Saba, Netherlands
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Published Date: 28 February 2025
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Saba, Netherlands
Distance from Saba to Netherlands: 6,986 Km (Straight line distance Capital-to-Capital in Km, Map Developers)
Saba has been a Colony of the Netherlands since the 1640s when the Dutch West India Company tried to start its trade activity in Saba, but pirates hinder the Dutch settlement in Saba has became permanently only in the start of the 19th century due to pirates assaults. Saba was part of the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 until 2010 when it was dissolved. Following that, in 2011, Saba started to use the US Dollar as its formal currency instead of the Euro like in the Netherlands. Currently, Saba has the status of a special municipality of the Netherlands namely, Saba has an elected local parliament, the Island Council, but does not have an elected Premier, and instead, Saba runs by a Governor that appointed by Netherlands, which acted as the head of the Central Committee and the Island Council.
Governor of Saba: Jonathan Johnson (since July 2008)
Public Entity Saba https://www.youtube.com/@publicentitysaba
Public Entity Saba - Website https://www.sabagov.nl/
Population
Source: Statista
Immigration Source: https://longreads.cbs.nl/ticn2021/saba/
One of the Prominent Religious Sites
Zion's Hill, Saba
Key Figures of the Territory, Global Position, Alliances, and 2024 Global Survival Rank (GSR)
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Key Figures of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
Source: Statista
Profile
Saba - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Saba-island-West-Indies
Saba - World Atlas https://www.worldatlas.com/islands/saba.html
The Latest Meeting of Saba Island Council and Saba Central Committee
Research Papers and Research Books
The geology, petrology, and petrogenesis of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles Defant, M. J., Sherman, S., Maury, R. C., Bellon, H., De Boer, J., Davidson, J., & Kepezhinskas, P. (2001). The geology, petrology, and petrogenesis of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 107(1-3), 87-111.
Geomechanical analysis of volcanic rock on the island of Saba (Netherlands Antilles) Rijkers, R., & Hack, R. (2000, November). Geomechanical analysis of volcanic rock on the island of Saba (Netherlands Antilles). In ISRM International Symposium (pp. ISRM-IS). ISRM.
Should the Coastal/Inland Model of the Caribbean Island Environment be Re-examined? Case in Point: The Isle of Saba (Netherlands Antilles) Saffache, P., & Pélis, Y. (2006). Should the Coastal/Inland Model of the Caribbean Island Environment be Re-examined? Case in Point: The Isle of Saba (Netherlands Antilles). Études caribéennes, (5).
Local lives, global stage: Diasporic experiences and changing family formation practices on the Caribbean island of Saba, Netherlands Antilles Sullivan, A. E. (2006). Local lives, global stage: Diasporic experiences and changing family formation practices on the Caribbean island of Saba, Netherlands Antilles. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Health effects of modernization: Hypertension and obesity on a rapidly modernizing Caribbean Island (Saba, Netherlands Antilles) Soloway, L. E. (2007). Health effects of modernization: Hypertension and obesity on a rapidly modernizing Caribbean Island (Saba, Netherlands Antilles). State University of New York at Binghamton.
Temperature monitoring of the hot spring opposite Green Island on Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen, E., Sleeman, R., & Evers, L. (2019, January). Temperature monitoring of the hot spring opposite Green Island on Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. In Geophysical Research Abstracts (Vol. 21).
The Value of Local Dictionaries in the Caribbean: The Example of Saba Myrick, C. (2019). The Value of Local Dictionaries in the Caribbean: The Example of Saba. Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America, 40(1), 139-164.
The impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria on the forest ecosystems of Saba and St. Eustatius, northern Caribbean Eppinga, M. B., & Pucko, C. A. (2018). The impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria on the forest ecosystems of Saba and St. Eustatius, northern Caribbean. Biotropica, 50(5), 723-728.
Unforeseen importance of historical collections as baselines to determine biotic change of coral reefs: the Saba Bank case Hoeksema, B. W., van der Land, J., van der Meij, S. E., van Ofwegen, L. P., Reijnen, B. T., van Soest, R. W., & de Voogd, N. J. (2011). Unforeseen importance of historical collections as baselines to determine biotic change of coral reefs: the Saba Bank case. Marine Ecology, 32(2), 135-141.
Water quality, its environmental drivers, and its effects on the benthic community of coral reefs on Saba Ham, J. P., Dogruer, G., & Meesters, H. W. G. (2023). Water quality, its environmental drivers, and its effects on the benthic community of coral reefs on Saba. Wageningen Marine Research.
Historical Background and Historical Perspective
White settlement in Saba Island, Dutch West Indies Price, A. G. (1934). White settlement in Saba Island, Dutch West Indies. Geographical Review, 24(1), 42-60.
SABA, The Island of Westmorland, P. T. (1924). SABA, The Island of. The RUSI Journal, 69, 764.
The Island of Lace: Drawn Threadwork on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean Eliason, E. A. (2019). The Island of Lace: Drawn Threadwork on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. Univ. Press of Mississippi.
Cist graves on Saba: funerary traditions in the colonial Caribbean Espersen, R., & Haviser, J. (2019). Cist graves on Saba: funerary traditions in the colonial Caribbean. antiquity, 93(371), 1322-1338.
Differences in intergenerational fertility associations by sex and race in Saba, Dutch Caribbean, 1876–2004 Jennings, J. A., & Leslie, P. W. (2013). Differences in intergenerational fertility associations by sex and race in Saba, Dutch Caribbean, 1876–2004. The History of the Family, 18(2), 135-153.
From hell's gate to the promised land: perspectives on poverty in Saba, Dutch Caribbean, 1780 to the mid-twentieth century Espersen, R. (2018). From hell’s gate to the promised land: perspectives on poverty in Saba, Dutch Caribbean, 1780 to the mid-twentieth century. Historical Archaeology, 52(4), 773-797.
The Last Days of Piracy. Will Johnson. (2013). The Saba Islander.
National Bird
Audubon's Shearwater
