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Netherlands. 2022 ‘One Kingdom – Four Countries.’ One Kingdom – Four Countries: The Netherlands, pp. 1-4. Amsterdam: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 15 September

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of four autonomous countries: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten. The latter three are located in the Caribbean. The country of the Netherlands consists of a territory in Europe and the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius in the Caribbean. The Kingdom of the Netherlands therefore has a European part and a Caribbean part.

Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten are not overseas dependencies of the Netherlands, but instead autonomous partners within the Kingdom, alongside the country of the Netherlands. Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius have the status of public bodies (within the meaning of the Dutch Constitution). In broad terms, their position is similar to that of Dutch municipalities, with adjustments for their size, distance from the European part of Netherlands and geographic location in the Caribbean region.

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