St Maarten
Grand Case
The Island Territory of Sint Maarten (Dutch: 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[2], 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.
- Philipsburg with 1,228 inhabitants
- Lower Prince's Quarter with 8,123 inhabitants
- Cul de Sac with 7,880 inhabitants
- Cole Bay with 6,046 inhabitants
- Upper Prince's Quarter with 4,020 inhabitants
- Little Bay (Fort Amsterdam) with 2,176 inhabitants
- Simpson Bay with 736 inhabitants
- Lowlands with 232 inhabitants
Simpsonbay, Madame Estate, Cul-de-sac, Dutch Quarter, Cole Bay, Oyster pond, South Reward, Saint-Peters, Ebernezer Estate Pointe-Blanche, Middle Region, Cay hill, Upper Prince's Quarter, Union Farm Est. and Lower Prince's Quarter.
Popular Tourist Destinations
- Border Monument in honor of the 1648 Treaty of Concordia.
- The Philipsburg Historical foundation museum.
- The Heineken airline Jet-Bar/Restaurant (aka Air LekkerBeck) (at Philipsburg).
- Fantastic jumbo jets low landings (at Maho Beach).
- The zoo park with animals from the Caribbean area (on Madame estate Pondfill).
- Fort Amsterdam and Fort Willems (at Philipsburg)
- Sightseeing on Dawn Beach road.
- Emilio Wilson Historical Park (Cul-de-sac)
- Butterfly Farm
- Hiking to Pic Paradise
- The Courthouse on Frontstreet
- The newly renovated Boardwalk spanning the beachfront on Frontstreet,Philipsburg
From Wikipedia & Wikitravel
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