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Saba

S aba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipal-          per square kilometer (390/sq mi). Its towns and major settlements
     ity of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the potentially ac-  are The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell’s Gate and St.
tive volcano Mount Scenery, at 887 meters (2,910 ft) the highest         Johns. A status referendum was held in Saba on 5 November
point of the entire Netherlands. Saba has a land area of 13 square       2004. 86.05% of the population voted for closer links to the Neth-
kilometers (5.0 sq. mi). As of January 2013, the population was          erlands.
1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of 150 inhabitants
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