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- Special Municipality of the Netherlands
- possession of the Netherlands
- until 2010 part of the Netherlands Antilles
- own name: Sint Eustatius
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Flag of St. Eustatius,
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The flag of St. Eustatius was adoped in the year 2004. It shows the colours red, blue and white, so the colours of the Netherlands Antilles and of the Netherlands. A rhombus in the middle of the flag shows a silhouette of the island in green and a yellow five-pointed star.
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Area: 8 sq.mi.
Inhabitants: 3.193 (2015)
Density of Population: 394 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Oranjestad, 1.000 inh.
official Languages: Dutch, Papiamentu, English
Currency (since 1st of January 2011): 1 US-Dollar (USD, $) = 100 Cent
Currency (to 31st of December 2010): 1 Netherlands Antilles Florin (NAFl.) = 100 Cent
Time Zone: GMT – 4 h
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CIA World Factbook
1493 · discovery by Christopher Columbus
1636 · colonization by the Netherlands
1781 · conquered by British troops in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch Sea War, the island becomes part of the United Kingdom
1781 · conquered by French troops
1784 · the Netherlands regained control of the island
1816 · Dutch ownership of the island is confirmed by contract
1954 · internal autonomy
2006 · referendums for independence fail
2010 · dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, St. Eustatius becomes a "Special Municipality of the Netherlands"
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The name "St. Eustatius" has its roots in the Holy Eustatius.
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