Netherlands Antilles

Broader Places
North and Central America (6120), Netherlands (924)

Narrower Places
Curaçao (Nederlandse Antillen) (3)

Place Type  dependent state
Other Place Types
primary political unit, colony

Alternative Terms
Dutch West Indies; Nederlandse Antillen; Antillas Holandesas; Antillas Neerlandeses; Antilles holandaise; Antilles néerlandaises; Niederlandische Antillen; Antilhas Holandesas; ANT; AN; ISO530; NT00; Curaçao

Latitude  12.167
Longitude  -69.000

Comprises several islands off the coast of Venezuela & others to the N in Leeward Islands; S islands inhabited by Arawaks, N islands by Caribs when Spanish arrived in late 15th cen.; in Dutch hands since 17th cen.; Africans were brought here as slaves; official language is Dutch, though English & Papiamento (a local patois) are widely spoken.

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