Bible Society work in
Netherlands Antilles
 Bible
Society in Netherlands AntillesPostbus 3466 Curaçao Netherlands Antilles Tel: +(599)-(0)9-7376711 / 7376659 Fax: +(599)-(0)9-7372387 E-mail: biblena@onenet.an |
website |
Country Data:
| Area: | 800 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 302,182 (1999) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$18,075 (highest
country) US$9,695 (lowest country) |
|
| Literate Population: | 96.7% (1995) | |
| Religions in % of Population (2000): | Roman Catholic |
73.5%
|
| Protestant |
19.0%
|
|
| Jehovah’s Witness |
2.6%
|
|
| Buddhist |
0.4%
|
|
| Jewish |
0.3%
|
|
| Bahá’í |
0.2%
|
|
| Muslim |
0.2%
|
|
| Other |
3.8%
|
|
| Official Languages: | Dutch, Papiamentu | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1825 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1969 | |
| Date of Associate Membership in UBS: | 1995 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
||||
| 6,774 | 4 | 6,778 | 0 | 72,871 | 0 |
| Islands served: | ||
|
Population
|
Beginning of organised
work
|
|
| Aruba |
95,201
|
1929
|
| Bonaire |
14,326
|
1844
|
| Curaçao |
148,047
|
1844
|
| Saba |
1,596
|
1844
|
| St Eustatius |
2,233
|
1825
|
| St Maarten |
40,779
|
1825
|
Common-language Bible for the Papiamentu (June 1997)
