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Saint Martin

Saint Martin is an island in the Caribbean that is split between the French collectivity of Saint-Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten. Beauty abounds on the island, with bluffs overlooking pretty harbors, sandy-cliffed beaches and tranquil rocky coves where fish provide the beauty.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Philipsburg and Grand Case.

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is the capital of "Dutch Side" Sint Maarten on the island of Saint Martin in the sea. It is a busy port for cruise ships and one of the Caribbean's best shopping spots.

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is in the northern coast of Saint Martin. The Gourmet Capital of the Caribbean. is located on the French side of the island. From you have a beautiful view of Anguilla, the neighboring island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pic Paradis and Fort Louis.

Peak
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or Pic du Paradis is the highest point in a chain of hills in the , an overseas collectivity of on the island of Saint Martin, located in the , with an elevation of 424 m, making it the highest point on the island.

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is a historic French military fort on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. It is located in , the capital of the French side of the island, overlooking Marigot Bay.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marigot and Lower Prince’s Quarter.

Town
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Saint Martin is an island in the Caribbean that is split between the French collectivity of Saint-Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten. Beauty abounds on the island, with bluffs overlooking pretty harbors, sandy-cliffed beaches and tranquil rocky coves where fish provide the beauty.

Village
Lower Prince's Quarter is a town in , in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 8,143 making it the largest settlement on the island of Saint Martin.

Town
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is a small town on the of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean. It lies on the northeast coast of the island, opposite Îlet Pinel and .

Saint Martin

  • Type: island with 75,000 residents
  • Description: French and Dutch island in the Lesser Antilles
  • Also known as: “Saint Martin (French Part)”, “Saint-Martin”, “Saint-Martin Collectivity”, “Sint Maarten”, “St Martin”, “St. Martin”, “St. Martin (French Part)”, and “法屬聖馬丁”
  • Postal code: 97150
  • Languages: French and Dutch
  • Location: , ,
  • View on Open­Street­Map
Latitude
18.0667° or 18° 4′ north
Longitude
-63.0667° or 63° 4′ west
Population
75,000
Area
87 km² (34 miles²)
Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)
Phone code
.gp, .sx
Internet domain
590, 599
Open location code
77CR3W8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
3578421
Wiki­data ID
Q25596
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Saint Martin” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Maartin”
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Martin”
  • Afrikaans: “Sint-Martin”
  • Albanian: “Saint Martin”
  • Albanian: “Sen-Marten”
  • Albanian: “Shën Martin”
  • Albanian: “Shën Martini”
  • Amharic: “ሴንት ማርቲን”
  • Arabic: “سان مارتن”
  • Arabic: “سانت مارتن”
  • Aragonese: “Isla de San Martín”
  • Aragonese: “Isla de Sant Martín”
  • Armenian: “Սեն Մարտեն”
  • Assamese: “ছেইণ্ট মাৰ্টিন”
  • Asturian: “Islla de San Martín”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sent Martin”
  • Balinese: “Saint Martin (nusa)”
  • Balinese: “Saint Martin”
  • Basque: “San Martin (uhartea)”
  • Basque: “San Martin”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Святога Марціна”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Сен-Мартэн”
  • Belarusian: “Сен-Мартэн”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট মারটিন”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট মার্টিন”
  • Bosnian: “Saint Martin”
  • Bosnian: “Sveti Martin”
  • Breton: “Enez Sant-Martin”
  • Breton: “Saint Martin”
  • Breton: “Sant-Martin”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Мартин”
  • Bulgarian: “Сейнт Мартин”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен Мартен”
  • Burmese: “စိန့်မာတင်”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Sant Martí”
  • Catalan: “Saint Martin”
  • Chechen: “Сен-Мартен”
  • Chinese: “圣马丁岛”
  • Chinese: “法属圣马丁”
  • Chinese: “聖馬田島”
  • Corsican: “Saint-Martin”
  • Corsican: “San Martinu”
  • Corsican: “Sint Maarten”
  • Croatian: “Saint Martin”
  • Croatian: “Sveti Martin”
  • Czech: “ostrov Svatého Martina”
  • Czech: “Svatý Martin (Francie)”
  • Czech: “Svatý Martin”
  • Danish: “Saint Martin”
  • Danish: “St. Martin”
  • Dutch: “Eilandgebied Sint Maarten”
  • Dutch: “Saint-Martin”
  • Dutch: “Sint Maarten”
  • Dutch: “Sint Maartenaar”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Maarten”
  • Dutch: “St. Maarten”
  • Dutch: “St.-Maarten”
  • Dzongkha: “སེནཊ་ མཱར་ཊིན”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانت مارتن”
  • Esperanto: “Sankta Marteno”
  • Esperanto: “Sent-Martino”
  • Estonian: “Saint Martin”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Martin”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Martini saar”
  • Ewe: “Saint Martin nutome”
  • Faroese: “Saint Martin”
  • Faroese: “St-Martin”
  • Finnish: “Saint Martin”
  • Finnish: “Saint-Martin”
  • Finnish: “Sint Maarten”
  • Finnish: “St Martin”
  • French: “Collectivité de Saint-Martin”
  • French: “île de Saint Martin”
  • French: “île de Saint-Martin”
  • French: “Saint Martin”
  • French: “Saint-Martin (Antilles françaises)”
  • French: “Saint-Martin”
  • French: “Sint Maarten”
  • Galician: “Illa de San Martiño”
  • Galician: “Saint Martin”
  • Georgian: “სენ-მარტენი”
  • German: “Saint-Martin”
  • German: “St. Martin”
  • Goan Konkani: “Saint Martin”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Μαρτίνος (Γαλλικό τμήμα)”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Μαρτίνος”
  • Gujarati: “સેંટ માર્ટિન”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ માર્ટિન”
  • Hausa: “San Martin”
  • Hebrew: “סן מרטין (אי)”
  • Hebrew: “סן מרטין”
  • Hebrew: “סן מרטן”
  • Hindi: “सन्त मार्टिन”
  • Hindi: “सेंट मार्टिन”
  • Hungarian: “Saint Martin”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Márton-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Saint Martin”
  • Icelandic: “Saint-Martin”
  • Icelandic: “Sankti Martin”
  • Ido: “Santa Martin”
  • Igbo: “Martin Dị nsọ”
  • Indonesian: “Saint Martin”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Martin”
  • Interlingua: “Sancte Martin”
  • Interlingua: “Sancte Martino”
  • Irish: “Saint-Martin”
  • Italian: “Saint Martin”
  • Italian: “Saint-Martin”
  • Italian: “San Martino”
  • Japanese: “サン・マルタン”
  • Japanese: “サン・マルタン島”
  • Japanese: “サンマルタン島”
  • Japanese: “シント・マールタン島”
  • Japanese: “シント・マールテン島”
  • Japanese: “シントマールテン島”
  • Japanese: “セント・マーチン島”
  • Japanese: “セントマーチン島”
  • Javanese: “Santa Martin”
  • Kalaallisut: “Frankrigi Saint Martin”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಮಾರ್ಟಿನ್”
  • Kashmiri: “سینٹ مارٹِن”
  • Kazakh: “Сен-Мартен”
  • Kazakh: “Синт-Мартен”
  • Khmer: “សាំង​ម៉ាទីន”
  • Kirghiz: “Сент-Мартин”
  • Korean: “생마르탱”
  • Korean: “생마르틴 섬”
  • Korean: “세인트마틴섬”
  • Korean: “신트마르틴 섬”
  • Lao: “ເຊນ ມາທິນ”
  • Latin: “Insula Sancti Martini”
  • Latvian: “Senmartēna”
  • Latvian: “Sintmārtena”
  • Latvian: “SXM”
  • Lingala: “Sántu Martin”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “San Marten”
  • Lithuanian: “San Martenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Sen Martenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Martyno sala”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saint-Martin”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sint Maarten”
  • Luxembourgish: “St. Martin”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Мартин”
  • Macedonian: “Сент Мартин”
  • Malay: “Saint Martin”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റ് മാർട്ടിൻ”
  • Maltese: “Saint Martin”
  • Marathi: “सेंट मार्टिन”
  • Mongolian: “Сент-Мартин”
  • Nepali: “सेन्ट मार्टिन”
  • Northern Frisian: “St. Martin”
  • Northern Sami: “Frankriikka Saint Martin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Martin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sint-Maarten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Martin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Martin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya St. Martin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Martin”
  • Norwegian: “Saint Martin”
  • Norwegian: “Saint-Martin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sant Martin”
  • Oriya: “ସେଣ୍ଟ ମାର୍ଟିନ୍”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੇਂਟ ਮਾਰਟਿਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Sint Maarten”
  • Persian: “جزیره سن مارتن”
  • Persian: “سن مارتن”
  • Persian: “سن مرتن در”
  • Persian: “سنت مارتین”
  • Piemontese: “San Martin”
  • Polish: “Saint-Martin”
  • Polish: “Sint Maarten”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de São Martinho”
  • Portuguese: “Saint Martin”
  • Portuguese: “São Martim”
  • Portuguese: “São Martin”
  • Portuguese: “São Martinho”
  • Pushto: “سينټ مارټين”
  • Pushto: “سینټ مارټن”
  • Quechua: “San Martín”
  • Romanian: “Insula Sfântul Martin”
  • Romanian: “Saint Martin”
  • Romanian: “Sf. Martin”
  • Romanian: “Sfântul Martin”
  • Romansh: “Saint Martin”
  • Russian: “Остров св. Мартина”
  • Russian: “Остров Святого Мартина”
  • Russian: “Остров Сен-Мартен”
  • Russian: “Святого Мартина”
  • Russian: “Сен-Мартен”
  • Russian: “Сент-Мартен”
  • Russian: “Синт-Маартен”
  • Russian: “Синт-Мартен”
  • Sardinian: “Saint Martin (ìsula)”
  • Sardinian: “Saint Martin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Naomh Màrtainn”
  • Serbian: “Острво Свети Мартин”
  • Serbian: “Свети Мартин (Француска)”
  • Serbian: “Свети Мартин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sveti Martin”
  • Shan: “သဵင်ႉမႃႇတိၼ်ႇ (မူႇၵုၼ်)”
  • Shan: “သဵင်ႉမႃႇတိၼ်ႇ”
  • Sindhi: “سينٽ مارٽن”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත මාර්ටින්”
  • Slovak: “Saint Martin”
  • Slovak: “Saint-Martin”
  • Slovak: “Sin Maarten”
  • Slovak: “Sint Maarten”
  • Slovak: “Svätý Martin (fr.)”
  • Slovak: “Svätý Martin”
  • Slovenian: “Saint Martin”
  • Slovenian: “Sveti Martin”
  • Somali: “St. Maartin”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Martin”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Martín”
  • Spanish: “Saint Martin Sint Maarten”
  • Spanish: “Saint Martin”
  • Spanish: “Saint Martin/Sint Maarten”
  • Spanish: “San Martin”
  • Spanish: “San Martín”
  • Spanish: “San-Martin”
  • Spanish: “San-Martín”
  • Spanish: “St Maarten”
  • Spanish: “St. Maarten”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Saint Martin”
  • Swahili: “St. Martin”
  • Swedish: “S:t Martin”
  • Swedish: “Saint Martin”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Martin”
  • Swedish: “Sint-Maarten”
  • Swedish: “St Martin”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng San Martin”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираи Сент-Мартин”
  • Tamil: “செயிண்ட் மார்ட்டின்”
  • Tamil: “செயின்ட் மார்ட்டின்”
  • Tamil: “செயின்ட் மார்ட்டீன்”
  • Tatar: “Сен-Мартен”
  • Tatar: “Сент-Мартин”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ మార్టిన్”
  • Thai: “Saint Martin”
  • Thai: “เกาะเซนต์มาร์ติน”
  • Thai: “เซนต์มาร์ติน”
  • Tigrinya: “ሴንት ማርቲን”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Sā Mātini (fakafalanisē)”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Sā Mātini”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Martin”
  • Turkish: “Ermiş Martin”
  • Turkish: “Saint Martin”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Martin”
  • Turkish: “Sint Maarten”
  • Turkmen: “Sen-Marten”
  • Uighur: “ساينت مارتىن”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Святого Мартина”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Святого Мартіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Мартен”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Мартін”
  • Urdu: “Saint Martin”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ مارٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Sen-Marten (orol)”
  • Uzbek: “Sen-Marten”
  • Uzbek: “Sent-Martin”
  • Venetian: “San Martin”
  • Venetian: “Sint Maarten Saint Martin”
  • Vietnamese: “Saint Martin”
  • Vietnamese: “St. Martin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint Martin”
  • Welsh: “Saint Martin”
  • Welsh: “Sant Martin”
  • Western Frisian: “Saint-Martin”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint Marten”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Maarten”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Marten”
  • Wolof: “Saŋ Marteŋ”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣马丁岛 (加勒比海)”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣马丁岛（加勒比海）”
  • Yoruba: “Saint Martin”
  • Yoruba: “St. Martin”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖馬丁島”
  • Zeeuws: “Sint Maerten”
  • Zeeuws: “Sint-Maerten”
  • Zulu: “i-Saint Martin”

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