Caribbean domains: Netherlands Antilles (.an)

Restrictions: Dutch Antillian domains, Registrations must correspond to name or trademark of registrant; proof of identity must be shown on registration

.an is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Netherlands Antilles. It is administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. As the Netherlands Antilles are due to be abolished on December 15, 2008, the future of the .an toplevel domain is uncertain. There are, however, over 800 domains registered under .an (directly or at third level), including google.com.an and youtube.com.an (both delegations to Google's nameservers), yahoo.com.an (delegated to Yahoo's nameservers but no A record for yahoo.com.an or www.yahoo.com.an), visa.com.an (delegation to ultradns.net's nameservers).

Background Information :

Population

July 2005 estimate 183,000 (185th) - Density 229/km2 (51st) 593/sq mi

GDP

(PPP) 2003 estimate - Total $ 2.45 billion (180th) - Per capita $ 11,400 (2003 est.) (79th)

National Anthem

Anthem Without a Title

Area

Total 800 km2 (184th) 309 sq mi - Water (%) Negligible

International Dialling Code

599

Currency

Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)

Government

Monarch Queen Beatrix - Governor Frits Goedgedrag - Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage constitutional monarchypart of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Language

Dutch, English, Papiamento

Motto

: Latin: Libertate unanimus ("Unified by freedom")

Time Zone

(UTC-4). The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: ), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: CuraÈºao and Bonaire, just off the Venezueln coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. The islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, international commerce and shipping and petroleum.

The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on 15 December 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date.

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Domain	Registration	Renewal
.an	£ 99 per year	£ 89 per year

Domain

Registration

Renewal

.an

£ 99 per year

£ 89 per year

Terms & Conditions

University of The Netherlands Antilles runs the an Dutch Antillian domain registry. They are the sole source of Dutch Antillian domains.Dutch Antillian domains are sponsored by University of The Netherlands Antilles.Dutch Antillian domains are intended for Entities connected with the Netherlands Antilles.

Registrations taken at second level and also at third level beneath some second-level labels.

Dutch Antillian Domain names are registered subject to our terms and conditions and the Dutch Antillian registry terms and conditions..

Delegation Information

Whois Record

.an Domain Registration

Netherlands Antilles Registration

.an FactSheet

Netherlands Antilles factsheet

.an Renewals

Netherlands Antilles renewals

Once the domain is registered.

When the Dutch Antillian domain name is registered it will be held on our international server. We provide a free under-construction page, for as long as you require one. (The purpose of this is toshow an enquirer that the name is currently registered and is unavailable).

E-mail redirection and web redirection for Dutch Antillian domains are available as an option.

Free Dutch Antillian domain transfer to the ISP of your choice - if you wish. BB Online does not charge release fees for transferring domains to different Dutch Antillian domain name registrars.