Constituent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Curaçao ( KURE-ə-soh, KURE-ə-sow, kure-ə-SOH, or kure-ə-SOW,[8][9] Dutch: [kyːraːˈsʌu] ⓘ or [kuːr-],[10] Papiamentu: 0️⃣ [ˈkɔrsɔu̯]), officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao;[11] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou),[12][13] is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern 0️⃣ Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuela coast. It is a 0️⃣ constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[14] Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, 0️⃣ Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. It is the largest of the 0️⃣ ABC islands in both area and population as well as the largest of the Dutch Caribbean.[15]
Curaçao was formerly part of 0️⃣ the Curaçao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as Island 0️⃣ Territory of Curaçao (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamentu: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou),[16] and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao.[13] 0️⃣ It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao").[13] Curaçao has 0️⃣ a population of 158,665 (January 2024 est.),[3] with an area of 444 km2 (171 sq mi); its capital is Willemstad.[13]
Etymology 0️⃣ [ edit ]
One explanation for the island's name is that Curaçao was the autonym by which its indigenous peoples identified 0️⃣ themselves.[17] Early Spanish accounts support this theory, referring to the indigenous peoples as Indios Curaçaos.[18]
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