Curaçao
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| Caipital and largest city | Willemstad 12°7′N 68°56′W / 12.117°N 68.933°W |
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| Demonym(s) | Curaçaoan |
| Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary representative democracy unner constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
• Govrenor | Lucille George-Wout |
| Eugene Rhuggenaath | |
| Legislatur | Estates o Curaçao |
| Autonomy within the Kinrick o the Netherlands | |
• Established | 10 October 2010 (dissolution o the Netherlands Antilles) |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 444 km2 (171 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2010 census | 142,180 |
• Density | 319/km2 (826.2/sq mi) (39t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2008[2] estimate |
• Total | US$2.838 billion (177t) |
• Per capita | US$20,567 (46t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2008[2] estimate |
• Tot | US$5.08 billion (149th) |
• Per capita | US$36,200 (28t) |
| Currency | Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +599 9 |
| ISO 3166 code | CW |
| Internet TLD | .cw, .an a |
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Curaçao (Dutch: Curaçao, [kyraˈsʌu̯]; Papiamento: Kòrsou) is an island in the soothren Caribbean Sea, aff the Venezuelan coast. The Kintra o Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao;[3] Papiamento: Pais Kòrsou),[4] which includes the main island plus the smaa, uninhabitit island o Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"), is a constituent kintra o the Kinrick o the Netherlands. It haes a population o ower 140,000 on an aurie o 444 km2 (171 sq mi) an its caipital is Willemstad.
Prior tae 10 October 2010, when the Netherlands Antilles wis dissolved, Curaçao wis admeenistered as the Island Territory o Curaçao[5] (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamentu: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou), ane o five island territories o the umwhile Netherlands Antilles.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "LANDSVERORDENING van de 28ste maart 2007 houdende vaststelling van de officiële talen (Landsverordening officiële talen)" (in Dutch). Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 Julie 2013.
- ↑ a b COUNTRY COMPARISON GDP PURCHASING POWER PARITY Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, Central Intelligence Agency.
- ↑ Formal name according to Art. 1 para 1 Constitution of Curaçao Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch version)
- ↑ Formal name according to Art. 1 para 1 Constitution of Curaçao Archived 2009-09-02 at the Wayback Machine (Papiamentu version)
- ↑ English name used by the Government of Curaçao and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles (English was an official language of the Netherlands Antilles and the Island Territory of Curaçao)