For the island of St. Martin on the whole, see Saint Martin, for the French side, see Saint Martin (France) and for other uses, see Saint Martin (disambiguation).
| Native Name: | Eilandgebied St. Maarten |
| Conventional Long Name: | Island area of Sint Maarten |
| Common Name: | Sint Maarten |
| Image Map2: | Saint martin map.PNG |
| National Motto: | Semper pro grediens (Latin) |
| National Anthem: | O Sweet Saint Martin's Land |
| Official Languages: | Dutch, English, Papiamento |
| Capital: | Philipsburg |
| Latns: | N |
| Latd: | 18 |
| Latm: | 01 |
| Longew: | W |
| Longd: | 63 |
| Longm: | 03 |
| Largest City: | Philipsburg |
| Government Type: | See Politics of the Netherlands Antilles |
| Leader Title1: | Administrator |
| Leader Name1: | Franklyn Richards |
| Area Rank: | _ |
| Area Magnitude: | 1 E7 |
| Area Km2: | 21.07 |
| Area Sq Mi: | 13.1 |
| Percent Water: | Negligible |
| Population Estimate: | 35,000 |
| Population Estimate Rank: | _ |
| Population Estimate Year: | 2006 |
| Population Census: | 33,119 |
| Population Census Year: | 2004 |
| Population Density Km2: | 974 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | ? |
| Population Density Rank: | _ |
| Gdp Ppp: | $ 400 million |
| Gdp Ppp Rank: | _ |
| Gdp Ppp Year: | 2003 |
| Gdp Ppp Per Capita: | $ 11,400 (2003 est.) |
| Gdp Ppp Per Capita Rank: | _ |
| Sovereignty Type: | constitutional monarchy |
| Sovereignty Note: | part of the Netherlands Antilles |
| Hdi: | n/a |
| Hdi Rank: | n/a |
| Hdi Year: | 2003 |
| Hdi Category: | unranked> |
| Currency: | Netherlands Antillean guilder |
| Currency Code: | ANG |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Cctld: | .an |
| Calling Code: | 599 |
The island area of Sint Maarten (Dutch; Flemish: Eilandgebied Sint Maarten) is one of five island areas (Eilandgebieden) of the Netherlands Antilles, encompassing the southern half of the island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. At the 2001 Netherlands Antilles census, the population of the Eilandgebied was 30,594, for a population density of 900 inhabitants per km².
Sint Maarten borders the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin, which occupies the northern half of the island.
Simpsonbay, Madame Estate, Cul-de-sac, Duch Quarter, Cole Bay, Oyster pond, Reward, Saint-Peters, Ebernezer Estate Pointe-Blanche, Middle Region, Cay hill, Upper Prince's Quarter and Lower Prince's Quarter.
Sint Maarten is an "island area" (eilandgebied in Dutch), a component of the Netherlands Antilles comparable to a municipality. The Netherlands Antilles are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands though not in the European Union. Its currency is the Antillean guilder (however, the United States dollar is widely accepted). A planned restructuring of the Netherlands Antilles on December 15, 2008 will see Sint Maarten become a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands (like Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles are now). This dissolution is still planned, but has been postponed to an indefinite future date.[1]
The island area of Sint Maarten is ruled by an island council, an executive council, and an administrator (gezaghebber in Dutch) appointed by the Dutch Crown.