The First to Salute America: Sint Eustatius

A tiny island, in the middle of the Caribbean, where most people speak English, but are in fact Dutch nationals. This is Sint Eustatius, a tropical municipality of the Netherlands.
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1. Sint Eustatius, also known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands.

2. It is unclear if the island was inhabited by native peoples prior to European colonisation. It is thought that the island was likely seen by Christopher Columbus in 1493. From the first European settlement, in the 17th century until the early 19th century, St. Eustatius changed hands twenty-one times between the Netherlands, Britain, and France.

3. Oranjestad is a small town of 1,038 inhabitants; it is the capital of the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands.

4. Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, Sint Eustatius became a special municipality of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. Together with Bonaire and Saba it forms the BES islands. In 2011 the island officially adopted the US dollar as its currency.

5. The first record of Jews on St. Eustatius dates to 1660. The Jews were mainly merchants with significant international trading and maritime commercial ties. Jews were estimated to have comprised at least 10% of the permanent population of St. Eustatius.

6. The oil terminal (an unloading and storage depot for petroleum) of the American company Prostar Capital is the most important economic pillar on Sint Eustatius. Tourism is also important and is seen as the second economic pillar, especially diving tourism. The port is not suitable for large cruise ships, so that no large flows of tourists can come to the island.

7. The Quill is a stratovolcano located on the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. The summit elevation is 601 m above sea level. It is also the second highest mountain in the Netherlands.

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