St Maarten

Grand Case

The Island Territory of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Eilandgebied Sint Maarten) is one of five island areas (Eilandgebieden) of the Netherlands Antilles, encompassing the southern half of the island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. At the 2001 Netherlands Antilles census, the population of the Eilandgebied was 30,594^[2], for a population density of 900 inhabitants per km².

Sint Maarten borders the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin, which occupies the northern half of the island.

• Philipsburg with 1,228 inhabitants
• Lower Prince's Quarter with 8,123 inhabitants
• Cul de Sac with 7,880 inhabitants
• Cole Bay with 6,046 inhabitants
• Upper Prince's Quarter with 4,020 inhabitants
• Little Bay (Fort Amsterdam) with 2,176 inhabitants
• Simpson Bay with 736 inhabitants
• Lowlands with 232 inhabitants

Simpsonbay, Madame Estate, Cul-de-sac, Dutch Quarter, Cole Bay, Oyster pond, South Reward, Saint-Peters, Ebernezer Estate Pointe-Blanche, Middle Region, Cay hill, Upper Prince's Quarter, Union Farm Est. and Lower Prince's Quarter.

Popular Tourist Destinations

• Border Monument in honor of the 1648 Treaty of Concordia.
• The Philipsburg Historical foundation museum.
• The Heineken airline Jet-Bar/Restaurant (aka Air LekkerBeck) (at Philipsburg).
• Fantastic jumbo jets low landings (at Maho Beach).
• The zoo park with animals from the Caribbean area (on Madame estate Pondfill).
• Fort Amsterdam and Fort Willems (at Philipsburg)
• Sightseeing on Dawn Beach road.
• Emilio Wilson Historical Park (Cul-de-sac)
• Butterfly Farm
• Hiking to Pic Paradise
• The Courthouse on Frontstreet
• The newly renovated Boardwalk spanning the beachfront on Frontstreet,Philipsburg

From Wikipedia & Wikitravel