Sint Eustatius
Capital · Oranjestad
Once the busiest free port in the Atlantic, and the first foreign power to salute the American flag.
Sint Eustatius at a glance
- Capital
- Oranjestad
- Region
- Eastern Caribbean · Dutch special municipality
- Currency
- US dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English · Dutch
- Dialling code
- +599
- Status
- Territory or overseas department
The African connection
Statia's wealth as a free port ran on transshipped enslaved Africans as much as on arms and sugar. The stone warehouses along the waterfront are what remain of it.
Key dates for Sint Eustatius
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 Sint Eustatius 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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