Sint Maarten
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Sint Maarten is a Caribbean island country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It occupies the southern portion of the island of Saint Martin and serves as an important location in the region's geography and geopolitics due to its ties to the Netherlands.
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Sint Maarten ( Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] ; Spanish: San Martín, French: Saint-Martin) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. With a population of 58,477 as of June 2023 on an area of 34 km (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.
Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island Territory of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Eilandgebied Sint Maarten), and was one of six (and from 1986 onwards, five) island territories (eilandgebieden) that constituted the Netherlands Antilles. Sint Maarten has the status of an EU overseas country; it is not part of the European Union, but is a member of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association.
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