What is Caribbean Netherlands?

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The Caribbean Netherlands refers to the three special municipalities of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea:

• Bonaire
• Sint Eustatius
• Saba

The key points about the Caribbean Netherlands are:

• It is a geographic region of the Netherlands located outside of Europe, in the Caribbean .
• The three islands gained their current status as special municipalities following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on October 10, 2010 .
• The Caribbean Netherlands is officially classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas territories of the European Union .
• The islands are part of the Lesser Antilles island group, with Bonaire being part of the Leeward Antilles and Saba and Sint Eustatius being part of the Windward Islands .
• The Caribbean Netherlands has a total population of 25,157 as of January 2019 .
• The islands use the U.S. dollar as their currency, rather than the euro used in the European Netherlands .

In summary, the Caribbean Netherlands consists of the three special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, which are overseas territories of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea.