Saba
Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially “public body”) of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the potentially active volcano Mount Scenery, which at 887 metres (2,910 ft) is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands. The island lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, southeast of the Virgin Islands. Saba has a land area of 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi). As of January 2013, the population was 1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre (390/sq mi). Its towns and major settlements are The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell's Gate and St. Johns.
Geography[edit | edit source]
Saba is situated in the Caribbean Sea and is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands. The island is largely made up of the potentially active volcano, Mount Scenery, which is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands. Saba lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, southeast of the Virgin Islands. The island has a land area of 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi).
Population[edit | edit source]
As of January 2013, the population of Saba was 1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre (390/sq mi). The towns and major settlements on the island include The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell's Gate and St. Johns.
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