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 Sint Maarten 
 Main prefix
 PJ7 
 Callsigns series
 HUA-HUZ, YSA-YSZ, PJA-PJZ 
 Time zone
 -4 h 
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 ITU zone
 11 
 CQ zone
 9 
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 Flag description 
Red over blue, at the hoist a white triangle with the coat-of-arms. These show on a blue, orange bordered shield the Court House in Philipsburg. Above the shield a sun with a flying pelican. Below the shield a yellow scroll with in blue the motto "SEMPER PROGREDIENS" (Always Progressing).
 
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 Sint Maarten 
 Capital: 
Philipsburg
 Administrative
 divisions: 
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
 Population: 
35,000
 Languages: 
Dutch and English
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
18° 01' N, 63° 03' W
 Area total: 
34 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
15 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Saint Martin (France) 15 km
 Coastline: 
364 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Sea level 0 m - Mount Flagstaff 386 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.sx
 Currency: 
Netherlands Antillean florin/guilder (NAf or ANG)
The Netherlands Antillean guilder and the Netherlands Antillean florin are the same currency. Guilder is the official name; this is indicated by the "G" in the internationally used abbreviation "ANG". Florin is the English translation of the Dutch word "florijn", as the guilder was called in the past. In Antillean Central Bank publications, is used the abbreviation "NAf", which still refers to "florijn". So, the official name of Netherlands Antilles currency is "guilder" and the abbreviation used in publications is "NAf".
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Country of Sint Maarten
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Sint Maarten
 Name - local
 long form: 
Land Sint Maarten
 Name - local
 short form: 
Sint Maarten
 Former name: 
Natherlands Antilles
 Independence: 
none - constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Constitution: 
Staatsregeling, 10 October 2010; revised Kingdom Charter pending.
 Government
 type: 
Local government
 Dependency
 status: 
Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 National
 holiday: 
Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother JULIANA and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter BEATRIX), 30 April (1909 and 1980).
 
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