Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea,...
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Caribbean island of Curaçao. Curaçao can be sold in numerous forms, though the most common are the orange-hued dry curaçao and blue curaçao, which is dyed...
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Look up Curaçao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea which is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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The Curaçao national football team (Dutch: Curaçaos voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou) represents Curaçao in international football...
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the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, in the southern Caribbean Sea. The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from...
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Akisha Albert (section Miss Curaçao Teenager 2012)
titleholder who represented Curaçao at Reina Hispanoamericana and was first runner-up. As the winner of the 2018 Miss Universe Curaçao pageant, she entered Miss...
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Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a 1.7-square-kilometre (170 ha; 0.66 sq mi) uninhabited island belonging to, and lying 10 km south-east of,...
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The Miss Curaçao (In Papiamentu: Miss Kòrsou) is a national beauty pageant in Curaçao. This pageant is unrelated to the Señorita Curaçao or Miss International...
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flooding in Curaçao, destroying a bridge and several water dams. It resulted in losses of $350,000 (1954 USD). No hurricane has made landfall in Curaçao since...
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Kingdom of the Netherlands (section Curaçao)
and the Netherlands Antilles, (formerly, Kolonie Curaçao en Onderhorige Eilanden, "Colony of Curaçao and subordinates") were colonies of the Netherlands...
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(LGBTQ) people in Curaçao have similar rights to non-LGBTQ people. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Curaçao. Discrimination...
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Netherlands Antilles (category 20th century in Curaçao)
Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the Leeward Antilles. The country came into being in 1954 as the autonomous successor of the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies...
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Triple sec (redirect from Curaçao triple sec)
liqueurs by steeping dried orange peels from places such as the island of Curaçao. Unlike the modern-day triple sec, which contains only the flavor of orange...
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recently allowed larger cruise ships to dock at Curaçao, increasing its position as a tourism destination. Curaçao is a popular tourism location for the Eastern...
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Dutch Caribbean (redirect from Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
Antilles archipelago. Currently, it comprises the constituent countries of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten (the 'CAS' islands) and the special municipalities...
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Telecommunications in Curaçao. The ITU international calling code for the country is +5999. Terrestrial radio stations operating in Curaçao include the following...
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The Parliament of Curaçao (Papiamento: Parlamento di Kòrsou) on the island of Curaçao, in the Dutch Caribbean region, consists of 21 members, each elected...
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dealt with the earliest inhabitants of Curaçao. Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda became the first European to visit Curaçao on 26 July 1499. At that time about 2...
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African man enslaved on the island of Curaçao, in the Dutch West Indies, who liberated himself and led the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795. The revolt, which...
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internationally renowned kind of Curaçao music. Tumba is the name of an African-derived rhythm, as are seú and tambú. The Curaçao-born composer Jan Gerard Palm...
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secure Curaçao. WIC agent Johannes van Walbeeck was appointed as the expedition's commander and future Governor of Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba. Curaçao was...
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Willemstad (redirect from Willemstad, Curaçao)
Government of Curaçao (in Dutch). p. 9. Retrieved 22 April 2021. "Ontwikkeling huisvesting op Curaçao door Shell". National Archive of Curaçao (in Dutch)...
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operations at the end of April 2013. Curaçao Express operated the following services (in January 2005): The CuracaoExel/Curaçao Express fleet consisted of the...
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Pentecost 2 July – Curaçao National Flag and Anthem Day 10 October – Curaçao Day 25 December – Christmas Day 26 December – Boxing Day "Curaçao Public Holidays...
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synagogue, located at Hanchi di Snoa 29, Punda, in the city of Willemstad, Curaçao, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in southern Caribbean...
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representatives to compete at Miss Grand International belonged to the Miss Curaçao organizer, Curaçao Beauty Pageant Committee, which was led by Ayshel Maria. Only...
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Señorita Curaçao (In Papiamento: Señorita Kòrsou) is a national beauty pageant in Curaçao. This pageant is unrelated to the Miss Curaçao or Miss International...
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Work for Curaçao (Dutch: Werk voor Curaçao; Papiamento: Trabou pa Kòrsou, TPK) is a political party in Curaçao. The party was founded in October 2020...
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Prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean (redirect from Prostitution in Curaçao)
Curaçao are sex tourism destinations. There is a single state-sanctioned brothel on the islands of Bonaire, and Sint Maarten. The brothel in Curaçao closed...
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a large flat-topped hill in Curaçao, an island state in the Dutch Caribbean. The Tafelberg mesa is in southeastern Curaçao, near the Santa Barbara beach...
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