Localisation: Caribbean; Part of the Netherlands Antilles.
Coordonnées géographiques: 12° 9' N, 68° 27' W
Côte: km
Climat: tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
Relief: generally hilly, volcanic interiors
Sommets: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m
Risques naturels: Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October
Monnaie: Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
Population: 133,644
Langues: 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)
Capitale: Willemstad
Découpage administratif: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands