The Island of Curacao, is the largest of the Dutch Antilles measuring 38 miles by 7.5 miles and has a population of 170,000. The main language is Dutch and the capital is Willemstad.
The islands are only 40 miles from Venezuela and the Anthropologists speculate that the fierce cannibalistic Carib Indians had forced the Caiquetios to paddle for their lives and landed in Curacao. The first Europeans discovered the Islands in 1499 on a voyage from Spain. In 1634 the Dutch West India Company claimed Curacao without striking a single blow and the Island prospered under Dutch rule until 1915. Today it hosts one of the worlds largest oil refineries run by Royal Dutch/Shell.
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