Editing Netherlands Antilles (section)

=== Constitutional grouping at time of dissolution ===
The [[Island Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles|Island Regulation]] had divided the Netherlands Antilles into four [[Island territories of the Netherlands Antilles|island territories]]: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao ([[ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)|ABC]]), and the islands in the Leeward Islands. In 1983, the island territory of the Leeward was split up to form the new island territories of Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius ([[SSS islands|SSS]]). In 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles, reducing the number of island territories to five. After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous countries within the Kingdom and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba ([[BES islands|BES]]) became special municipalities of the Netherlands.