Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km east of Puerto Rico. The 87 square kilometres island is divided roughly 61/39 between France (53 square kilometres) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 square kilometres ) ; the two parts are roughly equal in population. It is the smallest sea island divided between two nations with inhabitants. The division dates to 1648. The southern Dutch part comprises Sint Maarten and is one of four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The northern French part comprises the Collectivité de Saint-Martin (Collectivity of St. Martin) and is an overseas collectivity of France.
Haha! a great map card showing the division of Saint Martin from Sint Maarten.
Thank you Tom for sending this great map card! The arrows on the border of the card show
the distance to the neighbouring islands. 153rd country.
Sent: 28 November 2014 Received: 24 December 2014 Travelled: 26 days
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