Island territories of the Netherlands Antilles

Island territories of the
Netherlands Antilles
  • Also known as:
  • Eilandgebieden (Dutch)
LocationNetherlands Antilles
Created
  • 3 March 1951
Abolished
  • 10 October 2010
Number
  • 1951–1982: 4 island territories
  • 1983–1985: 6 island territories
  • 1986–2010: 5 island territories
AreasMinimum: Saba, 13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Maximum: Curaçao, 444 km2 (171 sq mi)
Government
Subdivisions

The island territories of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: eilandgebieden) were the top-level administrative subdivisions of the Netherlands Antilles. The government of each island territory consisted of three major parts:[1]

  1. ^ Helsdingen, W. H. van (1951). "De zelfstandigheid der eilandgebieden in de Nederlandse Antillen" [The autonomy of the island territories in the Netherlands Antilles]. De West-Indische Gids. 32: 193–205. ISSN 0372-7289. JSTOR 41848884. Retrieved 12 March 2021.