ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)

ABC islands
*ABC-Eilanden* (Dutch)
*Islanan ABC* (Papiamento)
ABC islands ABC-Eilanden (Dutch); Islanan ABC (Papiamento);
	Location of ABC islands (Leeward Antilles) (dark green)
Capitals	3 capitals Oranjestad ; Kralendijk ; Willemstad ;
Languages	3 languages Dutch; English; Papiamento ;
Islands	Countries/territory 2 constituent countries ; Aruba; Curaçao ; 1 Special municipality ; Bonaire;
Area
• Total	912 km2 (352 sq mi)
Population
• 2014 estimate	275,650
• Density	298/km2 (771.8/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$15.977 billion
• Per capita	$47,683
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$18.852 billion
• Per capita	$47,113
HDI	0.833; very high
Currency	3 currencies Aruban florin ; United States dollar ; Netherlands Antillean guilder ;

12.27°N 69.08°W / 12.27; -69.08

The ABC islands is the physical group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. These have a shared political history and a status of Dutch underlying ownership, since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ceded them back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Curaçao and Dependencies from 1815. They are a short distance north of the Falcón State, Venezuela. Aruba and Curaçao are autonomous, self governing constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands. Territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the countries, and its special municipalities, are outside the European Union; citizens have Dutch nationality and the former colonial power benefits from preferential trade, mineral and natural resource rights, particularly offshore.

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