Curaçao

:This article is about an island in the Caribbean Sea. For more information on the liqueur, see Blue Curaçao.

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Caribbean Sea - Liqueur - Blue Curaçao

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Curaçao (pronounced ) is an island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. The isle is the largest and most populous of the three so-called ABC islands (for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) of the Netherlands Antilles, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curaçao's capital is Willemstad.

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Island - Caribbean Sea - Venezuela - ABC islands - Aruba - Bonaire - Netherlands Antilles - Kingdom of the Netherlands - Willemstad

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Curaçao has a land area of 444 square kilometres (171 mi²). At the 2001 Netherlands Antilles census, the population was 130,627 inhabitants, which means a population density of 294 inhabitants per square kilometre. In 2004 the population was estimated at 133,644 inhabitants.

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