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Bookmark & shareDutch colonial village or Caribbean island - Curaçao is an enticing combination.
Curaçao's beaches may be nubbled with coral or strewn with imported grains and the local liqueur may be a first rate gut-rot, but it more than makes up for these niggles with high comfort levels, guaranteed balminess and a friendliness that constantly threatens to bubble over into a party.
Fast Facts
Country Full Name
Curaçao
Population
170,000
Currency
Name: Netherlands Antillian Guilder
Code: ANG
Symbol: Naf
Electrical Plugs
110-130V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Dutch
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -4
Country Dialing Code
+599
Weights & Measures
Metric
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