The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Netherlands Antilles: Netherlands Antilles – former autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, in the Leeward Islands southeast of the Virgin Islands.
Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on 10 October 2010,[1] resulting in two new constituent countries, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as special municipalities.
[2] Demographics of the Netherlands Antilles Politics of the Netherlands Antilles Government of the Netherlands Antilles The government of the Netherlands Antilles was a member of:[3] Military of the Netherlands Antilles Local government in the Netherlands Antilles History of the Netherlands Antilles Culture of the Netherlands Antilles Sports in the Netherlands Antilles Economy of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Wikimedia Atlas of Netherlands Antilles ^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana.