Netherlands Antilles - Revision history

Pbacsich at 09:09, 12 August 2011

2011-08-12T09:09:42Z

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Pbacsich: NB collations adjusted to " for "Former country"

2011-08-12T09:09:02Z

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Pbacsich: update to reflect dissolution of Netherlands Antilles

2011-08-11T14:06:29Z

update to reflect dissolution of Netherlands Antilles

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	The ''Netherlands Antilles'' (Dutch: '''Nederlandse Antillen'''), previously known as the '''Netherlands West Indies''' - or '''Dutch Antilles''' or '''Dutch West Indies''' - ~~is part of the Lesser Antilles and~~ consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. The ~~islands~~ form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the [[Netherlands]].		The ''Netherlands Antilles'' (Dutch: '''Nederlandse Antillen'''), previously known as the '''Netherlands West Indies''' - or '''Dutch Antilles''' or '''Dutch West Indies''' - consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea in the Lesser Antilles: [[Curaçao]] and [[Bonaire]], just off the Venezuelan coast, and [[Sint Eustatius]], [[Saba]] and [[Sint Maarten]], located southeast of the [[Virgin Islands]].

			The Netherlands Antilles used to form an autonomous part of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. However, in 2010 the territory was split up: [[Curaçao]] and [[Sint Maarten]] became autonomous countries within the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] and [[Bonaire]], [[Sint Eustatius]] and [[Saba]] became special municipalities of the [[Netherlands]].

			''Thus the Netherlands now is a Caribbean country! (in part)''

			Despite the entity having split up, it is still sometimes convenient to group the islands together.


			== Details ==

	The population is 183,000.		The population is 183,000.
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	The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on December 15, 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date. As of December 15, 2008, legislation to amend the charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to define the new status of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius was still being reviewed.		The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on December 15, 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date. As of December 15, 2008, legislation to amend the charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to define the new status of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius was still being reviewed.

	~~The latest information is that the dissolution will~~ happen in October 2010 ~~when up to~~ five new ~~mini-countries will be~~ formed with two distinct relationships to the Netherlands - for details (which are complex) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles		This in fact did not happen until October 2010 five new entities were formed with two distinct relationships to the Netherlands - for details (which are complex) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles


	== e-learning ==		== e-learning ==

			There seem to be a number of developments in ICT with the Ministry of Education.

	~~There seem to be~~ a ~~number~~ of ~~developments~~ in ~~ICT with the Ministry~~ of ~~Education~~.		The country has a national university, the '''University of Netherlands Antilles''', with a web site at http://www.una.an with material in English as well as Dutch. This (in summer 2011) seems fully operational. There is a good description of its activities at http://www.una.an/en/overuna/overuna.asp - including material on its approach to quality.

	The country has a national university, the '''University of Netherlands Antilles''', with a web site at http://www.una.an with material in English as well as Dutch, and has a good description of its activities at http://www.una.an/en/overuna/overuna.asp - including material on its approach to quality. UNA also runs the Blackboard e-learning system - see http://blackboard.una.an		UNA also runs the Blackboard e-learning system - see http://blackboard.una.an


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	[[Category:Caribbean]]		[[Category:Caribbean\|!Netherlands Antilles]]
	[[Category:Dutch-speaking countries]]		[[Category:Dutch-speaking countries\|!Netherlands Antilles]]

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Pbacsich: added latest info on dissolution

2010-02-09T15:32:28Z

added latest info on dissolution

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	The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, international commerce and shipping and petroleum.		The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, international commerce and shipping and petroleum.

	The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on December 15, 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date. As of December 15, 2008, legislation to amend the charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to define the new status of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius was still being reviewed.		The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on December 15, 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date. As of December 15, 2008, legislation to amend the charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to define the new status of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius was still being reviewed.

			The latest information is that the dissolution will happen in October 2010 when up to five new mini-countries will be formed with two distinct relationships to the Netherlands - for details (which are complex) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles

Pbacsich: added cat Netherlands - realm

2010-02-09T15:27:02Z

added cat Netherlands - realm

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Pbacsich: added material on e-learning at UNA - and cat cis

2009-08-26T08:25:04Z

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-The ''Netherlands Antilles'' (Dutch:  '''Nederlandse Antillen'''), previously known as the '''Netherlands West Indies''' - or '''Dutch Antilles''' or '''Dutch West Indies''' - is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. The islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the [[Netherlands]]. The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, international commerce and shipping and petroleum.
+The ''Netherlands Antilles'' (Dutch:  '''Nederlandse Antillen'''), previously known as the '''Netherlands West Indies''' - or '''Dutch Antilles''' or '''Dutch West Indies''' - is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. The islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the [[Netherlands]].
-The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on December 15, 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,[6] but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date. As of December 15, 2008, legislation to amend the charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to define the new status of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius was still being reviewed.
+The population is 183,000.
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Pbacsich: added cat Dutch-speaking countries - and some initial info

2009-04-27T16:54:08Z

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			The ''Netherlands Antilles'' (Dutch: '''Nederlandse Antillen'''), previously known as the '''Netherlands West Indies''' - or '''Dutch Antilles''' or '''Dutch West Indies''' - is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. The islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the [[Netherlands]]. The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, international commerce and shipping and petroleum.

			The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on December 15, 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,[6] but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date. As of December 15, 2008, legislation to amend the charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to define the new status of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius was still being reviewed.


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Pbacsich: New page: > Countries Category:Caribbean

2008-01-11T16:38:33Z

New page: > Countries Category:Caribbean

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