Curaçao: Overview

Dutch 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

European plug with two circular metal pins American-style plug with two parallel flat blades above a circular grounding pin
110-130V 50Hz

Languages Spoken

Official: Dutch

Time Zones

GMT/UTC -4 

Country Dialing Code

+599

Weights & Measures

Metric

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