Saba

Saba
Special municipality of the Netherlands
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  "Remis Velisque" (Latin) "With oars and sails" (English)
Anthem: "Saba you rise from the ocean"
Location of  Saba  (circled in red) in the Caribbean
Map showing location of Saba relative to Sint Eustatius and Saint Martin.
Coordinates: 17°37′57″N 63°14′15″W / 17.63250°N 63.23750°W / 17.63250; -63.23750
Country	Netherlands
Overseas region	Caribbean Netherlands
Incorporated into the Netherlands	10 October 2010 (dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
Capital (and largest city)	The Bottom
Government  (see Politics of the Netherlands)
• Lt. Governor	Jonathan Johnson
Area [1]
• Total	13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2022)[2]
• Total	1,911
• Density	148/km2 (380/sq mi)
Demonym	Saban
Languages
• Official	Dutch
• Recognised regional	English[3]
Ethnicity
• Saban	26.6 %
• Sint Maarten	15.7 %
• American	10.0 %
• other	47.7 %
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Calling code	+599-4
ISO 3166 code	BQ-SA, NL-BQ2
Currency	United States dollar ($) (USD)
Internet TLD	.nl .bq[a]

Saba (spoken as "Sah-ba") is the smallest island of the Caribbean Netherlands and the former Netherlands Antilles. It is a special municipality (public body) of the Netherlands. It lies at 17°38′N 63°14′W / 17.633°N 63.233°W / 17.633; -63.233. It is mostly made up of Mount Scenery (877 m), the highest point of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Scenery is a dormant volcano.

Saba has a land area of 13 km² (5 sq. miles). At the 2001 Netherlands Antilles census, 1,349 people lived there. In 2004, about 1,424 people lived there.

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  Hawksbill Turtle
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  Saba's airport
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Media related to Saba at Wikimedia Commons

• Saba's Tourist Bureau homepage
• Saba Conservation Foundation's homepage
• Saba Ferry Dawn II
• Saba (N.A.): Bos en nationale parken. 54pp. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Saba University School of Medicine

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