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Country overview: 

Short name	Sint Maarten
ISO code	SX
FIPS code	NN
Language	Dutch (nl)
Time zone	-4
Capital	Philipsburg

 

Sint Maarten was part of the Netherlands Antilles, a colony of the Netherlands, until 2010-10-10. On that date it became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Other names of country: 

1. French: "Saint Martin m (partie f néerlandaise)"
2. Russian: Синт-Маартен
3. Spanish: San Martín m

Origin of name: 

Discovered by Columbus on 1493-11-11, feast day of Saint Martin de Tours

Primary subdivisions: 

Sint Maarten has no known administrative divisions.

Country	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Sint Maarten	SX.SM	36,609	34	13	Philipsburg
Country: This division is the whole of the country, treated as a division for compatibility. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code. Population: 2011-04 estimate.

 

ISO 3166-2 provides two codes for Sint Maarten. Considered as a separate country, its code is SX. Considered as part of the Netherlands, its code is NL-SX.

Territorial extent: 

The country consists of the southern part of an island called Sint Maarten by the Dutch and Saint Martin by the French.

The UN LOCODE page  for Sint Maarten lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Change history: 

2010-10-10: Sint Maarten was split from the former Netherlands Antilles. In its previous status, its HASC code was AN.SM.

Population history:

Date	Population
1895	3,724
1938	2,202
1948	1,697
1957-12-31	1,558
1974-12-31	10,310
1981-02-01	13,156
1990	31,722
2000-10-14	30,594
2011-04	36,609