Editing Netherlands Antilles (section)

=== Current constitutional grouping ===
[[File:Kingdom of the Netherlands location tree.svg|thumb|300px|Countries and special municipalities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean (blue background)]]

The islands of the former country of the Netherlands Antilles are currently divided in two main groups for political and constitutional purposes:
* those islands that have the status of constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
* those islands that have the status of special municipality of the Netherlands alone, as distinct from the Kingdom in its entirety.

There are also several smaller islands, like [[Klein Curaçao]] and [[Klein Bonaire]], that belong to one of the island countries or special municipalities.

==== Constituent countries ====
There are three Caribbean islands that are [[Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands|countries]] ({{langx|nl|landen}}) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: [[Aruba]], [[Curaçao]], and [[Sint Maarten]]. (The [[Netherlands]] is the fourth constituent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.)

Sint Maarten covers approximately 40% of the island of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]]; the remaining northern part of the island – the ''[[Collectivity of Saint Martin]]'' – is an overseas territory of [[France]].

==== Special municipalities ====
There are three Caribbean islands that are [[public body (Netherlands)|special municipalities]] of the [[Netherlands]] alone: [[Bonaire]], [[Sint Eustatius]], and [[Saba (island)|Saba]]. Collectively, these [[Caribbean Netherlands|special municipalities of the Netherlands]] are also known as the [[BES islands]].