<P> Saint Martin ( French : Saint - Martin ; Dutch : Sint Maarten ) is an island in the northeast Caribbean Sea , approximately 300 km ( 190 mi ) east of Puerto Rico . The 87 - square - kilometre ( 34 sq mi ) island is divided roughly 60 / 40 between the French Republic ( France ) ( 53 km , 20 sq mi ) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( 34 km , 13 sq mi ) ; but the two parts are roughly equal in population , with slightly more people living on the Dutch side . It is the world 's smallest inhabited island divided between two nations . The division dates to 1648 . The southern Dutch part comprises Sint Maarten and is one of four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The northern French part comprises the Collectivité de Saint - Martin ( Collectivity of St Martin ) and is an overseas collectivity of France . </P>
<P> Saint Martin ( French : Saint - Martin ; Dutch : Sint Maarten ) is an island in the northeast Caribbean Sea , approximately 300 km ( 190 mi ) east of Puerto Rico . The 87 - square - kilometre ( 34 sq mi ) island is divided roughly 60 / 40 between the French Republic ( France ) ( 53 km , 20 sq mi ) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( 34 km , 13 sq mi ) ; but the two parts are roughly equal in population , with slightly more people living on the Dutch side . It is the world 's smallest inhabited island divided between two nations . The division dates to 1648 . The southern Dutch part comprises Sint Maarten and is one of four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The northern French part comprises the Collectivité de Saint - Martin ( Collectivity of St Martin ) and is an overseas collectivity of France . </P>
where is st maarten located in the caribbean
where is st maarten located in the caribbean
approximately 300 km ( 190 mi ) east of Puerto Rico
approximately 300 km ( 190 mi ) east of Puerto Rico