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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
capital city of Sint Maarten / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philipsburg is the capital city of Sint Maarten. In 2017, 1,894 people lived there.[1]
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Philipsburg was founded in 1763 by John Philips, a Scottish captain in the Dutch navy.