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Curaçao (/ ˈ k j ʊər ə s oʊ,-s aʊ, ˌ k j ʊər ə ˈ s oʊ,-ˈ s aʊ / KURE-ə-soh, KURE-ə-sow, kure-ə-SOH, or kure-ə-SOW, Dutch: [kyːraːˈsʌu] ⓘ or, Papiamentu: [ˈkɔrsɔu̯]), officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 ...
Salt collection in Curacao. The town of Willemstad started to grow out of Fort Amsterdam. Dutch consolidation. The Spaniards schemed to recapture Curaçao from the Dutch. Information about troops, fortifications, outposts, food supplies and ammunition was collected in three ways. Indians who lived in Curaçao were kidnapped and interrogated.
Groot Kwartier (Emmastad) Groot Piscadera (Julianadorp) Hato. Koraal Partir. Otrobanda - historical quarter of Willemstad. Pietermaai - historical quarter of Willemstad. Piscadera Bay. Saliña. Scharloo - historical quarter of Willemstad.
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 ...
Origins. Most enslaved Africans came from West Central Africa (specifically from Loango and Cabinda Province) with over 38,000 enslaved Africans. The rest of the enslaved Africans were imported from Bight of Benin (over 37,000 enslaved Africans), Ghana (15,000 enslaved Africans came from this place, many of them were Ashantis), Other places in Africa (3,268 enslaved Africans) include ...
The Constitution of Curaçao ( Dutch: Staatsregeling van Curaçao; Papiamento: Konstitushon di Kòrsou) was adopted by a 15 to 6 vote majority in the island council of Curaçao on 5 September 2010. In the initial vote on the constitution in July, the two-thirds majority required was not reached, after which new elections were held on 27 August.
The Pisas cabinet is the Curaçao government and comprised a coalition of the parties: Partido Movementu Futuro Kòrsou (MFK) and Partido Nashonal di Pueblo (PNP). The government is headed by incumbent Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas and was sworn in on June 14, 2021, by the Governor of Curaçao, as successor to the Cabinet Rhuggenaath.
The Canon of Curaçao is a list of fifty themes (called "windows") that chronologically summarizes the history of Curaçao. In the windows 50 subjects are described in approximately 400 words each. [1] Complementing the Canon of the Netherlands and its regional canons, the Canon of Curaçao was compiled on the initiative of the General Faculty ...