Outline of the Collectivity of Saint Martin

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The Collectivity of Saint Martin (French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.^[1] It came into being on February 22, 2007, encompassing the northern parts of the island of Saint Martin and neighbouring islets, the largest of which is Île Tintamarre. The southern part of the island, Sint Maarten, is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

General reference

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Saint Martin
Official English country name: The French Overseas Collectivity of Saint Martin
Common endonym: Saint-Martin
Official endonym: Collectivité de Saint-Martin
Adjectival(s): Saint-Martinoise
Demonym(s): Saint-Martinoise
ISO country codes: MF, MAF, 663
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MF
Internet country code top-level domain: .mf

Geography of Saint Martin

Saint Martin is: an island, and an overseas collectivity of France
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  - North America (though not on the mainland)
- Atlantic Ocean
  - North Atlantic
    - Caribbean
      - Antilles
        Lesser Antilles
        Leeward Islands
        French West Indies
        Saint Martin Island (which it shares with the Netherlands Antilles)
- Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
- Extreme points of Saint Martin
  - High: Pic Paradis 424 m (1,391 ft)
  - Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: Netherlands Antilles 15 km
- Coastline: Caribbean Sea
Population of Saint Martin:
Area of Saint Martin:
Atlas of Saint Martin

Natural geographical features of Saint Martin

Anguilla Channel
Islands of Saint Martin (France):
- Northern portion of the island of Saint Martin
- Caye Verte
- Crowl Rock
- Grand Îlet
- Île Tintamarre
- Petite Clef
- Pinel
- Rocher de l’Anse Marcel
Rivers of Saint Martin
Simpson Bay Lagoon

Government and politics of Saint Martin

Politics of the Collectivity of Saint Martin

Form of government:
Head of state: President of France
Head of government: President of the Territorial Council, Frantz Gumbs
Cabinet of Saint Martin: The Territorial Council of the Collectivity of Saint Martin
Capital of Saint Martin: Marigot
Political parties in the Collectivity of Saint Martin
Elections:
- 2007 Saint Martin Territorial Council election

International organization membership

The Collectivity of Saint Martin is a member of:^[1]

Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

History of Saint Martin

Culture of Saint Martin

French America
Language in Saint Martin
- French
- Virgin Islands Creole
National symbols of Saint Martin
Scouting and Guiding in Guadeloupe and Saint Martin
Sport in Saint Martin
- Football in Saint Martin
- Rugby union in Saint Martin
World Heritage Sites in Saint Martin: None

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Martin

Currency of Saint Martin: Euro (see also: Euro topics)
- ISO 4217: EUR

Infrastructure of Saint Martin

Communications in Saint Martin
- .gp
- .mf
Transportation in Saint Martin
- Airports in Saint Martin
  - L'Espérance Airport

References

^ ^a ^b "Saint Martin". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Saint Martin

Travel and tourism

About Saint Martin^[usurped] Tourist Guide
Dutch St. Maarten — St. Maarten Tourist Bureau
French Saint Martin — Saint Martin Tourist Office
Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten — Official site

Organizations

Birds of St. Martin - by Eric Dubois-Millot, Action Nature.

News and media

The Daily Herald (St. Maarten)|The Daily Herald— Daily newspaper from St. Maarten
LE FAXinfo — Other daily newspaper from Saint Martin (in French)

Outline of the Caribbean

West
Indies

Antilles

Greater
Antilles

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan
Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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