Saba

Saba
Saba
Special municipality of the Netherlands
	Flag Coat of arms
	Mottoes: "Remis Velisque" (Latin); "With oars and sails" (English)
	Anthem: "Saba you rise from the ocean";
	Location of Saba (circled in red) in the Caribbean
	Map showing location of Saba relative to Sint Eustatius and Saint Martin.
	Coordinates: 17°37′57″N 63°14′15″W / 17.63250°N 63.23750°WCoordinates: 17°37′57″N 63°14′15″W / 17.63250°N 63.23750°W
Country	Netherlands
Overseas region	Caribbean Netherlands
Incorporated into the Netherlands	10 October 2010 (dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
Capital; (and largest city)	The Bottom
Government (see Politics of the Netherlands)
• Lt. Governor	Jonathan Johnson
Area
• Total	13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2022)
• Total	1,911
• Density	148/km2 (380/sq mi)
Demonym	Saban
Languages
• Official	Dutch
• Recognised regional	English
Ethnicity
• Saban	26.6 %
• Sint Maarten	15.7 %
• American	10.0 %
• other	47.7 %
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Calling code	+599-4
ISO 3166 code	BQ-SA, NL-BQ2
Currency	United States dollar ($) (USD)
Internet TLD	.nl; .bq;

Saba (spoken as "Sah-ba") is the smallest island of the Caribbean Netherlands and the former Netherlands Antilles. It is a special municipality (public body) of the Netherlands. It lies at 17°38′N 63°14′W / 17.633°N 63.233°W / 17.633; -63.233. It is mostly made up of Mount Scenery (877 m), the highest point of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Scenery is a dormant volcano.

Saba has a land area of 13 km² (5 sq. miles). At the 2001 Netherlands Antilles census, 1,349 people lived there. In 2004, about 1,424 people lived there.