Curaçao, Caribbean
This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
Image of Willemstad, capital city of Curaçao
Curaçao is an Autonomous Dutch Caribbean island restructuring its refinery into a logistics and LNG terminal, growing fintech and coral-restoration programs, and hosting multilingual higher education.
Curaçao in one word would be “Liqueur,” meaning blue spirit.
Curaçao Flag
Curaçao armorial
Curaçao is a country on the Latin America and the Caribbean, North America located in the Caribbean sub‑region of the Americas continent, member of CARICOM (Associate).
Curaçao administrative divisions
part of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsEasy learning about Curaçao |
The capital city of Curaçao is Willemstad.
| Curaçao is located in | Latin America and the Caribbean, North America Caribbean Americas Continent Inhabitants of Curaçao are called Curaçaoans |
| Overseas territory of | Netherlands |
| Member of | CARICOM (Associate) since 2024 |
| Curaçao has a population of | 185,427 inhabitants within a total area of 444 Km2 (276 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Curaçao ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 12° 10' N, 69° 00' W Open in Google Maps |
| Curaçao Climate | tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semiarid with average rainfall of 60 cm/year |
| Most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Second most predominant religion | Pentecostal, |
| Currency name & code | Guilder (ANG) |
| Internet ccTLD | .cw |
| Curaçao calling code | +599 |
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