[tz] [PATCH 4/4] * iso3166.tab (BQ): Change common name to "Caribbean Netherlands".

John Haxby john.haxby at oracle.com
Thu Sep 5 17:03:20 UTC 2013


On 4 Sep 2013, at 22:27, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

>> our guide told us a little of the history of the island
>> including the fact that comparatively recently it had
>> become independent from the Netherlands.
> 
> Wheee-eww!  Your guide got it totally backwards.
> Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands.
> That is, unlike (say) Aruba, it is part of the Netherlands, not
> one of the constituents of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

It's more likely that I was confusing it with Aruba :(   Went there as well.

Sorry about that.

jch



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