Capital:Willemstad
Population:219,958
Area:960 sq km
Climate:tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
Languages:Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8%
Currency:Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
Government:parliamentary
Religions:Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4.9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, Methodist 2.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, other Christian 4.2%, Jewish 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.2%, none 5.2%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
