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  2. Religion in Curaçao - Wikipedia

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    Religion in Curaçao has played an important role in the islands history and culture. The island, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands , is predominately Roman Catholic . [ 1 ] Although significant minorities of other faiths exist.

  3. History of Curaçao - Wikipedia

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    The uprising was led by Tula, a slave who plays a central role in the history of Curaçao. [4] On 18 January 1795, William V, Prince of Orange fled from the Netherlands, and went into exile in Great-Britain shortly before the announcement of the Batavian Republic. [5]

  4. Canon of Curaçao - Wikipedia

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    The arrival of Catholic religious from the Netherlands [22] from 1715: The mission among the Afro-Curaçaoan population 21: The arrival of the oil industry [23] from 1912: Establishment of the Shell refinery 22: The new immigrants on Curaçao from the beginning of the twentieth century [24] 20th century: Migrant flows 23: The harbor [25] from ...

  5. History of the Jews in Curaçao - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Jews in Curaçao (a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) can be traced back to the mid-17th century, when the first Jewish immigrants began to arrive. The first Jews in Curaçao were Sephardi Jewish immigrants from the Netherlands , Portugal , and Spain .

  6. Curaçao - Wikipedia

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    The island's name "Curaçao" may originate from the indigenous autonym of its people; this idea is supported by early Spanish accounts referring to the inhabitants as Indios Curaçaos. Curaçao's history begins with the Arawak and Caquetio Amerindians; the island becoming a Spanish colony after Alonso de Ojeda's 1499 expedition.

  7. Category:History of Curaçao - Wikipedia

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  8. The Caribbean ghost island of Little Curacao

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    Little Curaçao is an island no man can settle, and a pink lighthouse is all that's left. Just to the southeast of the Caribbean island of Curaçao is the small ghostly island of Klein ...

  9. Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies - Wikipedia

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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 the Caribbean Sea from 1634 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1954.