Imagine an Island in the middle of Bright Blue Water with a Shoreline Dotted in Painted Buildings that look like Neapolitan Ice Cream. If you can picture that, then you’re headed down the path toward Curacao, an Island in the Dutch ABC’s off the Coast of Venezuela.
Curaçao is a Lesser Antilles island Country 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 (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.
The Country was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies Colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as "Island Territory of Curaçao" and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao. It includes The Main island of Curaçao and the Much Smaller, Uninhabited Island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population of 158,665 (January 2019 est.) and an Area of 444 km2 (171 sq mi); its capital is Willemstad.
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1. Willemstad, The Capital, features Unique, Multi-Colored Buildings influenced by Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese Architecture and Colonial Planning. A UNESCO World Heritage City, Willemstad represents the organic growth of a Multicultural City, seizing on its European influences in a Tropical Location.
2. Once an Island owned by the Dutch, the residents are Polyglots. English, Dutch, Spanish and Papiamentu, a local language, are spoken here.
3.The Alcohol Curacao was developed here from the Laraha Plant, which produces a Bitter Citrus Fruit.
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4. The Local Cuisine is a Delightful Mix of Multi-Ethnic Foods, bringing in influences from Dutch, Spanish, Sephardic Jew and Afro-Caribbean Cultures. It’s referred to as Krioyo, pronounced the same as the Spanish word Criollo.
5. In 2015, a Spaceport opened in Curacao to support Suborbital Space Tourism Flights and Research Flights. Curacao was chosen because of its friendly environment, opportunities for added Tourist Adventures and Dutch Legal and Business Structures.
