Netherlands Antilles (in Dutch, De Nederlandse Antillen), integral part of the kingdom of the Netherlands, comprising two island groups in the Caribbean Sea-Curaçao and Bonaire, situated 25 to 65 km (15 to 40 mi) off the Venezuelan coast, north-east of the Gulf of Venezuela; and Saba, St Eustatius, and the southern half of the island of St-Martin (Sint Maarten), which lie some 800 km (500 mi) to the north-east, near Puerto Rico; the remainder of St-Martin is under French jurisdiction. Curaçao and Bonaire have a combined area of about 732 sq km (282 sq mi), and together with neighbouring Aruba (part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986) are called by the Dutch the Benedenwindse Eilands, or "Leeward Islands". Sint Maarten, St Eustatius, and Saba cover a total area of about 68 sq km (26 sq mi); although part of the Leeward Islands, situated at the northern end of the Lesser Antilles chain, they are called by the Dutch the Bovenwindse Eilands, or "Windward Islands". The capital and largest city of the Netherlands Antilles is Willemstad, on Curacao.