[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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