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Willemstad (/ ˈ w ɪ l ə m s t ɑː t, ˈ v ɪ l-/ WIL-əm-staht, VIL-, Dutch: [ˈʋɪləmstɑt] ⓘ, Papiamento: [wiləmˈstad]; lit. ' William Town ' ) is the capital and largest city of Curaçao , an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands .
The ITU international calling code for the country is +5999. Radio ... Willemstad 00.0: Radio Energy: Seru Pretu / Zwarteberg 91.5: Hit Radio: Willemstad 92.1:
The country code 599 was assigned to the Netherlands Antilles (dissolved in 2010), [1] and is in use by Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba). [ 2 ] Aruba and Sint Maarten , also former parts of the Netherlands Antilles, discontinued using the code in 1986 and 2011 respectively.
The historic centre of Willemstad is a World Heritage Site. Another attraction is the town's colourful street art. The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden with works from known Curaçao artists is situated in a nearby resort. [93] Landhuis Bloemhof is an art museum and gallery located in Willemstad. [94] Some of the coral reefs are affected by tourism.
The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the capital Willemstad. The airport connects Curaçao island to Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. It has the third longest commercial runway in the Caribbean region, accommodating up to a Boeing 747.
Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards E.123 and E.164. The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes constitute the international telephone numbering plan. They are used only when dialing a telephone number in a country or world region other than the caller's.
The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level country code domains. Non-sovereign entities are in italics. On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by NIST as a Federal Information Processing Standard .
The harbour of Willemstad, capital of Curaçao. This article presents a list of populated places in Curaçao. 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 ...