Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba

The Netherlands Antilles, founded in the 1600’s, were a collection of Dutch territories made up of six islands: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, (northern) Sint Eustatius, Saba, and Sint Maarten (southern). Aruba seceded from the Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, independent Dutch territory. In 2010, the Netherlands and the islands dissolved the Antilles, although none of the five islands chose total independence. Curacao and Sint Maarten became autonomous countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba retained closer ties to the government as central municipalities. Three-fourths of all inhabitants live on Curacao, but Sint Maarten has the highest population density. The ethnicity of the citizens is mainly black, with a small white minority. The biggest city among the islands is Willemstad, Curacao.¹ The main languages vary between islands—citizens on Bonaire speak a local dialect called Papiamento, people on Saba and Sint Eustatius speak English, and Dutch is primarily spoke on Curacao and Sint Maarten.^{2 1 https://www.britannica.com/place/Netherlands-Antilles
2 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nl.html}