Geography of Curaçao
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Country of Curaçao |
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Anthem: Curaçao
Himno di Kòrsou |
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Location of Curaçao (circled in red)
in the Caribbean (light yellow) |
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| Capital and largest city |
Willemstad 12°7′N 68°56′W / 12.117°N 68.933°W |
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| Official languages | |||||
| Demonym | Dutch | ||||
| Sovereign state |
 Kingdom of the Netherlands
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| Government | Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy | ||||
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• Monarch
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Willem-Alexander | ||||
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• Governor
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Lucille George-Wout | ||||
| Hensley Koeiman | |||||
| Legislature | Estates of Curaçao | ||||
| Autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |||||
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• Established
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10 October 2010 (dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles) | ||||
| Area | |||||
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• Total
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444 km2 (171 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | |||||
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• January 2016 estimate
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158,986 | ||||
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• Density
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358/km2 (927.2/sq mi) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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US$3.1 billion (184th) | ||||
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• Per capita
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US$20,020 (46th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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US$5.6 billion (149th) | ||||
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• Per capita
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US$36,165 (27th) | ||||
| HDI (2012) | 0.811 very high |
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| 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 | ||||
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in the Caribbean (light yellow)
Curaçao (/ˈkʊrəsaʊ/ KUR-ə-sow or /ˈkjʊərəsaʊ/ 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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