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