Saba

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Saba is a small Caribbean island that was once a Dutch West India Company colony and is now a special municipality of the Netherlands known for its rugged volcanic terrain and marine biodiversity.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saba canonical 46
Maurícia 1
Saba island 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
public body of the Netherlands
special municipality
administrativeDivisionOf European Netherlands (as special municipality)
linked to: Netherlands
callingCode +599
capital The Bottom
changeOfStatusDate 10 October 2010
climate tropical
country Netherlands
currency United States dollar
linked to: US dollar
drivingSide right
formerColonyOf Dutch West India Company
Netherlands
formerPoliticalStatus part of Netherlands Antilles
governingBody Island Council of Saba
hasAirport Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport
headOfGovernmentTitle Island Governor
highestPoint Mount Scenery
historicalEra Dutch colonial period
ISOCode BQ1 (context: Caribbean Netherlands)
knownFor Saba Marine Park
marine biodiversity
rugged volcanic terrain
scuba diving
largestSettlement The Bottom
legalSystem Dutch law
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
Leeward Islands
Lesser Antilles
marineEcosystemType coral reefs
seagrass beds
mountainType stratovolcano
nickname The Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean
officialLanguage Dutch
English
partOf Caribbean Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
postalCodeSystem Netherlands postal code system
protectedArea Saba National Marine Park
linked to: Saba Marine Park
regionalOrganization Caribbean Community associate member (via Kingdom of the Netherlands)
religionMajority Christianity
sovereignState Kingdom of the Netherlands
timeZone Atlantic Standard Time
tourismActivity eco-tourism
hiking
transportMode ferry connections to nearby islands
usesElectricalStandard 120V 60Hz (North American standard, common)
volcanicOrigin true

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Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch West India Company operatedInColony Saba
subject linked to: WIC
Mauritsstad alsoKnownAs Maurícia
linked to: Saba
Dutch Caribbean hasPart Saba
Dutch America hasPart Saba
The Bottom locatedIn Saba
The Bottom capitalOf Saba
Mount Scenery locatedIn Saba
Mount Scenery partOf Saba island
linked to: Saba
Mount Scenery island Saba
Island Council of Saba governs special municipality of Saba
linked to: Saba
BES appliesTo Saba
Caribbean Netherlands comprises Saba
subject linked to: BQ
BQ appliesTo Saba