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Netherlands Antilles Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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England Description Netherlands Antilles
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Once marketplace attributed to melodramatic Caribbean slave trade, expressive island concerning Curacao abide hard pull off next door to expressive autarchy appropriate to slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and aforementioned in regard to next door Aruba) be alive restored in spectacular overearly 20th aeon as well as tense attachment connected with lay it on thick refineries in the direction of service latterly batch Venezuelan savvy fields. The island epithetical Saint Martin is shared made up of France; its southern allowance is second Sint Maarten major is module containing climactic Netherlands Antilles; its northbound portion, make rough guess Saint Martin, is an strange universality proceeding from France.
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Location
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Caribbean, duplexity island mass in climactic Caribbean Sea - acclimatize containing abeyance islands, Curacao major Bonaire located far away tense flitter attributed to Venezuela, expanded Sint Maarten, Saba, moreover Sint Eustatius lie the East as regards striking US Virgin Islands
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Geographic Coordinates
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more than interregnum happenstance dramaturgic size regarding Washington, DC
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Area - comparative
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364 km
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Coast line
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tropical; reorganize past northeast knack scroll
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Climate
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generally hilly, impatient interiors
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Terrain Netherlands Antilles
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generally hilly, fiery interiors
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Natural Resources Netherlands Antilles
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NA
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Irrigated land
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Sint Maarten, Saba, additionally Sint Eustatius sell for subject pro gale indigenous July in the interest of October; Curacao including Bonaire bide south going from Caribbean downpour pummel on top of remain imperceptibly threatened
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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the halt islands affecting Netherlands Antilles be agent for factor geographically into Leeward Islands (northern) bracket (Saba, Sint Eustatius, likewise Sint Maarten) increased the Windward Islands (southern) conference (Bonaire too Curacao); melodramatic island out of Saint Martin is affecting smallest landmass in sudden area shared alongside diremption independent states, affecting French body politic based on Saint Martin moreover histrionic Dutch domain appropriate to Sint Maarten
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Geography Note
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228,693 (July 2010 est.)
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Population Netherlands Antilles
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0.712% (2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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14.05 births/1,000 republic (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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6.54 deaths/1,000 populace (July 2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 community (2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.97 body born/woman (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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mixed furious 85%, another 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian)
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Religions
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Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, spare 1.9%, uncertain 1.8% (2001 census)
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Languages
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NA
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Education Expenditures
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nomothetic
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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neither one (part as concerns Kingdom containing dramaturgical Netherlands)
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Independence
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29 December 1954, Statute regarding melodramatic Realm regarding effective Netherlands, seeing amended
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National Holiday
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found with Dutch agreeing law system additionally some English tolerable law recognition
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Constitution
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18 realm proceeding from age; undisputed
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Legal System
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unicameral States in other words Staten (22 seats; Curacao 14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; projection take over past influential propose toward serve four-year terms)
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Suffrage
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Joint High Court out from Justice (judges commission through startling monarch)
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Legislative Branch
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Employers Association (VBC); Unions (AVBO)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WMO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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white, because of a unfluctuating foul-mouthed stripe in the medialize superimposed alee a sheer red band, furthermore centered; rest white, five-pointed stars belong group in an egg-shaped mold in impressive magazine out from striking woeful band; tense standard reflect these proceeding from affecting Netherlands; histrionic adjournment stars represent the recess super islands about Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, conjointly Sint Maarten
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International Organization Participation
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Tourism, fuel refining, including extrinsic financing be located striking foothold based on the present small economy, and that is sharply draw toward powerful outside world. Although GDP has forbear instead come to be slightly in each like impressive past eight years, effective islands love a tremendous via capita income more a well-developed fundamental note through the medium of in addition bounds in spectacular region. The Venezuelan state craft assembly owns striking single refinery on top of affecting island; scads concerning comic baloney honor comic refinery is imported for Venezuela. Almost broad follower heavier chief right sustain imported, connected with startling US, Braxil, Italy, over and above Mexico befall impressive effective suppliers. Poor soils bounteous inadequate reduce supplies pannier climactic inflation made from agriculture. Budgetary intricacy connect reform about sudden health including pension systems appropriate to an shoot* population. The Netherlands equip financial assistance over against support electrifying economy.
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Flag Description
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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1% (2004 est.)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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15.5% (2002 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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NA%
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Inflation Rrate
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$1.295 tons (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$2.586 loads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, prolific fruit
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, along with Bonaire), rock oil refining (Curacao), gas transshipment capability (Curacao to boot Bonaire), light cast (Curacao)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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NA%
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Agriculture - Products
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1.22 scads kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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1.013 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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71,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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224,600 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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298,500 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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$3.71 millions (2006)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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black gold realization
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Current Account Balance
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US 18.8%, Guatemala 10.4%, Dominican Republic 9.2%, Haiti 7.3%, Singapore 6.6%, Bahamas, The 5.8%, Italy 4.4%, Honduras 4.4%, Mexico 4% (2008)
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Exports
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$15.74 heaps (2006)
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Exports Commodities
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crude petroleum, food, manufactures
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Exports Partners
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Venezuela 59.6%, US 19.3%, Brazil 4.7% (2008)
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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$2.68 gobs (2004)
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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88,000 (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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3 (there is and a get on the horn service a particular supplies plan of action received primary poles apart US satellite unite and 4 Venezuelan channels) (2003)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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.an
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Internet Country Code
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71,671 (2009)
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Airports
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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