What is Bonaire?
[[File:Bonaire in its region.svg|thumb|Location of Bonaire]] [[Image:Flag of Bonaire.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:Bonaire wapen.svg|right|90px]] '''Bonaire''' is an [[island]] of the [[Caribbean Netherlands]] and the former [[Netherlands Antilles]]. It is a [[municipalities of the Netherlands|special municipality (public body) of the Netherlands]]. It lies off the [[coast]] of [[Venezuela]], near the islands of [[Aruba]] and [[Curaçao]], which are also parts of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. Bonaire lies at {{coord|12|11|N|68|16|W}}. It has a land area of 288 km². In 2014 about 18,000 people were living there. [[Kralendijk]] is the island's capital city. {{authority control}} [[Category:Bonaire| ]]