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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.
Many Dutch colonists grew affluent from the slave trade, building impressive colonial buildings in the capital of Willemstad; the city is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1795, a major slave revolt took place under the leaders Tula Rigaud, Louis Mercier, Bastian Karpata, and Pedro Wakao. Up to 4,000 slaves in northwest Curaçao revolted ...
Between 1833 and 1938, there was a Colonial Council which was an advisory body of the Colony of Curaçao and predecessor of the States of the Netherlands Antilles. The Colonial Council was established to assist the Governor of the Colony of Curaçao and its members were appointed by the King of the Netherlands .
Pre-colonial history 1500 ... The Ashkenazi Jews of Curacao Archived 2019-12-01 at the Wayback Machine This page was last edited on 14 August 2024, at 10:43 ...
Andrew Doria receives a salute from the Dutch fort at Sint Eustatius, 16 November 1776. The islands of the Dutch Caribbean were, formerly, part of Curaçao and Dependencies (1815–1828), or Sint Eustatius and Dependencies (1815–1828), which were merged with the colony of Suriname (not actually considered part of the "Dutch Caribbean", although it is located on the Caribbean coast of ...
Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao, was constructed as a walled city. [3] It soon developed into one of the major centres of the Atlantic slave trade which triggered a rapid population growth. [1] In the late 17th century, there were over 200 houses within the city walls. [3]
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 ...
* Capital of respective island. References This page was last edited on 10 December 2024, at 00:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...