Saba
Capital · The Bottom
Five square miles of volcano rising straight from the sea, and one of the smallest populations anywhere in the Caribbean.
Saba at a glance
- Capital
- The Bottom
- Region
- Eastern Caribbean · Dutch special municipality
- Currency
- US dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English · Dutch
- Dialling code
- +599
- Status
- Territory or overseas department
The African connection
Saba's African-descended community centres on The Bottom and St John's. With no harbour and no flat land, the island never developed plantation slavery at the scale of its neighbours.
Key dates for Saba
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Saba and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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