Curaçao and Dependencies
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. Between 1936 and 1948, the area was officially known as the Territory of Curaçao (Dutch: Gebiedsdeel Curaçao; Papiamento: Teritorio di Kòrsou), and after 1948 as the Netherlands Antilles. With the proclamation of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 15 December 1954, the Netherlands Antilles attained equal status with the Netherlands proper and Suriname in the new Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies | |||||||||
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Coat of arms
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Map of the Caribbean, 1893. Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are shaded in red. | |||||||||
| Status | Dutch colony | ||||||||
| Capital | Willemstad | ||||||||
| Common languages | Papiamento, Dutch, English | ||||||||
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• Established | 1634 | ||||||||
• Proclamation of the Kingdom charter | December 10 1954 | ||||||||
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• Total | 980 km2 (380 sq mi) | ||||||||
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