Sint Maarten
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| Sint Maarten | |
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Motto: "Semper progrediens" (Laitin) "Always progressin" | |
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Anthem: O Sweet Saunt Martin's Laund | |
 Location o Sint Maarten (circled in reid) in the Caribbean (licht yellae) | |
 Sint Maarten is locatit on the soothren hauf o the island o Saunt Martin. | |
| Caipital |
Philipsburg 18°02′N 63°03′W / 18.033°N 63.050°W |
| Lairgest ceety | Lower Prince's Quarter |
| Offeecial leids | |
| Demonym | St. Maartener |
| Sovereign state |
 Kinrick o the Netherlands |
| Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary representative democracy unner constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
• Govrenor | Eugene Holiday |
| William Marlin | |
| Legislatur | Estates o Sint Maarten |
| Autonomy within the Kinrick o the Netherlands | |
• Established | 10 October 2010 (dissolution o the Netherlands Antilles) |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2011 census | 33,609 |
• Density | 1,110/km2 (2,874.9/sq mi) (10t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2003 estimate |
• Total | $400 million |
• Per capita | $11,400 |
| Currency | Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +1 721[2] |
| ISO 3166 code | SX |
| Internet TLD | .sx, .an a |
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt ˈmaːrtə(n)]) is an island kintra in the Caribbean. It is a constituent kintra o the Kinrick o the Netherlands.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Accordin tae Art. 1 para 2. Constitution o Sint Maarten: "The offeecial leids are Dutch an Inglis"
- ↑ Sint Maarten jyned the North American Nummerin Plan on 30 September 2011; it previously shared the kintra code +599 wi Curaçao an the Caribbean Netherlands."PL-423: Updated Information - Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-29. Permissive dialin, allaein the uise o +599, will be in place till 30 September 2012.
- ↑ "Registering .CW Domains". University of Curaçao. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
