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Netherlands Antilles

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Background :

Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an overseas collectivity of France. 

Location :

Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - composed of five islands, Curacao and Bonaire located off the coast of Venezuela, and Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius lie east of the US Virgin Islands 

Geographic Coordinates Center :

12 12 N, 68 15 W  (Latitude, Longtitude)

Geographic Coordinates Rectangle :

West -69.16
North 12.39
East -68.19
South 12.02

Area :

total 800 square km
land 800 square km
water 0 square km

Coastline :

364.00 km

Climate :

tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds 

Terrain :

generally hilly, volcanic interiors 

Elevation extremes :

lowest point 0 metres
highest point 862 metres

Natural resources :

phosphates salt

Land use :

arable land 10.00 %
permanent crops 0.00 %
other 90.00 %

Natural hazards :

hurricanes

Population :

227 049 

Indicators :

Growth rate 0.73 %
Birth rate 14.19 births/1,000 population
Total fertility rate 1.97 children born/woman
Death rate 6.48 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Age structure :

0-14 years 22.70 %
15-64 years 67.70 %
65 years and over 9.60 %

Median age :

total 33.70 years
male 31.90 years
female 35.50 years

Sex ratio :

at birth 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.68 male(s)/female
total population 0.93 male(s)/female

Health :

Infant mortality rate 9.09 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth - total population 76.65 years
Life expectancy at birth - male 74.33 years
Life expectancy at birth - female 79.09 years

Religions :

Roman Catholic 72.00 %
Pentecostal 4.90 %
Protestant 3.50 %
Seventh-Day Adventist 3.10 %
Methodist 2.90 %
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.70 %
other Christian 4.20 %
Jewish 1.30 %
other 1.20 %
none 5.20 %

Languages :

Papiamento 65.40 %
English 15.90 %
Dutch 7.30 %
Spanish 6.10 %
Creole 1.60 %

Literacy :

total population 96.70 %
male 96.70 %
female 96.80 %

Country name :

conventional short form Netherlands Antilles
local short form Nederlandse Antillen
former Curacao and Dependencies

Country Codes :

ISO 3166 AN
ISO Numeric 530
ISO3 ANT
FIPS NT
ccTLD an
English Netherlands Antilles

Capital :

name Willemstad
geographic coordinates 12 06 N, 68 56 W
time difference -4.00

International organization participation :

Caricom (observer) FATF
ILO IMF
IOC Interpol
UNESCO (associate) UNWTO (associate)
UPU WCO
WMO

National holiday :

Queens Day

1980-04-30

Executive branch :

Prime Minister Emily de JONGH-ELHAGE Queen BEATRIX

GDP - Gross Domestic product :

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity 2 800 000 000 $
RGR - Real Growth rate 1.00 %
PPP - per capita 16 000 $

GDP Composition by sector :

agriculture 1.00 %
industry 15.00 %
services 84.00 %

Labor force - by occupation :

agriculture 1.00 %
industry 20.00 %
services 79.00 %

Other Indicators :

Unemployment rate 15.50 %
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2.10 %
Debt external 2 680 000 000 $
Market value of publicly traded shares 488 600 000 000 $

Budget :

revenues 757 900 000 $
expenditures 949 500 000 $

Agriculture - products :

aloes peanuts
sorghum tropical fruits
vegetables

Industries :

light manufacturing petroleum refining
petroleum transshipment facilities tourism

Energy :

Electricity Production 1 220 000 000 kWh
Electricity Consumption 1 012 999 999 kWh
Oil Consumption 71 000 bbl/day
Oil Exports 224 600 bbl/day
Oil Imports 298 500 bbl/day

Value :

3 710 000 000 $

Partners :

United States (us) 18.80 %
Guatemala (gt) 10.40 %
Dominican Republic (do) 9.20 %
Haiti (ht) 7.30 %
Singapore (sg) 6.60 %
Bahamas, The 5.80 %
Italy (it) 4.40 %
Honduras (hn) 4.40 %
Mexico (mx) 4.00 %

Commodities :

petroleum products

Value :

15 740 000 000 $

Commodities :

crude petroleum food
manufactures

Currency-name :

Netherlands Antillean guilder 

Communications :

Telephons Main lines in use 88 000
Telephons Mobile, Cellular 200 000
FM Radio broadcast stations 19
Television broadcast stations 3
Internet Country code (ccTLD) an
Internet Hosts 71 671

Transportation :

Airports with paved runways 5

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