Caribbean Netherlands
Region: North America • ISO Code: BQ / BES
Basic Information
Phone Code
+599
Country Code
BQ / BES
Region
North America
Timezone
America/Kralendijk
Economic & Demographic Information
Currency
United States Dollar $
Population
27,148
Capital
Kralendijk (Bonaire), Oranjestad (Sint Eustatius), The Bottom (Saba)
Languages
DutchPapiamentuEnglish
Time Information
Current Time
02/09/2026, 15:35:28 AST
UTC Offset
-04:00
Wikipedia Information
The Caribbean Netherlands is a geographic region of the Netherlands located outside of Europe, in the Caribbean, consisting of three special municipalities. These are the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, as they are also known in legislation, or the BES islands for short. The islands are officially classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas territories of the European Union; as such, European Union law does not automatically apply to them.
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