General facts of Curaçao
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Capital |
Willemstad |
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Location |
Southern Caribbean sea, 65 km (40mi) north of the Venezuelan coast |
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Time zone |
UTC -4: AST: Atlantic Standard Time |
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Currency |
Antillean Guilder (ANG) |
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Official languages |
Papiamentu, Dutch, English |
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Area |
444 km2 / 171.4 sq.mi |
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Highest point |
372 m (Mount St. Christopher) |
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Total population (1 January 2023) |
148.925 |
| male | 67.613 (45.4%) |
| female | 81.312 (54.6%) |
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Population density |
335/km² (January 1st, 2023) |
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History: | |
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1499 |
Discovered by Alonso de Ojeda. Spaniards settle on Curaçao |
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1634 |
The Dutch conquer Curaçao from Spain |
| 1795 | A slave revolt took place in the Dutch colony of Curaçao in 1795, led by Tula, a local slave, and resulted in a month-long conflict on the island between escapees and the colonial government. |
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First British occupation |
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1807-1816 |
Second British occupation |
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1863 |
Slavery abolished |
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1954 |
The Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, St.Maarten, St.Eustatius |
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2010 |
The Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire, St.Maarten, St.Eustatius and Saba) became autonomous states within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a similar status as that of Aruba, whereas the smaller islands Bonaire, Saba and St.Eustatius |
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Government |
Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy. |
