The Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Kingdom of the Netherlands · Countries: Netherlands · Aruba · Curaçao · Sint Maarten

Provinces: North Brabant · Gelderland · South Holland · North Holland · Zeeland · Utrecht · Fryslân · Overijssel · Groningen · Drenthe · Limburg · Flevoland

Caribbean public bodies: Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba

V・T・E The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Europe link=https://wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ItemByTitle/enwiki/The Kingdom of the Netherlands

latitude: 35.42, longitude: -31.52

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state in Europe at latitude 35°25′12.00″ North, longitude 31°31′12.00″ West. Since 1954 the Kingdom is an association of multiple countries. The current four countries in the Kingdom are The Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten, located in Europe and the Caribbean.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

The SSS islands

The ABC islands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

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Administrative divisions

See also: Administrative divisions of the Netherlands

Kingdom	Country	Country per continent
boundary=administrative		boundary=legal
admin_level=2	admin_level=3	place=region
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ISO3166-1:alpha2=NL operator=Koninkrijk der Nederlanden	Nederland Nederland No ISO 3166 codes operator=Staat der Nederlanden	Europees Nederland Europees Nederland No ISO 3166 codes operator=Staat der Nederlanden
		Caribisch Nederland Caribisch Nederland ISO3166-1:alpha2=BQ operator=Staat der Nederlanden
	Aruba Aruba ISO3166-1:alpha2=AW, ISO3166-2=NL-AW operator=Land Aruba
	Curaçao Curaçao ISO3166-1:alpha2=CW, ISO3166-2=NL-CW operator=Land Curaçao
	Sint Maarten Sint Maarten ISO3166-1:alpha2=SX, ISO3166-2=NL-SX operator=Land Sint Maarten

Geographical divisions

Kingdom	Kingdom per continent	Islands group	Island
boundary=administrative	boundary=*	boundary=place	boundary=administrative
admin_level=2	place=region
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ISO3166-1:alpha2=NL	Europees Nederland Europees Nederland
	Nederlands Caribisch gebied Nederlands Caribisch gebied	ABC-eilanden ABC-eilanden	Aruba Aruba ISO3166-1:alpha2=AW, ISO3166-2=NL-AW
			Bonaire Bonaire ISO3166-2=BQ-BO, ISO3166-2:2=NL-BQ1
			Curaçao Curaçao ISO3166-1:alpha2=CW, ISO3166-2=NL-CW
		SSS-eilanden SSS-eilanden	Sint Maarten Sint Maarten ISO3166-1:alpha2=SX, ISO3166-2=NL-SX
			Saba Saba ISO3166-2=BQ-SA, ISO3166-2:2=NL-BQ2
			Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius ISO3166-2=BQ-SE, ISO3166-2:2=NL-BQ3

Sea areas

Contiguous zones

Contiguous zone per sea area	Contiguous zone per decree/law
boundary=maritime border_type=contiguous
admin_level=3	admin_level=2
Nederland (aansluitende zone) Nederland (aansluitende zone) operator=Staat der Nederlanden	Aansluitende zone van het Koninkrijk Aansluitende zone van het Koninkrijk operator=Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Aruba (aansluitende zone) Aruba (aansluitende zone) operator=Land Aruba
Curaçao (aansluitende zone) Curaçao (aansluitende zone) operator=Land Curaçao
Sint Maarten (aansluitende zone) Sint Maarten (aansluitende zone) operator=Land Sint Maarten

Exclusive economic zones

EEZ per sea area	EEZ per decree	EEZ per law
boundary=maritime border_type=eez
admin_level=3		admin_level=2
Nederlandse exclusieve economische zone Nederlandse exclusieve economische zone operator=Staat der Nederlanden		Exclusieve economische zone van het Koninkrijk Exclusieve economische zone van het Koninkrijk operator=Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Exclusieve economische zone rond Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba Exclusieve economische zone rond Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba operator=Staat der Nederlanden	Caribische exclusieve economische zone Caribische exclusieve economische zone operator=Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Exclusieve economische zone van Aruba Exclusieve economische zone van Aruba operator=Land Aruba
Exclusieve economische zone van Curaçao Exclusieve economische zone van Curaçao operator=Land Curaçao
Exclusieve economische zone van Sint Maarten Exclusieve economische zone van Sint Maarten operator=Land Sint Maarten

International unions

• In the European Union European Union is only the European part of the Netherlands. The Caribbean islands belong to the Overseas countries and territories Overseas countries and territories. Yet all Dutch citizens are EU citizens. At European elections Kieskring 20 (Bonaire) Kieskring 20 (Bonaire) does have polling stations, while Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten need to vote by mail as citizens abroad.
• In the Benelux Unie Benelux Unie is the country of the Nederlands. Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are "other constituent parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands".
• The Dutch Language Union Dutch Language Union is currently "extended" to the entire country of the Netherlands. The application of the Language Union Treaty is currently not "extended" to Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten, even though there are collaborations.