The Dutch Caribbean are the six island countries and municipalities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean – Aruba, Curaçao (including the islet of Klein Curaçao, "Little Curaçao"), Sint Maarten (comprising only the southern half of the island of Saint Martin), Bonaire (including the islet of Klein Bonaire, "Little Bonaire"), Sint Eustatius and Saba – regardless of their legal status in Dutch law. The term may sometimes also be used interchangeably with the term Caribbean Netherlands to refer to just three of those islands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) which are special municipalities of the Netherlands proper.