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Capital Curacao, in 16 editions.

The entry for Curacao published Capital in 16 editions of 16, from 2010 to 2025. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Capital in every entry.

editions changed the text
6
the first edition with it
2010
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Capital” (2010 to 2025).

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name:
Willemstad
geographic coordinates:
12 06 N, 68 55 W
time difference:
UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology:
the name means "William's Town" in Dutch; named after Prince WILLEM of Orange (1533-84), the first stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands

name: Willemstad
geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 68 55 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: the name means "William's Town" in Dutch; named after Prince WILLIAM II WILLEM of Orange (1626-1650), who served as (1533-84), the first stadtholder (Dutch head of state) from 1647 to 1650, shortly after the the Dutch captured Curacao from United Provinces of the Spanish in 1634 Netherlands

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Curacao: Capital.” The World Factbook, 2010–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/curacao/capital.

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