Islands of the Netherlands Antilles

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The Netherlands Antilles is divided in five administrative divisions, the Island Areas (Eilandgebieden)

• Bonaire, including an islet called Klein Bonaire ("Little Bonaire")
• Curaçao, including an islet called Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao")
• Saba
• Sint Eustatius
• Sint Maarten, the southern half of the island Saint Martin (the northern half, Saint-Martin, is French and part of the overseas department of Guadeloupe).

Other islands include:

• Camia
• Cow and Calf
• Green Island
• Guana Cay
• Hen and Chicken
• Isla Makuka
• Kadoesji
• Little Island
• Little Key
• Mal Aborder
• Meeuwtje
• Mollibeday Rots
• Mona Island
• Pelican Island
• Penso
• Rancho
• Sapate Eliand
• Willemberg

Aruba was previously a member of the Netherlands Antilles, but it seceded in 1986 to become a self-governing state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.