Caribbean Netherlands

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  • Type: administrative territorial entity with 18,000 residents
  • Description: grouping of the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, part of the Netherlands
  • Also known as: BES islands”, “BES Islands”, “Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba”, “Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba ”, “Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba”, “Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba”, and “Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba
  • Languages: Dutch, Papiamento, and English

Caribbean Netherlands

Latitude of center
12.2129° or 12° 12′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
-68.2945° or 68° 17′ 40″ west
Population
18,000
Area
328 km² (127 miles²)
Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Phone code
.bq
Internet domain
599
United Nations Location Code
NL BAI
Geo­Names ID
7626844
Wiki­data ID
Q27561
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Caribbean Netherlands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: BES-Eilande
  • Afrikaans: Karibies Nederland
  • Afrikaans: Karibies-Nederland
  • Afrikaans: Karibiese Nederland
  • Albanian: Karaibet holandeze
  • Amharic: የካሪቢያን ኔዘርላንድስ
  • Arabic: الجزر الكاريبية الهولندية
  • Arabic: بونير وسينت أوستاتيوس وسابا
  • Arabic: جزر الكاريبي الهولندية
  • Arabic: هولندا الكاريبية
  • Armenian: Կարիբյան Նիդեռլանդներ
  • Armenian: Կարիբյան Նիդերլանդներ
  • Assamese: কেৰিবিয়ান নেদাৰলেণ্ডছ
  • Asturian: Caribe neerlandés
  • Asturian: islles BES
  • Azerbaijani: Karib Niderlandı
  • Basque: BES uharteak
  • Basque: Karibeko Herbehereak
  • Belarusian: Карыбскія Нідэрланды
  • Bengali: ক্যারিবিয়ান নেদারল্যান্ডস
  • Bosnian: Karipska Holandija
  • Bosnian: Karipska Nizozemska
  • Breton: Karib Nederlandat
  • Bulgarian: Карибска Нидерландия
  • Burmese: ကာရစ်ဘီယံ နယ်သာလန်
  • Catalan: Carib neerlandès
  • Catalan: Carib Neerlandès
  • Catalan: illes BES
  • Catalan: Illes BES
  • Cebuano: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
  • Chechen: Бонэйр, Синт-Эстатиус а, Саба а
  • Chinese: 三個島
  • Chinese: 加勒比尼德蘭
  • Chinese: 博奈尔岛、圣尤斯达蒂斯和萨巴
  • Chinese: 荷兰加勒比区
  • Chinese: 荷属加勒比区
  • Chinese: 荷蘭加勒比區
  • Croatian: Karipska Nizozemska
  • Croatian: Karipski otoci Nizozemske
  • Czech: BES ostrovy
  • Czech: Karibské Nizozemsko
  • Danish: Caribisk Nederlandene
  • Danish: De tidligere Nederlandske Antiller
  • Dimli (individual language): Karayibê Hollanda
  • Dutch: BES eilanden
  • Dutch: BES-eilanden
  • Dutch: BES
  • Dutch: Bijzondere gemeente
  • Dutch: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba
  • Dutch: BQ
  • Dutch: Caraibisch Nederland
  • Dutch: Caraïbisch Nederland
  • Dutch: Caribisch Nederland
  • Dzongkha: ཀེ་རི་བི་ཡེན་ནེ་དར་ལནཌས྄
  • Egyptian Arabic: الجزر الكاريبيه الهولنديه
  • Esperanto: Kariba Nederlando
  • Estonian: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius ja Saba
  • Estonian: Hollandi Kariibi mere saared
  • Estonian: Kariibi Madalmaad
  • Ewe: Karibbeatɔwo ƒe Nedalanɖs nutome
  • Faroese: Niðurlonds Karibia
  • Finnish: Alankomaiden Karibia
  • Finnish: Karibian Alankomaat
  • French: Bonaire, Saint-Eustache et Saba
  • French: Îles BES
  • French: Pays-Bas caribéens
  • Galician: Caribe Neerlandés
  • Galician: Países Baixos Caribeños
  • Georgian: კარიბის ნიდერლანდები
  • German: BES-Inseln
  • German: Karibische Niederlande
  • Greek: Καραϊβικές Κάτω Χώρες
  • Greek: Καραϊβική Ολλανδία
  • Greek: Μποναίρ
  • Greek: Ολλανδία Καραϊβικής
  • Gujarati: કેરેબિયન નેધરલેન્ડ્ઝ
  • Hakka Chinese: Caribe Hò-làn
  • Hakka Chinese: Hò-làn liâng Caribe
  • Hausa: Caribbean Netherlands
  • Hebrew: האיים הקריביים ההולנדיים
  • Hebrew: הולנד הקריבית
  • Hindi: कैरिबियन नीदरलैंड
  • Hungarian: BES-szigetek
  • Hungarian: Holland Karib-térség
  • Hungarian: karibi Hollandia
  • Hungarian: Karibi Hollandia
  • Hungarian: Királyság-szigetek (Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius)
  • Icelandic: Karíbahafshluti Hollands
  • Igbo: Caribbean Netherlands
  • Indonesian: Belanda Karibia
  • Irish: an Ísiltír Chairibeach
  • Irish: Oileáin BES
  • Irish: Oileáin Bonaire, Sint Eustatius agus Saba
  • Irish: Oileáin Ísiltíreacha Mhuir Chairib
  • Italian: Caraibi olandesi
  • Italian: Isole BES
  • Italian: Municipalità olandesi d’oltremare
  • Italian: Paesi Bassi caraibici
  • Japanese: BES諸島
  • Japanese: オランダ領カリブ
  • Japanese: カリビアン・オランダ
  • Japanese: カリビアン・ネザーランド
  • Japanese: カリブ・オランダ
  • Japanese: カリブ・ネザーランド
  • Japanese: ボネール、シント・ユースタティウスおよびサバ
  • Javanese: Karibia Walanda
  • Kannada: ಕೆರೀಬಿಯನ್ ನೆದರ್‌ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್
  • Kashmiri: برطانوی قُطبہِ جَنوٗبی علاقہٕ
  • Kazakh: Бонэйр, Синт-Эстатиус және Саба
  • Kazakh: Бонэйр
  • Khmer: ហូឡង់ ការ៉ាប៊ីន
  • Kirghiz: Бонайре, Синт-Эстатиус жана Саба
  • Kirghiz: Кариб Нидерланддары
  • Kirghiz: Кариб Нидерланды
  • Korean: 네덜란드령 카리브
  • Korean: 보네르
  • Korean: 카리브 네덜란드
  • Ladino: Karibe Neerlandez
  • Lao: ຄາຣິບບຽນ ເນເທີແລນ
  • Latvian: Bonaire, Sintēstatiusa un Saba
  • Latvian: Karību Nīderlande
  • Latvian: Nīderlandes Karību salas
  • Limburgan: Caribisch Nederland
  • Lithuanian: BES salos
  • Lithuanian: Karibų Nyderlandai
  • Low German: Karibisk Neaderland
  • Luxembourgish: BES-Inselen
  • Luxembourgish: Karibesch Nidderlanden
  • Luxembourgish: Karibescht Holland
  • Macedonian: Карипска Холандија
  • Macedonian: острови БЕС
  • Malay: Belanda Caribbean
  • Malayalam: കരീബിയൻ നെതർലാൻഡ്സ്
  • Maltese: Gżejjer Karibej Olandiżi
  • Maltese: in-Netherlands tal-Karibew
  • Marathi: कॅरिबियन नेदरलँड्स
  • Mingrelian: კარიბიშ ნიდერლანდეფი
  • Mongolian: Карибын Нидерланд
  • Nepali: क्यारिवियन नेदरल्याण्ड्स
  • Northern Frisian: Aparte gemeen
  • Northern Frisian: BES eilunen
  • Northern Frisian: BES-eilun
  • Northern Frisian: BES-eilunen
  • Northern Frisian: BES-Eilunen
  • Northern Frisian: Besondere Gemeinde
  • Northern Sami: Vuolleeatnamat Karibe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: BES-øyene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: BES
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius og Saba
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius og Saba
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karibisk Nederland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: BES-øyane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius og Saba
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Karibisk Nederland
  • Norwegian: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius og Saba
  • Norwegian: Karibisk Nederland
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illas BES
  • Occitan (post 1500): Païses Basses Caribencs
  • Oriya: କାରବିୟନ୍‌ ନେଦରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ
  • Ossetian: Бонайре, Синт-Эстатиус æмæ Сабæ
  • Panjabi: ਕੈਰੀਬੀਆਈ ਨੀਦਰਲੈਂਡ
  • Panjabi: ਕੈਰੇਬੀਆਈ ਨੀਦਰਲੈਂਡ
  • Papiamento: Hulanda Karibense
  • Papiamento: islanan BES
  • Persian: جزایر کارائیب هلند
  • Persian: کارائیب هلند
  • Persian: هلند کارائیب
  • Picard: Bos-Péis caribéens
  • Polish: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius i Saba
  • Polish: Holandia Karaibska
  • Polish: Niderlandy Karaibskie
  • Portuguese: Bonaire
  • Portuguese: Países Baixos Caribenhos
  • Portuguese: Território Insular de Bonaire
  • Pushto: کیریبین هالینډ
  • Quechua: Bonaire
  • Romanian: Insulele Caraibe Olandeze
  • Romanian: Țările de Jos Caraibiene
  • Romansh: Antillas Ollandaisas
  • Russian: БЕС-острова
  • Russian: Бонайре, Саба и Синт-Эстатиус
  • Russian: Бонайре, Синт-Эстатиус и Саба
  • Russian: Бонэйр, Синт-Эстатиус и Саба
  • Russian: БЭС-острова
  • Russian: Карибская Голландия
  • Russian: Карибские Нидерландские острова
  • Russian: Карибские Нидерланды
  • Russian: Нидерландские Карибские острова
  • Russian: Нидерланды Карибские
  • Russian: Острова БЕС
  • Russian: Острова Бонайре, Синт-Эстатиус и Саба
  • Russian: Острова БЭС
  • Scots: Caribbean Netherlands
  • Scottish Gaelic: Na Tìrean Ìsle Caraibeach
  • Serbian: Карипска Холандија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Karipska Nizozemska
  • Shan: ၶႃႇရိပ်ႈပီယႅၼ် ၼႄႇတႃႇလႅၼ်ႇ
  • Shan: ၼႄႇတႃႇလႅၼ်ႇ တီႈ ၶႃႇရိပ်ႈပီႇယၼ်ႇ
  • Sindhi: ڪيريبين نيدرلينڊ
  • Sinhala: කැරිබියානු නෙදර්ලන්තය
  • Slovak: Karibské Holandsko
  • Slovenian: Karibska Nizozemska
  • Slovenian: Nizozemski Karibi
  • Somali: Karibiyaan Nadarlands
  • South Azerbaijani: هولند کارائیپ آدالاری
  • Spanish: Bonaire
  • Spanish: Caribe neerlandés
  • Spanish: Caribe Neerlandés
  • Spanish: Caribisch Nederland
  • Spanish: Islas BES
  • Spanish: Karibische Niederlande
  • Spanish: Municipio Especial de Bonaire
  • Swahili: Uholanzi ya Karibiani
  • Swedish: Karibiska Nederländerna
  • Tamil: கரீபியன் நெதர்லாந்து
  • Tatar: Бонэйр, Синт-Эстатиус һәм Саба
  • Tatar: Нидерланд Кариб утраулары
  • Telugu: కరీబియన్ నెదర్లాండ్స్
  • Thai: แคริบเบียนเนเธอร์แลนด์
  • Thai: เนเธอร์แลนด์แคริบเบียน
  • Tigrinya: ካሪቢያን ኔዘርላንድስ
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kalipiane fakahōlani
  • Turkish: Karayip Hollandası
  • Turkmen: Karib Niderlandlary
  • Uighur: كارىب دېڭىزى گوللاندىيە
  • Ukrainian: Карибські Нідерланди
  • Ukrainian: Нідерландські Карибські острови
  • Ukrainian: Острови BES
  • Urdu: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
  • Urdu: کریبیائی نیدرلینڈز
  • Urdu: کیریبین نیدرلینڈز
  • Uzbek: Bonayre, Sint-Estatius va Saba
  • Uzbek: Boneyr, Sint-Estatius va Saba
  • Venetian: Paezi Basi caraìbeghi
  • Vietnamese: Ca-ri-bê Hà Lan
  • Vietnamese: Caribe Hà Lan
  • Vietnamese: Caribe thuộc Hà Lan
  • Welsh: Antilles yr Iseldiroedd
  • Western Frisian: BES-eilannen
  • Western Frisian: Karibysk Nederlân
  • Western Panjabi: کریبین نیدرلینڈز
  • Wu Chinese: 荷兰加勒比区
  • Yoruba: Caribbean Netherlands
  • Yue Chinese: 加勒比尼德蘭
  • Zeeuws: Caribisch Nederland
  • Zulu: i-Caribbean Netherlands
  • BES
  • BQ

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