Official Name: Netherlands Antilles Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the Virgin Islands. Capital: Willemstad, Curaçao Island Area: total: 960 sq km land: 960 sq km water: 0 sq km Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m Highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m

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Population: 223,652 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Dutch Antillean(s) Ethnic groups: Mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian. Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist. Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish.

Tropical, ameliorated by northeast trade winds

Government type: Parliamentary Independence: None (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) National holiday: Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother Juliana in 1909 and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter Beatrix in 1980), 30 April

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