Curaçao Kòrsou | |
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| Country of Curaçao Land Curaçao (Dutch) Pais Kòrsou (Papiamento) | |
| Anthem: "Himno di Kòrsou" (English: "Anthem of Curaçao") | |
 Location of Curaçao (circled in red) | |
| Sovereign state |  Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Before separation | Netherlands Antilles |
| Country status | 10 October 2010 |
| Capital and largest city | Willemstad 12°7′N 68°56′W / 12.117°N 68.933°W |
| Official languages | |
| Ethnic groups (2011) | 75.4% Dutch 6% Aruban 3% Colombian 3.6% Bonairean, Sint Eustatian and Saban 1.2% Haitian 1.2% Surinamese 1.1% Venezuelan 1.1% Aruban 0.9% unspecified 5% other[2] |
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| Government | Parliamentary representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
• Governor | Lucille George-Wout |
| Eugene Rhuggenaath | |
| Legislature | Estates of Curaçao |
| Area | |
• Total | 444[3] km2 (171 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
| Population | |
• 1 January 2019 estimate | 158,665[4] |
• Density | 358/km2 (927.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2012[5] estimate |
• Total | US$5.6 billion (184th) |
• Per capita | $36,165 (46th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2012[6] estimate |
• Total | US$3.1 billion (149th) |
• Per capita | $20,020 (27th) |
| HDI (2012) | 0.811[7] very high |
| Currency | Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) |
| Time zone | UTC-4:00 (AST) |
| Mains electricity | 127 V–50 Hz |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +599 |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| Internet TLD | .cw |
Curaçao
Curaçao is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.