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Curacao |
Curaçao is an island in the southern
Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast, that forms part of the
Dutch Caribbean. The Country of Curaçao which includes the main
island and the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao
("Little Curaçao"), is a constituent country of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of over 150,000
on an area of 444 km2 and its capital is Willemstad. Prior to 10
October 2010, when the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved,
Curaçao was administered as the Island Territory of Curaçao one
of five island territories of the former Netherlands Antilles.
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