Bon bini na Kòrsou. Before you follow the Blue Wave to the World Cup, here is the island behind the team.
The essentials
- Status: an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 10 October 2010 (locally, Pais Kòrsou).
- Capital: Willemstad, a UNESCO World Heritage city famous for its colourful Dutch-colonial waterfront.
- People: around 156,000 residents from a remarkable mix of cultures.
- Languages: Papiamentu (the heart language), plus Dutch, English and Spanish widely spoken.
- Where: the southern Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela, and outside the hurricane belt. One of the ‘ABC islands’ with Aruba and Bonaire.
Sun, sea and a story far bigger than its size, that is Curaçao. Ban Kòrsou!
Source: Wikipedia, Curaçao.
