{"id":6533,"date":"2020-08-02T21:33:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T21:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wintersunexpert.com\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2022-01-30T11:11:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:11:42","slug":"spend-your-winter-in-st-eustatius-is-st-eustatius-a-good-snowbird-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wintersunexpert.com\/spend-your-winter-in-st-eustatius-is-st-eustatius-a-good-snowbird-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Spend your fall, winter, or spring in St. Eustatius: is St. Eustatius a good snowbird location?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

St. Eustatius is a tiny Dutch island in the Caribbean dominated by the Quill, a dormant volcano. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. The island has an area of 21 km (13 Miles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surrounding the island are narrow beaches of volcanic sand. Offshore, St. Eustatius National Marine Park's dive sites range from coral reefs to shipwrecks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0The name of the island, "Sint Eustatius", is the Dutch name for Saint Eustace (also spelled Eustachius or Eustathius), a legendary Christian martyr, known in Spanish as San Eustaquio and in Portuguese \u00e0s Santo Eust\u00e1quio or Santo Eust\u00e1cio. Sint Eustatius, also known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, Sint Eustatius became a special municipality of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. Together with Bonaire and Saba, it forms the BES islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The capital, Oranjestad (Dutch for Orange Town) is divided into Lower Town, a single street by the waterfront, and Upper Town, which is the main part of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Sint Eustatius government website, "Statia's economy is stable and well placed to grow in the near future. With practically no unemployment and a skilled workforce, we have the infrastructure in place to ensure sustained growth." The government itself is the largest employer on the island, and the oil terminal owned by NuStar Energy is the largest private employer on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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