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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico.The 87-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic (53 km 2 or 20 sq mi) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km 2 or 13 sq mi), but the Dutch part is more populated than the French part.
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] ⓘ) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean region of North America. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of 34 km 2 (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity ...
Philipsburg ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfilɪbzˌbʏr (ə)x]) is the main town and capital of Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The town is on a narrow stretch of land between Great Bay and the Great Salt Pond. It functions as the commercial center of Saint Martin island, whereof Sint Maarten encompasses the ...
English: Map in English of the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten, divided between French and Dutch halves. Note: the shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file. Français : Carte en anglais de l' île de Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten dans les Antilles , divisée en une partie française et une partie néerlandaise.
History. The triangular colonial stone fort was built by the Dutch in 1631 as defense for their colonial outpost and seaport at Sint Maarten. Located near Great Bay and Little Bay, it was captured by the Spanish only two years after it was built. The Spaniards occupied it as a military outpost supported by San Juan, Puerto Rico until the end of ...
University of St. Martin. Coordinates: 18.026699°N 63.043890°W. Seal of the university. The University of St. Martin (USM) is a university in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten founded in 1989. The USM has about 350 part and full-time students, and more than 800 alumni. Its president is currently Dr. Antonio Carmona Baez Dr. Antonio Carmona Baez .
18° 04′ 00″ N, 63° 03′ 30″ W. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap. Description. Saint-Martin Island topographic map-en.svg. English: Topographic map in English of the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten, divided between French and Dutch halves. Note: the shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.
A map of the island of Saint Martin. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Collectivity of Saint Martin : The Collectivity of Saint Martin ( French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. [1]