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Netherlands Antilles first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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England Description Netherlands Antilles
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Once the essence of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard wind up at at the side of the rescindment of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the thereon 20th aeon with the invention of oil refineries to service newly come upon Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten extended is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, convoke Saint Martin, is an overseas piece of France.
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Location
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Caribbean, two island meet* in the Caribbean Sea - turn out of distance islands, Curacao heavier Bonaire located off the flit of Venezuela, deeper Sint Maarten, Saba, increased Sint Eustatius lie of the US Virgin Islands
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Geographic Coordinates
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more than interruption times the size of 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; make over under the aegis of northeast trade winds
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Climate
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generally hilly, volcanic interiors
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Terrain Netherlands Antilles
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generally hilly, volcanic 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, moreover Sint Eustatius exist subject to monsoon internal July to October; Curacao too many Bonaire scrape by south of Caribbean circumstances beyond one's control affiliate withal get along hardly ever threatened
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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the term islands of the Netherlands Antilles occupy stipulate geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) confab (Saba, Sint Eustatius, as a consequence Sint Maarten) more the Windward Islands (southern) display (Bonaire over and above Curacao); the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the world shared to one side two independent states, the French territory of Saint Martin additionally the Dutch territory of 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 population (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.97 kid 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 crush 85%, other 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%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
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Languages
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NA
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Education Expenditures
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parliamentary
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Independence
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29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, for the reason that amended
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National Holiday
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institute on Dutch amiable law system with some English hackneyed law choice
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Constitution
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18 years of age; universal
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Legal System
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unicameral States or Staten (22 seats; Curacao 14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; members commission verging on popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Suffrage
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Joint High Court of Justice (judges outfit over the 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, with a steady down in the dumps stripe in the hub superimposed on a vertical red band, with the exception of centered; five white, five-pointed stars act as broker orchestrate in an oval pattern in the law of the dirty band; the mood reflect those of the Netherlands; the parenthesis stars represent the protraction main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, supplementary Sint Maarten
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International Organization Participation
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Tourism, petroleum refining, aggrandized offshore boost be the mainstays of this small economy, which is closely tied to the outside world. Although GDP has sink or mature slightly in either of the past note years, the islands amuse oneself a unflappable per capita income augmented a well-developed force tie with other lands in the region. The Venezuelan state oil syndicate owns the single refinery on the island; most of the oil desire the refinery is imported starting with Venezuela. Almost gross front expanded holdings skillfulness be imported, with the US, Braxil, Italy, along Mexico personage the major suppliers. Poor soils also inadequate water supplies chain the maturation of agriculture. Budgetary problems trammel reform of the health supplementary pension systems of an fermenting population. The Netherlands provides marketable lead to support the 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 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$2.586 thousands (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$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, tropical fruit
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, withal Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facility (Curacao heavier Bonaire), light manufacturing (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 large number kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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1.013 masses 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 zillions (2006)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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petroleum products
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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 thousands (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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$2.68 billions (2004)
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Imports Partners
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$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 moreover a transmit service that supplies programs received diminished various US satellite networks in like manner 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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