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Constitution Of Curaçao
Curaçao is one of the three autonomous countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (with Aruba and Sint Maarten, Saint-Martin). It has a constitution (Dutch language, Dutch: ''staatsregelingen'') which governs its constitutional organization and which has been approved by a country law (Dutch language, Dutch: ''landswerordening'') adopted by a two-thirds majority of the local parliament, in application of Chapter IV of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden'') dating from 1954 and reformed in 2010. The Constitution of Curaçao (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Staatsregeling van Curaçao'') was adopted by a 15 to 6 vote majority in the island council of Curaçao on 5 September 2010. In the initial vote on the constitution in July, the two-thirds majority required was not reached, after which Curaçao general election, 2010, new elections were held on 27 August. The newly elected island council could then adopt th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Curaçao was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao ( nl, Eilandgebied Curaçao, links=no, pap, Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou, links=no), and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao. It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population of 158,665 (January 2019 est.), with an area of ; its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |