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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The national flag of Curaçao represents the country of Curaçao as well as the island area within the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 until its dissolution...
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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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of Curaçao refers to a 1942 German naval bombardment of a Bullen Baai Company petroleum storage facility on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao during...
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Netherlands, as Curaçao and Dependencies from 1815. They are a short distance north of the Falcón State, Venezuela. Aruba and Curaçao are autonomous,...
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The Emblem of Curaçao (Papiamentu: Emblema di Kòrsou) is a yet to be adopted national symbol of Curaçao. The design will be based on a concept by Andresetti...
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Plaza Hotel Curaçao is a former hotel in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was constructed in the Waterfort, and opened on 12 October 1957 as Hotel Curaçao Intercontinental...
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most recent census, Curaçao has a Jewish population of about 300. Montamentu is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean faith practiced in Curaçao. An African diaspora...
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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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cabinet of Curaçao consists of several ministers and is headed by a prime minister (Dutch: minister president). The incumbent Prime Minister of Curaçao is Gilmar...
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