Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles
Land Nederlandse Antillen (Dutch)
Pais Antia Hulandes (Papiamento)
1954–2010
Motto: Latin: Libertate unanimus
Dutch: In vrijheid verenigd
"Unified in freedom"
Anthem: 
"Wilhelmus" (1954–1964)
"Tera di solo y suave biento" (1964–2000)
"Anthem without a title" (2000–2010)
Location of the Netherlands Antilles
StatusConstituent country of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
CapitalWillemstad
Common languagesDutch
English
Papiamento[1]
Demonym(s)Netherlands Antillean
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Monarchs 
• 1954–1980
Juliana
• 1980–2010
Beatrix
Governor 
• 1951–1956 (first)
Teun Struycken
• 2002–2010 (last)
Frits Goedgedrag
Prime Minister 
• 1951–1954 (first)
Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez
• 2006–2010 (last)
Emily de Jongh-Elhage
LegislatureParliament of the Netherlands Antilles
History 
15 December 1954
• Secession of Aruba
1 January 1986
10 October 2010
CurrencyNetherlands Antillean guilder
Calling code599
Internet TLD.an
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Curaçao and Dependencies
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten

The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] ; Papiamento: Antia Hulandes)[2] was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea. The islands were also informally known as the Dutch Antilles.[3] The country came into being in 1954 as the autonomous successor of the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies. The Antilles were dissolved in 2010. The Dutch colony of Surinam, although relatively close by on the continent of South America, did not become part of the Netherlands Antilles but became a separate autonomous country in 1954. All the island territories that belonged to the Netherlands Antilles remain part of the kingdom today, although the legal status of each differs. As a group they are still commonly called the Dutch Caribbean, regardless of their legal status.[4] People from this former territory continue to be called Antilleans (Antillianen) in the Netherlands.[5]

  1. ^ "Landsverordening officiële talen". decentrale.regelgeving.overheid.nl. 28 March 2007. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. ^ Ratzlaff, Betty. Papiamentu/Ingles Dikshonario (in Papiamento). p. 11.
  3. ^ "Status change means the Dutch Antilles no longer exists". BBC News. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Visa for the Dutch Caribbean". Netherlands embassy in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  5. ^ Jennissen, Roel (2014), "On the deviant age-crime curve of Afro-Caribbean populations: The case of Antilleans living in the Netherlands", American Journal of Criminal Justice, 39 (3): 571–594, doi:10.1007/s12103-013-9234-2, S2CID 144184065, archived from the original on 12 January 2024, retrieved 8 December 2020

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