Caribbean Netherlandsball (sometimes referred to as BES Islandsball, acronym of the three islands that constitute it) is the union of the three islands of Bonaireball,
Sint Eustatiusball and
Sababall. It is an overseas region of the
Netherlandsball located in the Caribbean Sea.
History
After the new establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlandsball in 1815, the Dutch West Indies island colonies were reorganized into
Curaçao and Dependenciesball and
Sint Eustatius and Dependenciesball. The former assimilated the latter in 1828 and then became the
Netherlands Antillesball in 1954, being composed of
Arubaball (who became a more autonomous constituent countryball in 1986),
Bonaireball,
Curacaoball,
Sababall,
Sint Eustatiusball and
Sint Maartenball.
Caribbean Netherlandsball was formed
after the dissolution of the
Netherlands Antillesball following the gained autonomy of
Curacaoball and
Sint Maartenball. Now only including
Bonaireball,
Sint Eustatiusball and
Sababall.
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