Curaçao and Dependencies
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Curaçao en onderhorigheden (Dutch) Kòrsou i las dependenshas (Papiamento) |
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| Capital | Willemstad, Curaçao | |||||||||
| Languages | Dutch, English, and Papiamento | |||||||||
| Political structure | Colony | |||||||||
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| • | Established | November 20, 1815 | ||||||||
| • | Proclamation of the Kingdom charter | December 15, 1954 | ||||||||
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The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (Dutch: Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; Papiamento: Colonia di Kòrsou i las dependenshas) was a Dutch colony from 1815 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1936. Between 1936 and 1948, the area was officially known as the Territory of Curaçao (Dutch: Gebiedsdeel Curaçao; Papiamento: Teritoria di Kòrsou), and after 1948 as the Netherlands Antilles. With the proclamation of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 15 December 1954, the Netherlands Antilles attained equal status with the Netherlands proper and Suriname in the overarching Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Under the terms of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, the Netherlands regained control over its West Indies colonies, with the exception of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. In the newly established United Kingdom of the Netherlands, these colonies were organized in the following way:
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