FACTS

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela

Area (only Total) total: 193 sq km

Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: flat with a few hills; scant vegetation

Population101,541 note: estimate based on a revision of the base population, fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-1999 migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is assumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistent with the 2000 census (July 2008 est.)

Main Language (only first): Papiamento

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital (Name): Oranjestad

Capital (Time Difference):

Independence: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

National holiday: Flag Day, 18 March (1976)