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Curaçao (
/ˈkʊərəsaʊ/; Dutch: Curaçao;[4][5] Papiamentu: Kòrsou) is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off theVenezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao,[6] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou),[7] which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"), is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its capital is Willemstad.
/ˈkʊərəsaʊ/; Dutch: Curaçao;[4][5] Papiamentu: Kòrsou) is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off theVenezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao,[6] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou),[7] which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"), is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its capital is Willemstad.
Prior to 10 October 2010, when the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved, Curaçao was administered as the Island Territory of Curaçao[8] (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamentu: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou), one of five island territories of the formerNetherlands Antilles.
Geography
Like Aruba and Bonaire, Curaçao is a transcontinental island that is geologically part of South America but is also considered to be part of West Indies and one of the Leeward Antilles. Curaçao is in terms of climate, geology, flora and fauna more akin to nearby Paraguaná Peninsula, Guajira Peninsula, Isla Margarita, Arayaand the nearby Venezuelan areas of the Coro region and Falcón State.[clarification needed]
The southern coast has calm waters. The coastline has bays and inlets.
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code CUW and the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code CW has been assigned to Curaçao.[23]
[edit]Flora
The flora of Curaçao differs from the typical tropical island vegetation. Xeric scrublands are common, with various forms of cacti, thorny shrubs, evergreens, and the island's national tree, divi-divis. Curaçao's highest point is the Sint Christoffelberg 375 m (1,230 ft). 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off the coast of Curaçao, to the south-east, lies the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao").
[edit]Climate
Curaçao has a semiarid climate with a dry season from January to September and a wet season from October to December. The temperatures are relatively constant with small differences throughout the year. The trade winds bring cooling during the day and the same trade winds bring warming during the night. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of 26.5 °C (80 °F) and the warmest month is September with an average temperature of 28.9 °C (84 °F). The year's average maximum temperature is31.2 °C (88 °F). The year's average minimum temperature is 25.3 °C (78 °F).
Curaçao lies outside the hurricane belt, but is still occasionally affected by hurricanes, as for example Hazel in 1954, Anna in 1961 Felix in 2007 and Omar in 2008. Alandfall of a hurricane in Curaçao has not occurred since the National Hurricane Center started tracking hurricanes. Curaçao has, however, been directly affected by pre-hurricane tropical storms several times; the latest which did so were Tomas in 2010, Cesar in 1996, Joan-Miriam in 1988, Cora and Greta in 1978, Edith and Irene in 1971 and Francelia in 1969. The latest, Tomas, brushed Curaçao as a tropical storm, dropping as much as 265 mm (10.4 in) of precipitation on the territory, nearly half of the annual precipitation in one day.[24] This made Tomas one of the wettest events in the island's history,[25] as well as one of the most devastating; its flooding killed two people and caused over NAƒ60 million (US$28 million) in damage.[26][27]
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