Capital
Willemstad
Area
444
sq km
Currency
Netherlands Antillean Guilders
ANG
Emergency
numbers
112
Languages
Papiamento (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese,
Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well
as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak)
79.9%
Dutch 8.8%
Spanish 5.6%
English 3.1%
Other 2.9%
Unspecified .3%
Government
Curacao
Government
Population
164,093
Latest
population
Curacao
Political parties
Parties
Democratic Party
Partido Democraat
Democratische Partij
Founded : 1944
Forsa Kòrsou
Upwards Curaçao
Labour
Party People's Crusade
Partido Laboral Krusada Popular Laboral
Founded : 1997
National People's Party
Papiamento: Partido Nashonal di Pueblo PNP
Founded : 19 April 1948
Website : http://www.pnpkorsou.com/
MAN
party
Partido MAN
Founded : 6 February 1971
Partido
Alternativa Real
Partido Antiá Restrukturá
Founded : 1993
Website : http://www.parcuracao.com/
Party
Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May
Partido Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei, Frente Obrero FOL
Founded : 5 June 1969
Sovereign
People
Pueblo Soberano PS
Founded : 2005
Website : http://pueblosoberano.info/
Religions
Roman Catholic 72.8%
Pentecostal 6.6%
Protestant 3.2%
Adventist 3%
Jehovah's Witness2%
Evangelical 1.9%
Other 3.8%
None 6%
Unspecified 0.6%
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