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Antia Hulandes (former nation/state/empire) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 12 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 12.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 069 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -69.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The Kingdom of the Netherlands dissolved the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. Comprised several islands off the coast of Venezuela and others to the north in Leeward Islands; south islands inhabited by Arawaks, north islands by Caribs when Spanish arrived in late 15th century; in Dutch hands since 17th century; Africans were brought here as slaves; official language is Dutch, though English and Papiamento (a local patois) are widely spoken. |
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| Antia Hulandes (preferred,C,U,Papiamento)
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| Antias Hulandes (C,U)
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| Antille Olandesi (C,U,Italian)
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| Antilles Néerlandaises (C,U,French)
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| Dutch Antilles (C,U,English)
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| Nederlandsch West-Indië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Нідерландські Антильські острови (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| الأنتيل الهولندية (C,U,Arabic)
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| AN (H,O,ISO2L)
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| ANT (H,O,ISO3L)
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| Antilhas Holandesas (H,O)
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| Antillas Holandesas (H,O,O,Spanish)
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| Antillas Neerlandeses (H,O)
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| Antilles holandaise (H,O)
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| Antilles néerlandaises (H,O)
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| Curaçao (H,V)
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| Dutch Antillean (H,V,English,U,A)
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| Dutch West Indies (H,O)
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| ISO530 (H,O,ISO3N)
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| Nederlandse Antillen (H,V,Dutch)
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| Netherlands Antilles (H,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Niederländische Antillen (H,O,German)
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| NT (H,O,FIPS)
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Place Types: |
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| former nation/state/empire (preferred, C) |
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| dependent state (H) |
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Dutch since 17th cen., autonomous in internal affairs since 1954; Aruba seceded in 1986 |
| colony (H) |
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of The Netherlands, until 1954 |
| primary political unit (H) |
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| political entity (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Willemstad .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Curaĉao, Curaçao) [7005673] |
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formerly capital, prior to 2010 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Нідерландські Антильські острови.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 8505032 |
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