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Curaçao, [a] officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; [10] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), [11] [12] is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of Venezuela.
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.
In 1635 [1] or 1636 the construction of the fort was completed. [2] Most of the population then went to live in the fort, with the city of Willemstad eventually growing outside of it. [3] The fort was designed with three meter wide walls and five bastions, however only four were built. The fort had cannons that were located primarily to seaward ...
In 1675, it was decided to construct the town of Pietermaai outside of the enclosed city. It was to be separated from the city by an area of about 500 metres in which construction was not allowed so as not to obstruct the cannons in Fort Amsterdam. [4] The town was named after captain Pieter de Meij. [3]
Curaçao's flora differ from typical tropical island vegetation. Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub is the most notable, with various forms of cacti, thorny shrubs, evergreen, and watapana trees (Libidibia coriaria; called divi-divi on Aruba), which are characteristic of the ABC islands and the national symbol of Aruba.
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 ...
Otrobanda is one of the historic quarters of Willemstad, located at the southwest side of the city, in Curaçao, a Lesser Antilles island in the Dutch Caribbean. Otrobanda was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. [2]
The team from Willemstad’s Pabao Little League on the Caribbean island of about 150,000 people is aiming for bigger things, and with five players and its whole coaching staff back for a second ...