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Capital Netherlands Antilles : |
Willemstad .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Netherlands Antilles :
| Guadeloupe (Saint Martin) 10.2 km .
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| Climate Netherlands Antilles :
| tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds .
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| Life expectancy Netherlands Antilles :
| 75.6 years .
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| Fertility rate Netherlands Antilles :
| 2.02 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Netherlands Antilles :
| parliamentary .
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| Population Netherlands Antilles :
| 218,126 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Netherlands Antilles :
| 960 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Netherlands Antilles :
| 81,000 (2001) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Netherlands Antilles :
| 81,000 (2001) .
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| International Country Code Netherlands Antilles :
| 599.
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| Sex ratio total Netherlands Antilles :
| 0.93 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Netherlands Antilles ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Netherlands Antilles ratio 15 64 :
| 0.92 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Netherlands Antilles ratio 65 :
| 0.7 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Netherlands Antilles :
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| HIV Netherlands Antilles :
| NA |
| Population below poverty line Netherlands Antilles :
| NA |
| Literacy Netherlands Antilles :
| 96,70% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Netherlands Antilles :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Netherlands Antilles :
| NA |
| Inflation Netherlands Antilles :
| 2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Netherlands Antilles :
| 15.6% (2002 est.) |
| Internet Users Netherlands Antilles :
| 2,000 (2000) |
| Location Netherlands Antilles :
| Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the Virgin Islands |
| Geographic Coordinates Netherlands Antilles :
| 12 15 N, 68 45 W |
| Religion Netherlands Antilles :
| Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist |
| Administrative region Netherlands Antilles :
| none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) |
| Terrain Netherlands Antilles :
| generally hilly, volcanic interiors |
| Elevation extremes lowest Netherlands Antilles :
| Caribbean Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Netherlands Antilles :
| Mount Scenery 862 m |
| Natural resources Netherlands Antilles :
| phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only) |
| Land use arable land Netherlands Antilles :
| 10% |
| Land use permanentcrops Netherlands Antilles :
| 0% |
| Irrigated land Netherlands Antilles :
| NA sq km |
| Natural hazards Netherlands Antilles :
| Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October |
| Environment current issues Netherlands Antilles :
| NA |
| Geography note Netherlands Antilles :
| the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles are divided geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) group (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) and the Windward Islands (southern) group (Bonaire and Curacao) |
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