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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Curacao 
 Main prefix
 PJ2 
 Time zone
 -4 h 
 Continent
 South America 
 
          Curacao          
 
 Curacao: Curacao 

 Curacao - (Metropole: Netherlands)
 contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Curacao          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
On a blue field a horizontal yellow band somewhat below the center divides the flag into proportions of 5:1:2; two five-pointed white stars - the smaller above and to the left of the larger - appear in the canton; the blue of the upper and lower sections symbolizes the sky and sea respectively; yellow represents the sun; the stars symbolize Curacao and its uninhabited smaller sister island of Klein Curacao.
 
          Curacao          
 
 Curacao 
 Capital: 
Willemstad
 Administrative
 divisions: 
none
 Population: 
142,180
 Languages: 
Dutch, English and Papiamentu
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
12° 10' N, 69° 00' W
 Area total: 
444 sq. km
 Land area: 
444 sq. km
 Coastline: 
364 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Sea level 0 m - Mt. Christoffel 372m
 Internet
 country code: 
.cw
 Currency: 
Netherlands Antillean florin/guilder (NAf or ANG)
The Netherlands Antillean guilder and the Netherlands Antillean florin are the same currency. Guilder is the official name; this is indicated by the "G" in the internationally used abbreviation "ANG". Florin is the English translation of the Dutch word "florijn", as the guilder was called in the past. In Antillean Central Bank publications, is used the abbreviation "NAf", which still refers to "florijn". So, the official name of Netherlands Antilles currency is "guilder" and the abbreviation used in publications is "NAf".
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Land Curacao
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Curacao
 Name - local
 long form: 
Pais Korsou
 Name - local
 short form: 
Korsou
 Former name: 
Netherlands Antilles; Curacao and Dependencies
 Independence: 
None, part of Netherlands
 Constitution: 
Staatsregeling, 10 October 2010; revised Kingdom Charter pending
 Government
 type: 
parliamentary
 Dependency
 status: 
Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Dependent
 areas: 
none
 National
 holiday: 
Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother JULIANA and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter BEATRIX), 30 April (1909 and 1980).
 
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