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    [kuːr-], Papiamentu: [ˈkɔrsɔu̯]), officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the...
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  • Caribbean island of Curaçao. Curaçao can be sold in numerous forms, though the most common are the orange-hued dry curaçao and blue curaçao, which is dyed...
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  • The Curaçao national football team (Dutch: Curaçaos voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou) represents Curaçao in international football...
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  • Look up Curaçao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea which is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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    Airport), is the only airport for the island of Curaçao. The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the capital Willemstad...
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    Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a 1.7-square-kilometre (170 ha; 0.66 sq mi) uninhabited island belonging to, and lying 10 km south-east of,...
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  • it ceased operations in 2013. Curaçao Express operated the following services (in January 2005): The CuracaoExel/Curaçao Express fleet consisted of the...
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    The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (Dutch: Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; Papiamento: Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan) was a Dutch colony in...
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    and the Netherlands Antilles, (formerly, Kolonie Curaçao en Onderhorige Eilanden, "Colony of Curaçao and subordinates") were colonies of the Netherlands...
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    flooding in Curaçao, destroying a bridge and several water dams. It resulted in losses of $350,000 (1954 USD). No hurricane has made landfall in Curaçao since...
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    "Buurtprofiel Scharloo" (PDF). Government of Curaçao (in Dutch). p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2021. "The local SOHO on Curaçao:The Pietermaai District". Dolfijn Go...
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    liqueurs by steeping dried orange peels from places such as the island of Curaçao. Unlike the modern-day triple sec, which contain only the flavor of orange...
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    archipelago. Currently, it comprises the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CAS islands), and the special municipalities of Bonaire...
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  • recently allowed larger cruise ships to dock at Curaçao, increasing its position as a tourism destination. Curaçao is a popular tourism location for the Eastern...
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    Netherlands Antilles (category 20th century in Curaçao)
    called Klein Bonaire ("Little Bonaire")  Curaçao, including an islet called Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao") The Netherlands Antilles have a tropical...
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  • dealt with the earliest inhabitants of Curaçao. Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda became the first European to visit Curaçao on 26 July 1499. At that time about 2...
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    volkskunde van Curaçao, Aruba en Bonaire [Zjozjolí: Data on the Folklore of Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire] (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao: Instant Printing...
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  • Telecommunications in Curaçao. The ITU international calling code for the country is +5999. Terrestrial radio stations operating in Curaçao include the following...
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    The national flag of Curaçao represents the country of Curaçao as well as the island area within the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 until its dissolution...
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  • The Miss Curaçao (In Papiamentu: Miss Kòrsou) is a national beauty pageant in Curaçao. This pageant is unrelated to the Señorita Curaçao or Miss International...
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    instance: the Gerecht in Eerste Aanleg, Curaçao, and an appeal court the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius...
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    The Parliament of Curaçao (Papiamento: Parlamento di Kòrsou, Dutch: Staten van Curaçao) consists of 21 members, each elected for a four-year term in a...
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    Plaza Hotel Curaçao is a former hotel in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was constructed in the Waterfort, and opened on 12 October 1957 as Hotel Curaçao Intercontinental...
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    The emblem of Curaçao (Papiamentu: Emblema di Kòrsou) is a yet to be adopted national symbol of Curaçao. The design will be based on a concept by Adresetti...
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  • The Netherlands Antillean guilder (Dutch: gulden) is the currency of Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which until 2010 formed the Netherlands Antilles along...
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    ישראל-עמנואל; English: The Hope of Israel-Emanuel Synagogue), in Willemstad, Curaçao, is the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas. It is commonly known...
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    African man enslaved on the island of Curaçao, in the Dutch West Indies, who liberated himself and led the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795. The revolt, which...
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    a large flat-topped hill in Curaçao, an island state in the Dutch Caribbean. The Tafelberg mesa is in southeastern Curaçao, near the Santa Barbara beach...
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  • internationally renowned kind of Curaçao music. Tumba is the name of an African-derived rhythm, as are seú and tambú. The Curaçao-born composer Jan Gerard Palm...
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  • Curaçao are sex tourism destinations. There is a single state-sanctioned brothel on the islands of Bonaire, and Sint Maarten. The brothel in Curaçao closed...
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