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Geography of Curaçao

Country of Curaçao
Land Curaçao  (Dutch)
Pais Kòrsou  (Papiamento)
Flag of Curaçao
Coat of arms of Curaçao
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Curaçao
Himno di Kòrsou
Location of  Curaçao  (circled in red)in the Caribbean  (light yellow)
Location of  Curaçao  (circled in red)

in the Caribbean  (light yellow)

Capital
and largest city
Willemstad
12°7′N 68°56′W / 12.117°N 68.933°W / 12.117; -68.933
Official languages
Demonym Dutch
Sovereign state  Kingdom of the Netherlands
Government Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Willem-Alexander
• Governor
Lucille George-Wout
Hensley Koeiman
Legislature Estates of Curaçao
Autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Established
10 October 2010 (dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
Area
• Total
444 km2 (171 sq mi)
Population
• January 2016 estimate
158,986
• Density
358/km2 (927.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2012 estimate
• Total
US$3.1 billion (184th)
• Per capita
US$20,020 (46th)
GDP (nominal) 2012 estimate
• Total
US$5.6 billion (149th)
• Per capita
US$36,165 (27th)
HDI (2012) 0.811
very high
Currency Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
Time zone AST (UTC−4)
Drives on the right
Calling code +599 9
ISO 3166 code CW
Internet TLD .cw, .an 
  1. ^ .an has been discontinued

in the Caribbean  (light yellow)

Curaçao (/ˈkʊrəs/ KUR-ə-sow or /ˈkjʊərəs/ KEWR-ə-sow; Dutch: Curaçao, pronounced [kyːraːˈsʌu̯];Papiamentu: Kòrsou) is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, approximately 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.


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