially public bodies.[3] The name 'Netherlands Antilles' is still sometimes used to indicate the islands which are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
What Caribbean islands are owned by the Netherlands?
Islands directly under Dutch law: Bonaire, Saba and Saint-Eustatius. Islands with a form of independence within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten.
What does Nederlandse Antillen mean?
"Nederlandse Antillen" is the Dutch name for the former Netherlands Antilles, a group of islands in the Caribbean that were part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until their dissolution in 2010. The islands included in the Netherlands Antilles were Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.
How many independent countries make up the Caribbean islands?
No; many are colonies of US, UK, France and Netherlands; but, by hypocrisy they are not called officially colonies.
Which Caribbean islands are still governed by Netherlands?
Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.
Are the virgin islands parts of the us UK Netherlands or France?
UK
What country do the ABC islands belong to?
The ABC islands - Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao - belong to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They are located in the southern Caribbean Sea just off the north coast of South America.
Which two dutch islands gain independence in 2010?
St.Maarten and Netherlands Antilles
In which group is Aruba included?
The ABC Islands is the group in which Aruba is included. The initials stand for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. It's a way of identifying similar islands that are neighbors within the Netherlands Antilles. Other islands that resemble each other and are neighbors within the Netherlands Antilles are the SSS islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Martin.
What are the 4 countries that posses islands in the Caribbean sea?
Answer :lol..... the answer is: can i get a drum rolll?..........ok the answer is :usa, u.k, France, Netherlands!Let's not forget Columbia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Belize, Mexico,Honduras, Costa Rica & Panama.
Are the Caribbean islands part of central America?
Some of the Caribbean islands, such as Cuba and Dominican Republic, are part of the Central America while other part of islands are owned by other countries which is USA, UK, France, and Netherlands.
