Travel Alert Status
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Time Difference
UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
Tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
Travel Currency
1.79
Language Spoken
Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4%
Languages
Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish
Ethnic Groups
Dutch 78.7%, Colombian 6.6%, Venezuelan 5.5%, Dominican 2.8%, Haitian 1.3%, other 5.1%
National Holiday
National Anthem and Flag Day, 18 March (1976)
Geographic Coordinates
12 30 N, 69 58 W
Location
The Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela
Airports
1