Sint Eustatius, also known
affectionately to the locals as Statia
or Statius,
is a Caribbean island
and a special
municipality (officially
“public body”) of the Netherlands.
The island lies
in the northern Leeward
Islands portion
of the West
Indies, southeast of the Virgin Islands. Sint Eustatius is
immediately to the northwest of Saint Kitts, and to the southeast of Saba.
The regional capital is Oranjestad.
The island has
an area of 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi). In the 2001 census,
the population was recorded as 3,543 inhabitants, with a population density of
169 inhabitants per square kilometre. The official language is Dutch but
English is the "language of everyday life" on the island and
education is solely in English. A
local English-based creole is
also spoken informally. Travellers to the island by air arrive through F.D.
Roosevelt Airport.
Formerly part of
the Netherlands Antilles, Sint Eustatius became
a special municipality within The Netherlands on 10 October 2010.
The name of the
island, “Sint Eustatius”, is the Dutch name for Saint
Eustace (also
spelled Eustachius or Eustathius), a legendary Christian martyr, known in
Spanish as San
Eustaquio and
in Portuguese as Santo
Eustáquio or Santo
Eustácio.
The other stamps on the FDCs
has St Maarten printed on them. Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It encompasses
the southern 40% of the Caribbean island of Saint
Martin, while the northern 60% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin.
Its capital is Philipsburg.
It has a population of 37,000 on an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi).
Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the
Island Territory of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Eilandgebied
Sint Maarten), and was one of five island territories (eilandgebieden) that
constituted the Netherlands
Antilles.
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