Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in the northeast Caribbean Sea.
The 87-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60/40 between the French Republic (France) (53 km2, 20 sq mi) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km2, 13 sq mi). On 1st January 2009, the population of the whole island was 77,741 inhabitants, with 40,917 living on the Dutch side, and 36,824 on the French side.
The main cities are Philipsburg (Dutch side) and Marigot (French side).
According to legend, Columbus sighted and perhaps anchored at the island of Saint Martin on November 11, 1493, the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours. In his honor, Columbus then named the island "San Martin".
At Columbus' time, St. Martin was populated, by Carib Amerindians.
The Caribs' territory was not completely conquered until the mid-17th century when most of them perished in the struggle between the French, English (later British), Dutch, Danes, and Spanish for control of the West Indies islands around the Caribbean Sea.
The Dutch first began to ply the island's ponds for salt in the 1620s. Despite the Dutch presence on the island, the Spaniards recaptured St. Martin in 1633. One year later, they built a fort (now Fort Amsterdam, near Philipsburg) and another artillery battery at Pointe Blanche to assert their claim and control access to Great Bay salt pond. A massive influx of African slaves took place in the 18th century with the development of sugarcane plantations by the French Protestants (Huguenot) and Dutch. Slavery was abolished in the first half of the 19th century. On some of their territories, the British imported Chinese and South Asians to take the place of slaves. Thus, St. Martin and the other islands are populated by a mixture of Amerindian, European, African, Indian and Asian peoples.
On March 23, 1648, the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic agreed to divide the island between their two territories, with the signing of the Treaty of Concordia.
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The 87-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60/40 between the French Republic (France) (53 km2, 20 sq mi) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km2, 13 sq mi). On 1st January 2009, the population of the whole island was 77,741 inhabitants, with 40,917 living on the Dutch side, and 36,824 on the French side.
The main cities are Philipsburg (Dutch side) and Marigot (French side).
According to legend, Columbus sighted and perhaps anchored at the island of Saint Martin on November 11, 1493, the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours. In his honor, Columbus then named the island "San Martin".
At Columbus' time, St. Martin was populated, by Carib Amerindians.
The Caribs' territory was not completely conquered until the mid-17th century when most of them perished in the struggle between the French, English (later British), Dutch, Danes, and Spanish for control of the West Indies islands around the Caribbean Sea.
The Dutch first began to ply the island's ponds for salt in the 1620s. Despite the Dutch presence on the island, the Spaniards recaptured St. Martin in 1633. One year later, they built a fort (now Fort Amsterdam, near Philipsburg) and another artillery battery at Pointe Blanche to assert their claim and control access to Great Bay salt pond. A massive influx of African slaves took place in the 18th century with the development of sugarcane plantations by the French Protestants (Huguenot) and Dutch. Slavery was abolished in the first half of the 19th century. On some of their territories, the British imported Chinese and South Asians to take the place of slaves. Thus, St. Martin and the other islands are populated by a mixture of Amerindian, European, African, Indian and Asian peoples.
On March 23, 1648, the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic agreed to divide the island between their two territories, with the signing of the Treaty of Concordia.
Music: Santo Rico by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
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