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Saint Martin facts
  • Name:
    St. Martin:
     is an overseas collectivity of France 
    Sint Maarten: is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 
  • Capital Cities:
    St. Martin: Marigot 
    Sint Maarten: Philipsburg
  • Population (entire island): 75,912 (2010 est.)
  • World Populations (all countries)
  • Currency:
    St. Martin:
     Euro 
    Sint Maarten: Netherlands Antilles guilder 
    Note: U.S, Dollar widely accepted 
    (conversion rates)

    euro
    Twenty Euros

    netherlands antilles florin
    100 Netherlands Antillean Guilders
  • Ethnicity: creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia), white, East Indian
  • GDP total:
    St. Martin:  unknown
    Sint Maarten: $794.7 million (2010 est.)
  • GDP per capita:
    St. Martin:  unknown
    Sint Maarten: $15,400 (2010 est.)
  • Land Sizes
  • Language:
    St. Martin:
     French, English 
    Sint Maarten: Dutch, English
  • Largest Cities: (by population)
    St. Martin: Marigot 
    Sint Maarten: Cul de Sac, Philipsburg 
  • Name: Christopher Columbus (on his second voyage to the New World) spotted the island in 1493, on the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours
  • National Day:
    St. Martin:
     July 14 
    Sint Maarten: April 30 
  • Religion:
    St. Martin:
     Catholic 
    Sint Maarten: Catholic, Protestant, others 
  • Symbols

philipsburg
Marina boats, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
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st. martin carnival
A St. Martin street carnival
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