Temperatures are relatively constant, with small differences measured throughout the year. The trade winds cool the island during the day and warm it at night. The coolest month is January with an average temperature of 26. 6 °C or 80 °F; the hottest is September with an average temperature of 29. 1 °C or 84 °F.
[34] Continuing economic hardship in the late 1990s and early 2000s resulted in much emigration to the Netherlands. [35] On 1 July 2007, Curaçao was due to become a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, like Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. On 28 November 2006, the change was delayed when the island council rejected a clarification memorandum on the process. A new island council ratified this agreement on 9 July 2007. [36] On 15 December 2008, Curaçao was again scheduled to become a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. A non-binding referendum on the move was held in Curaçao on 15 May 2009; 52% of voters supported it.
15 feet). Vanessa Philbert stood second the under-17 female 1, 500 metres (4, 900 feet) with a time of 4:47. 97. [121][122][123][124] The Curaçao national football team won the 2017 Caribbean Cup by defeating Jamaica in the final, qualifying for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [125] They then traveled to Thailand and participated in the 2019 King's Cup for the first time, eventually winning the tournament by beating Vietnam in the final.
[citation needed] Sports[edit] In 2004, the Little League Baseball team from Willemstad, Curaçao, won the world title in a game against the United States champion from Thousand Oaks, California. The Willemstad lineup included Jurickson Profar, the standout shortstop prospect who now plays for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball, and Jonathan Schoop. [113] Curaçaoan players Andruw Jones, [114] Ozzie Albies, and Kenley Jansen have made multiple Major League Baseball All-Star Game appearances. [115] The 2010 documentary film Boys of Summer[116] details Curaçao's Pabao Little League All-Stars winning their country's eighth straight championship at the 2008 Little League World Series, then going on to defeat other teams, including Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and earning a spot in Williamsport.
[33] A Dutch soldier on patrol in Willemstad following the 1969 riots Curaçao experienced an economic downturn in the early 1980s. Shell's refinery on the island operated with significant losses from 1975 to 1979, and again from 1982 to 1985. Persistent losses, global overproduction, stronger competition, and low market expectations threatened the refinery's future. In 1985, after 70 years, Royal Dutch Shell decided to end its activities on Curaçao. This came at a crucial moment. Curaçao's fragile economy had been stagnant for some time.
[126] Infrastructure[edit] Airport[edit] Curaçao International Airport (also called Hato International Airport) is located on the northern coast of the island and offers connections to the Caribbean region, South America, North America and Europe. Curaçao Airport is a fairly large facility, with the third longest commercial runway in the Caribbean region after Rafael Hernández Airport in Puerto Rico and Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe. The airport served as a main base for Insel Air, and for Air ALM, the former national airlines of Curaçao.
117°N 68. 933°WOfficial languages Papiamento Dutch English[1] Ethnic groups (2018)75. 4% Afro-Curaçaoans/Mixed9% Dutch3. 6% Dominican3% Colombian1. 2% Haitian1. 2% Surinamese1. 1% Venezuelan1. 1% Aruban0. 9% unspecified6% other[2]Religion 90% Christianity 72. 8% Roman Catholic 18. 5% total Protestant 6. 6% Pentecostal 3. 2% Protestant 3% Seventh-day Adventist 3. 2% Evangelical 0.
5 billion[4] (149th)• Per capita$22, 581 (40th)HDI (2012)0. 811[6]very highCurrencyNetherlands Antillean guilder (ƒ) (ANG)Time zoneUTC−4:00 (AST)Mains electricity127 V–50 HzDriving siderightCalling code+5999ISO 3166 codeCWNL-CWInternet TLD. cw Curaçao ( KYURE-əss-oh, -ow, -OH, -OW;[7] Dutch: [kyːraːˈsʌu, kuːr-] (listen);[8] Papiamento: Kòrsou, [ˈkɔrsɔu̯]), officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao;[9] Papiamento: Pais Kòrsou), [10][11] is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuela coast.
[117] The prevailing trade winds and warm water make Curaçao a location for windsurfing. [118][119] There is warm, clear water around the island. Scuba divers and snorkelers may have visibility up to 30 metres (98 feet) at the Curaçao Underwater Marine Park, which stretches along 20 kilometres (12 miles) of Curaçao's southern coastline. [120] Curaçao participated in the 2013 CARIFTA Games. Kevin Philbert stood third in the under-20 male Long Jump with a distance of 7. 36 metres (24.
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