What is Philipsburg, Sint Maarten?
[[Image:Philipsburg and the Great Bay, Sint Maarten, Caribbean.jpg|thumb|250px|A view on Great Bay towards Philipsburg]] '''Philipsburg''' is the [[capital city]] of [[Sint Maarten]]. In 2017, 1,894 people lived there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Statistical Yearbook 2017 |url=http://www.stat.gov.sx/downloads/YearBook/Statistical_Yearbook_2017.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001135521/http://www.stat.gov.sx/downloads/YearBook/Statistical_Yearbook_2017.pdf |archive-date=2020-10-01 |access-date=2020-01-08 |publisher=Department of Statistics Sint Maarten}}</ref> Philipsburg was founded in 1763 by John Philips, a Scottish captain in the Dutch navy. == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:1763 establishments]] [[Category:1760s establishments in North America]] [[Category:Capital cities in North America]] [[Category:Sint Maarten]]