Hosta

The island territories of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: eilandgebieden) were the top-level administrative subdivisions of the Netherlands Antilles. The government of each island territory consisted of three major parts:^[1]

• The island council (eilandsraad) – the local parliament, elected every four years.
• The executive council (bestuurscollege) – the executive board of the island territory, comparable to the Dutch provincial executive and municipal executive.
• The lieutenant governor (gezaghebber) – chair of the island council and executive council, appointed by the Crown for a six-year term.

List of island territories

Flag	Timespan			Capital	Area
	1951–1982	1983–1985	1986–2010
	Aruba		Status aparte since 1986	Oranjestad	180 km2 (69 sq mi)
	Bonaire			Kralendijk	294 km2 (114 sq mi)
	Curaçao			Willemstad	444 km2 (171 sq mi)
	Windward Islands	Saba		The Bottom	13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
		Sint Eustatius		Oranjestad	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
		Sint Maarten		Philipsburg	34 km2 (13 sq mi)

See also

• Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles
• Caribbean Netherlands
• Dutch Caribbean

References