Caribbean Netherlands

CurrencyUSD · United States dollar

LanguageEnglish, Dutch, Papiamento

Since2010

ISOBES · BQ

Population

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Caribbean municipalities of the Netherlands

The Caribbean Netherlands is a geographic region of the Netherlands located outside Europe, in the Caribbean, consisting of three special municipalities. These are the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, as they are also known in legislation, or the BES islands for short. The islands are officially classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas territories of the European Union; as such, European Union law does not automatically apply to them.

Text: Wikipedia — Caribbean NetherlandsCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-05-26

— FACTS —

Currency: United States dollar (USD)
Official language: English, Dutch, Papiamento
Drives on the: Right
Calling code: +599
Top-level domain: .bq
Independence / founding: 10 Oct 2010
Highest point: Mount Scenery (870 m)

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02

The World Bank does not publish figures for Caribbean Netherlands, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.

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History

10 Oct 2010Caribbean Netherlands — founding / independence (Wikidata)

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