Postcard from Saba (Открытка из Саба)

  This amazingly beautiful postcard was travelling to me during 5 month from Saba!

 

       is a Caribbean island which is the smallest special municipality (officially “public body”) of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the potentially active volcano Mount Scenery, at 887 metres the highest point of the entire Netherlands.

       Saba has a land area of 13 square kilometres. As of January 2013^[update], the population was 1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre^. Its towns and major settlements are The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell's Gate and St. Johns.

       Both English and Dutch are spoken on the island and taught in schools, and both languages are official. Despite the island's Dutch affiliation, English is the principal language spoken on the island and has been used in its school system since the 19th century. English can therefore be used in communications of and to the government. Saba English, a form of Virgin Islands Creole English, is the local vernacular.

 

I am very grateful to Saba Tourism Bureau!